This vehicle has a 4 door saloon (sedan) body style styled by Giugiaro/Alfa Romeo with a front mounted engine supplying power to the front wheels.
Its 5 cylinder, double overhead camshaft turbocharged engine has 4 valves per cylinder and a displacement of 2.4 litres. In this application it produces power and torque figures of 197 bhp (200 PS/147 kW) at 4000 rpm and 400 Nm (295 lbft/40.8 kgm) at 2000 rpm respectively.
The engine powers the wheels compliments of a 6 speed manual gearbox.
Stated weight at the kerb is 1630 kg.
The Alfa Romeo 159 2.4 JTDM is claimed to achieve a top speed of 228 km/h (142 mph), quoted fuel consumption is 9.3/5.4/6.8 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined, and carbon dioxide emissions are 179.0 g/km.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | Giugiaro/Alfa Romeo | ||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2700 mm | 106.3 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1578 mm | 62.1 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1555 mm | 61.2 inches | |
| Length | 4660 mm | 183.5 inches | |
| Width | 1828 mm | 72 inches | |
| Height | 1417 mm | 55.8 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.73 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1630 kg | 3594 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 70 litres | 15.4 [18.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | turbocharged diesel | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Alfa Romeo | ||
| Engine code | 939 A 3000 | ||
| Cylinders | Straight 5 | ||
| Capacity | 2.4 litre 2387 cc (145.664 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 82 × 90.4 mm
3.23 × 3.56 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.91 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 20 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 200 PS (197 bhp) (147 kW) at 4000 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 400 Nm (295 ft·lb) (40.8 kgm) at 2000 rpm |
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| Specific output | 61.5 kW/litre 83.7 ps/litre 82.5 bhp/litre 1.35 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
167.57 Nm/litre
2.03 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 17:1 | ||
| Fuel system | Bosch EDC 16C39 diesel injection | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 2105.8 kPa (305.4 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 477.4 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Turbo D. | ||
| Compressor | |||
| Intercooler | Y | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 8.4 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | 29.2 s | ||
| Maximum speed | 228 km/h (142 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 122.54 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 PS/kg 90.12 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 kW/kg 120.86 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 bhp/kg 0.05 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 11.1 kg/kW 18.53 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 9.3/5.4/6.8 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 9.3/5.4/6.8 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| km/litre | 10.8/18.5/14.7 km/l urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| UK MPG | 30.4/52.3/41.5 UK MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| US MPG | 25.3/43.6/34.6 US MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 179.0 g/km NEDC | ||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | I | ||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | transverse | ||
| Drive wheels | front wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | power assisted rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.MultiLi. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.DW. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | 225/50 R 17 | ||
| Tyres rear | 225/50 R 17 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Di-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | 330 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 292 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 6 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.62 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.55 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 129393 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 20.8 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2005 Alfa Romeo 159 2.4 JTDM added 2005-06-13. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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