Characteristics Alpha Romeo 156

Alfa Romeo 156. Description of the model. Without a doubt: the team of the former designer Alfa, Walter Maria de Silva, wanted to create an excellent, as well as a practical car on wheels - that they were no doubt. Alfa's passenger car's passenger car, a small length of 4.43 m, has no problems with the appearance, and should not hide behind the creations of young. True, the elegant species reached the price of losses in practicality. If two inclined passengers are conveniently located in front, the passenger in the backseat will have to be very flexing his knees. Spaces for knees are enough only for the child, the trunk has to load things through a narrow way and high side. Causes annoyance that the rotation diameter exceeds eleven meters. Somewhat more practical, but not a spacious model of the wagon, relating to sports cars. Mandatory equipment includes airbags for the driver, for the passenger next to the driver and side airbags, and since 2002 there are also window airbags. Real Point: V6 engines in Alfa 156 car with a working volume of 2.5 and 3.2 liters. The nomenclature of gasoline engines begins with a four-cylinder gasoline unit with a volume of 1.6 liters with tired 120 hp, which hardly copble with a lot of weight, and ends with a sports-roaring six-cylinder engine by 3.2 liters with 250 hp. In the tempered sports model GTA. Although diesel engines (with a capacity of 105 to 175 hp) and are not leaders in the field of fuel economy, but all of them without exception have a smooth speed of rotation and good traction. LIMITATIONS. Already many Alfa fans have broken friendship with this brand, since its reliability is a source of permanent alarms. The extensive palette of defects in the AUTO BILD magazine encompasses the engine malfunction due to the cliff of the gear drive belt (gasoline engine) and turbocharging system defects (diesel), electronics malfunctions and individual transmissions. From the page of the technical characteristics you can go to the section: Safety (Alfa Romeo crash tests 156, photos), reliability (car malfunctions), equipment (equipment list in different modifications), test drives, Alfa Romeo 156 reviews.