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Old 04-16-2006, 05:39 PM
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http://www.channel4.com/4car/road-te...905--perf.html

"It sounds delicious, too, the usual Alfa V6 note reproduced convincingly on this all-new engine"


http://motoring.independent.co.uk/ro...icle226623.ece

To the road. And have no fears about the new engine's Alfa-ness, because this one sounds almost exactly like the old 2.0 Twin Spark, (possibly the most charismatic four-cylinder production engine of recent years) with a lovely edge to its exhaust note and a crisp, eager response. It pulls better from low speed than its predecessor, too, although the 159's ample mass "just shy of a ton-and-a-half" blunts the thrust a bit.



http://www.motoring.co.za/index.php?...icleId=2996359

It does. One press of the V6 Q4's starter button, one blip of its accelerator, and you know there's a soul within. This new V6 engine has much the same rich, delicious burble as past Alfa V6s, but it now has the mid-speed pulling power (and the thirst) to match the high-revs energy.



http://www.topgear.com/drives/A0/00/...sts/01/01.html

At the top of the tree is a 260bhp V6 doing its stuff via four-wheel drive. It's unrelated to Alfa's old V6, but manages to sound remarkably similar - deep and thrumming at low revs, sharp and keen higher up. An engine that loves to be pasted.
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