The Motor Forum talking cars since 2006    FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Join! (free) >   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  ALF and Gurney might want to sit down          The Motor Forum Forum Index -> In the Mags View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Dr. Hfuhruhurr Propellorhead My Car: pending Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 12122 Location: Europa Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 1:01 pm    Post subject: ALF and Gurney might want to sit down ... because Autocar have given an Alfa a good review: http://www.autocar.co.uk/CarRevie...-16v-MultiAir-Cloverleaf-/243139/ Back to top TimR Supercharged My Car: Fiat Coupe Turbo, BMW E39 M5 Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5096 Location: On the hard shoulder Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 1:12 pm    Post subject: Sounds like the Multiair engines are pretty good. Pity for the folk who've already bought a MiTo though. I might go back and have another test drive when they make it to the showrooms. Back to top "him" Turbocharged My Car: is 'wikkid innit' & '04 Scenic Dynamique Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 4860 Location: Cornwall Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 1:18 pm    Post subject: A video of how the system works : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IrPcmMHqHE _________________ Remember - A gym without chalk is a heath spa... Back to top DaveGibson Supercharged My Car: Lexus IS250 SE-I Auto. Triumph TR7V8 Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5457 Location: Worcestershire Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 1:25 pm    Post subject: "The flagship Multiair Mito will be the new 167bhp Coverleaf. ". Sounds like the sort of car Adam and Eve might drive. Back to top Gurney Turbocharged My Car: Town = fortwo. Country = 156 GTA Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 4103 Location: Here be dragons. Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 2:15 pm    Post subject: Good grief It's good to see and will obviously be the pick of the range but I am dying to see what this two cylinder MultiAir motor is like. That could really shake things up in the 'Green sector'. _________________ A Gentleman: Def: A male of the species who can play the Trombone. But refrains from doing so. Back to top scamper Supercharged My Car: MINI One. Skoda Fabia 1.4 Classic. Mark 1 MX5 1.8iS Impreza 2.0 Sportwagon GX Sport Joined: 08 Jan 2007 Posts: 5071 Location: Brum Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 2:18 pm    Post subject: Its still one awful looking car though Back to top Dr. Hfuhruhurr Propellorhead My Car: pending Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 12122 Location: Europa Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 2:25 pm    Post subject: Gurney wrote: That could really shake things up in the 'Green sector'. Isn't that in Baghdad? Back to top Gurney Turbocharged My Car: Town = fortwo. Country = 156 GTA Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 4103 Location: Here be dragons. Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 2:31 pm    Post subject: Dr. Hfuhruhurr wrote: Gurney wrote: That could really shake things up in the 'Green sector'. Isn't that in Baghdad? Yeah MultIAir was designed by FPT so it's an Improvised Electronic Device. Still wary of 'Customer development' if you know what I mean. _________________ A Gentleman: Def: A male of the species who can play the Trombone. But refrains from doing so. Back to top PG Turbocharged My Car: Jaguar X type 3.0 Sport; Shogun "truck"; Iveco horse lorry Joined: 23 Dec 2006 Posts: 3453 Location: Shropshire Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 3:53 pm    Post subject: Perhaps 9/9/9 was a day of cosmic shift after all - Autocar liking an Alfa. Sounds like a heck of an engine. I'm still trying really hard to like the front and front 3/4 view but still struggling. Is the Cloverleaf lowered v the standard model? The side profile is way better. And the interior, Alfa leather and all, loks like a good place. Back to top Gurney Turbocharged My Car: Town = fortwo. Country = 156 GTA Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 4103 Location: Here be dragons. Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 7:47 pm    Post subject: Nobody has actually said it's lowered but it does look so. It's quite plainly a Marmite car on the looks front. Hasn't stopped it from selling like hot cakes, now outselling the Mini in Germany. _________________ A Gentleman: Def: A male of the species who can play the Trombone. But refrains from doing so. Back to top DaveGibson Supercharged My Car: Lexus IS250 SE-I Auto. Triumph TR7V8 Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5457 Location: Worcestershire Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 10:59 pm    Post subject: PG wrote: Perhaps 9/9/9 was a day of cosmic shift after all - Autocar liking an Alfa. ........... It's a pity for your supposition that the article is dated 8/9/09. 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