It's expensive becuase it's not the Mito, it's the new 147, so Alfa's equivalent to the Golf!!
Looks awesome, but wouldn't touch one with a bargepole until they sort out their relaibility and customer service issues lol!
Now that's really wrong :biggrin: the MiTo is based on the platform of the Grande Punto with several modifications. It's in the class with Fiat GP, VW Polo,...etc. but Alfa being a premium mark the MiTo is more in the class of the new Mini. It's a fair bit bigger thou. Alfa wants to be a premium brand but obviously isn't (build quality, no more Cuore Sportivo, to few models, no premium service etc. / if you'd look at it's heritage then yes but the market makes up it's own rules so for the time being I personally would say Alfa isn't in the premium segment but wants to be especially with it's prices). So in conslusion it's an expensive Grande Punto for people with special taste who want a really unique and not very common car.
Obviously the MiTo has some special things that make it "better" than the GP - who would buy one if it hadn't? It has a lower suspension, reworked 1.4T-Jet engines (worse than in FIATs imho because they
lifted the torque-curve a fair bit so the engine would feel more sporty but that's really a huge no-no in turbocharged engines with such small turbos), fancy interior (many colour combinations), reworked steering which had problems but they sorted that out, DNA (basically 3-stage ESP/ASR/Engine management settings for different weather and use of the car),...
The QV version will have an adaptive suspension and Multiair - probably one of the biggest steps forward in petrol engines since VTEC? VVT? It eliminates the t/b setup and the intake valves can be opened/closed via ECU at almost any given time. This results in a large powerband, no losses from the t/b, no intake cam, great adaptivity throughout the revs and different climates.
The only "problem" of Multiair (I read this on an IT AR-owner forum) that the engine doesn't rev above 6k rpm because the Multiair setup is driven by the exhaust cam. Really a shame because Alfas always had revy engines.
Dunno but the only MiTo that I like is in this combination
A "normal" MiTo is to high for a sportcar and apart from Alfas agressive styling on the 159 the front looks "scared".
Here's another special edition of the MiTo (for/by Maserati)
It's really a shame they put the MiTo GTA project on hold :001_unsure: tweaked 1750TBi engine with 230-240hp and with really a great amount of torque deep down. The stock 1750TBi engine with 200hp has almost the ful amount of torque (320Nm iirc) already available at 1400rpm :w00t: this is due to the fact that the intake and exhaust valves overlap and some of the air/fuel mixture is "burned" infront of the turbo which then spins faster resulting in a fair amount of boost at low revs.
This is how it would look like :001_tt1:
As for the MiTo Golf thingy - the Giulietta will be in the Golf-class. Here are some pics of a really loaded one.
) maybe then they'll launch the MiTo GTA and finally make some progress with the future 166. If not who knows what's gonna happen to Alfa. FIAT may even sell it but imho that's never gonna happen althought VAG or any other mark with a little more money would surely take advantage of Alfas sport heritage and make Alfa as it should be - raw, sporty and fast. Not like now under FIAT :glare:
