italiaspeed.com: Alfa Romeo 159

ALFA ROMEO 159

In Brief	Distinctive Styling & Roomy Interior	Enhanced on-board wellbeing
Roadholding	Equipment, Options & Colours	Powerful, Flexible Engines
Unrivalled Passive Safety	Personal Purchasing Formulae	Group Contribution
High Resolution Images	Technical Specifications

The range (Italy)

The new model is proposed in an extremely comprehensive range, in which everyone will find the Alfa 159 he is looking for. The range includes a choice of 6 engines, 2 outfits; 9 bodywork colours and 3 interior environments in three different shades (black, grey tone-on-tone or black/beige), available in a choice of flocked fabric, Alfatex®, leather and fine-grain leather by Frau®. The new Alfa 159 range also offers every customer, even the most demanding, an opportunity to choose between different features which highlight the versatility of the model on one hand, while responding to the functional and emotional demands of any customer on the other.

Main product features (Italian market)

	1.9 JT 160 bhp 2.2 JTS 185 bhp 1.9 JTDM 8V 120 bhp 1.9 JTDM 16V 150 bhp MEDIUM	1.9 JT 160 bhp 2.2 JTS 185 bhp 1.9 JTDM 8V 120 bhp 1.9 JTDM 16V 150 bhp HIGH	2.4 JTDM 200 bhp 3.2 V6 260 bhp MEDIUM	2.4 JTDM 200 bhp 3.2 V6 260 bhp HIGH
Electric sunroof with anti-pinch seal*	o	o	o	o
Alfa Red paint	o	o	o	o
Metallic paint	o	o	o	o
Electric heated door mirrors with memory	•	•	•	•
Electrically folding heated door mirrors	o	o	o	o
Headlamp washers	o	•	o	•
Hydrodynamic windscreen jets	•	•	•	•
Light alloy wheels, borehole pattern, 16”, with 215/55 tyres	•	o	o	o
Light alloy wheels, ray pattern, 16”, with 215/55 tyres	o	o	o	o
Light alloy wheels, ray pattern, 17”, with 225/50 tyres	o	•	•	•
Light alloy wheels, ray pattern, diamond effect, 17”, with 225/50 tyres	o	o	o	o
Light alloy wheels, sporty pattern, 17” with 225/50 tyres	o	o	o	o
Light alloy wheels, ray pattern, 18” with 235/45 tyres*	o	o	o	o
Light alloy wheels, borehole pattern, 18” with 235/45 tyres	o	o	o	o
Leather steering wheel and gear lever knob	•	•	•	•
Manual climate control system	•	•
Automatic climate system with dual-zone temperature and distribution control (with rear air vents, active carbon pollen filter and AQS)(1)	•	•	•	•
Automatic tri-zone climate system (with rear air vents, active carbon pollen filter and AQS)(1)	o	o	o	o
Front seats with manual adjustment (height, reach, rake, tilting and lumbar support for driver)	•	•	•	•
Seats with electrical adjustment with memory on driver’s side	o	o	o	o
Asymmetrical split folding rear seat with storage unit in armrest	o	o	o	o
Padded armrest on rear seat with ski tunnel	•	•	•	•
Front seat heating with 3 temperature levels	o	o	o	o
Height-adjustable central rear head-restraints	o	o	o	o
Flocked cloth interior outfits	•	-	•	-
Alfatex® interior outfits	o	•	o	•
Leather upholstery	o	o	o	o
Frau® leather seats	o	o	o	o
Steering wheel with axial and height adjustment	•	•	•	•
Front heel-high protective strip with stainless steel insert	o	o	•	•
Luggage/ski rack attachment fitment	•	•	•	•
Driver’s and passengers’ vanity mirror on sun visor with built-in light	•	•	•	•
Manual rear sun blind	o	o	o	o
Front armrest with storage unit and insulated unit	•	•	•	•
Extractable lever to open bonnet	•	•	•	•
Heat resistant glazing	•	•	•	•
Windscreen with reflecting infrared film, dark anti-glare strip and heating of wiper area	o	o	o	o
5 mm thick front side windows	•	•	•	•
Inside carpeting in Tufted velour	•	•	•	•
Red on-board instruments with multifunctional display	•	-	•	-
White on-board instruments with multifunctional display	-	•	-	-
Engine oil level gauge	•	•	•	•
Trip Computer	•	•	•	•
Electronic key with remote door and boot control	•	•	•	•
Ignition button	•	•	•	•
Electric front and rear windows with automatic up-down function and simultaneous window opening device	•	•	•	•
Central locking control	•	•	•	•
Internal central door release/lock switch	•	•	•	•
Electrical bonnet opening control from inside car	•	•	•	•
Electro-chromic rear-view mirror	o	•	o	•
Cruise Control	o	o	•	•
Front and rear ceiling lights with reading spotlight	•	•	•	•
Glove compartment lighting	•	•	•	•
Luggage compartment light	•	•	•	•
Front door puddle light	•	•	•	•
Spectacles holder	•	•	•	•
Diffused overhead lighting of front area	•	•	•	•
Exclusion of model logo on rear	o	o	o	o
Full sized front airbags for driver and passenger with controlled opening	•	•	•	•
Driver’s knee bag	•	•	•	•
Passenger’s knee bag	o	o	o	o
Early Crash Sensor in front crossbeam	•	•	•	•
Passenger front airbag deactivation key	•	•	•	•
Front sidebags (to protect chest and pelvis)	•	•	•	•
Full sized curtain bags (front and rear protection)	•	•	•	•
Front seat belts with decreasing load limiter and pretensioner on clasp	•	•	•	•
Timed “Belt not fastened” beeper, deactivated when car is stationary	•	•	•	•
Self-adjusting rear seat belt	•	•	•	•
Fire Prevention System	•	•	•	•
Isofix attachments on rear side seats with third centre upper attachment	•	•	•	•
Front and rear impact beams in doors	•	•	•	•
Rear door child deadlocks	•	•	•	•
VDC with Hill Holder (ABS + ASR + EBD + Brake Assistant)	•	•	•	•
ASR/VDC exclusion	•	•	•	•
Fuel filler cap with central locking	•	•	•	•
Driver’s footrest	•	•	•	•
Aluminium brake callipers with Alfa Romeo logo	•	•	•	•
Brake pad wear and braking system anomaly sensor	•	•	•	•
Regular size sheet metal spare wheel	o	o	o	o
Regular size alloy spare wheel	o	o	o	o
Mini spare wheel	•	•	•	•
Tyre kit as alternative to spare wheel	•	•	•	•
InPidual tyre pressure sensor with indication on instrument panel	o	o	o	o
Rear parking sensor built into bumper with acoustic warning of obstacle	o	o	o	o
Front and rear parking sensor built into bumpers with acoustic warning of obstacles and visual warning on multifunction display	o	o	o	o
Alfa code (Immobiliser)	•	•	•	•
Volumetric anti-theft (with disengagement switch) and anti-lift device (including Safe Lock)	o	o	o	o
Halogen headlights	•	•	•	•
Bi-Xenon headlights	o	o	o	o
Dusk sensor for automatic activation of dipped headlights	•	•	•	•
Foglights	•	•	•	•
‘Follow me home’ device	•	•	•	•
Map navigator-radio with 6.5” colour display	o	o	o	o
Map navigator-radio with 6.5” colour display, GSM hands-free telephone and voice controls	o	o	o	o
Map navigator-radio with 6.5” colour display, GSM hands-free telephone and service requests (emergency, b-CONNECT)	o	o	o	o
Radio wiring	•	•	•	•
Radio aerial	•	•	•	•
Radio with audio CD player (8 speakers)	•	•	•	•
Radio with audio CD, MP3 player (8 speakers)	o	o	o	o
CD changer (10 CD)	o	o	o	o
Bose® hi-fi system with digital amplifier (8 speakers + 1 central + subwoofer)	o	o	o	o
Hands-free wiring	o	o	o	o
PACK	o	o	o	o
Visibility Pack 1 (rain sensor, dusk sensor, electro-chromic mirror)	o	o	o	o
Visibility Pack 2 (rain sensor, dusk sensor, misting sensor, AQS(1), electro-chromic mirror)	o	o	o	o
Utility Sedan Pack (mats, front net, luggage restraint net)*	o	o	o	o
Interior sport pack (sporty seats in TIBET leather, manual or electrical adjustment)	o	o	o	o

• = standard; o = optional; - = not available; * = available from October 2005; (1) AQS = Air Quality System

Colours

	MEDIUM Flocked cloth			MEDIUM (opt.) - HIGH (standard) Alfatex cloth
Facia/front underpanel	Black	Grey	Black/Beige	Black	Grey	Black/Beige
Cloth/leather colour	Black	Grey	Beige	Black	Grey	Beige
NON-METALLIC
Black	•	•	•	•	•	•
SPECIAL NON-METALLIC
Alfa Red	•	•	•	•	•	•
METALLIC
Alfa Silver	•	•	•	•	•	•
Vesuvio Grey	•	•	•	•	•	•
Overseas Blue	•	•	o	•	•	•
Titanium Grey	•	•	•	•	•	o
Ruby Red	•	•	•	•	•	•
Stromboli Grey	•	•	•	•	•	•
Ocean Black	•	•	•	•	•	•

• = recommended match; o = available match; - = match not available

	MEDIUM - HIGH (opt.) Leather				MEDIUM - HIGH (opt.) Frau® leather				Sporty interior Tibet leather
Facia/front underpanel	Black	Black	Black	Black	Grey	Black/Beige	Black	Grey	Black/Beige	Black
Cloth/leather colour	Black	Leather	Red	Blue	Grey	Beige	Black	Grey	Beige	Black
NON-METALLIC
Black	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
SPECIAL NON-METALLIC
Alfa Red	•	•	-	-	•	•	•	•	•	•
METALLIC
Alfa Silver	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Vesuvio Grey	•	•	•	-	•	•	•	•	•	•
Overseas Blue	•	•	o	o	•	o	•	•	•	•
Titanium Grey	•	•	•	-	•	•	•	•	•	•
Ruby Red	•	•	-	-	•	•	•	•	•	•
Stromboli Grey	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Ocean Black	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•

• = recommended match; o = available match; - = match not available

Text & Photos: Alfa Romeo