It's not a joke, the so called 159 MY2008 that due in Frankfurt motorshow, will be 90kgr lighter than the current model thanks to the use of a new high resistance steel codenamed STR18 codeveloped with Thyssen Krupp for the body, 3.2JTS Q4 thanks to the new lighter Q4 already in use by the new 159 2.4JTDm Q4 210 hp that weights 60kgr instead of 100kgr over FWD loose 40kgr more, that means that MY2008 159 will have a weight at 3 series level for the 2wd, 4wd 159 should be even lighter than Xdrive 3 series with similar engines thanks to the additional work on the 4wd.
MY2008 of 159 won't modify the cars styling but there will be a light tweak of the suspensions, 1.9JTDm will be upgraded to 165hp(2.4 already upgraded to 210hp) and coincide with the Alfa customisation program availiability.
examples
1st 4wd 159
159 3.2JTS Q4 MY2006 1680kgr din
BMW 330xi 1580kgr din
159 3.2JTS Q4 MY2008 1550kgr din
2nd 2wd 159
159 1.9JTDm MY2006 1535kgr din
BMW 320d 1430kgr din
159 1.9JTDm MY2008 1445kgr din
We wont see any other body diet in the future(FL2009 for example) as claimed by stradale, except special versions as GTA, but we will see lighter engines for example the future 2.0lt and 2.5lt multijet2 diesels weight less than current 1.9 and 2.4lt units.
Bron:
http://www.autoblog.nl/archive/2007/08/ ... post-10666
en
http://www.italiaspeed.info/index.php?s ... =1814&st=0