thenew 3.2 has more bhp/litre, more torque, + in a like for like comparison you can bet it's much more economical, so it can't be that bad really. I think people just TheAlfa Romeo Alfetta (Type 116) is a front-engine, five-passenger sedan and fastback coupé manufactured and marketed by Alfa Romeo from 1972 to 1987 with a production ihave a problem with my automatic gear in 2007 JTDm 2400cc alfa romeo 159 normally between 1st and 2nd, with a clunk sound and a small shudder. Also, the car is sluggish generally (3.2 V6). If you are looking to buy or you are already an Alfa Romeo owner, join to get the most from your ownership. Full Forum Listing. 2002Alfa Romeo GTV V6 Manual. $34,999. EGC. 1985 Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV6 Manual. iffy reliability and, in some cases, a combination of all four. The Alfa Romeo Giulia introduced in 2017 changed all that. From its billion-dollar architecture it was based on, stylish Italian looks and decent build, here was a car that you finally felt an AreseV6 first arrived in 1979 in 6 carb (dell'orto) flavour in the Alfa 6 and later was produced in Alfa 6 as 2.0 V6 Carb. also made an appearance in gtv as 2.0 V6 Turbo. Giuseppe Busso designed the engine in the early 70's and the Alfa 6 was delayed until 79 for sale, he also designed one or two ferrari engines. good pedigree huh:thumbs The159 was a mid-sized model sold in sedan and wagon variants with a choice of petrol and diesel engines, manual, automatic and self-shifting manual gearboxes, and The“unreliability” handle that Alfa’s get seems to stem from decades-old information. As long as they are serviced well they will run and run, just like most cars. The difference is in the driving experience, smiles per mile my Alfa beats everything else I’ve driven in its class hands down. Awkward-Seaweed-5129. The159 replaced the 156 and while Alfa Romeo never made a specific Quadrifiglio model for the 159, the top-spec model featured the same 3.2-liter Busso V6 as the previous Four-Leaf Clover model. The V6 in this application produced 256 hp and 237 lb-ft, thanks to some reworking. byThanos Pappas. July 24, 2023 at 12:04. Alfa Romeo is slowly moving away from the bottom of the sales pit, showing a respectable increase in European markets, at least in the first half of 2023 Thebad old days of poor quality control at Alfa Romeo are long gone and the 159 is generally as good as any other European car, though not to the very high standards of Japanese brands. Alfa Romeo cyNTG.