Vehicle

Alfa Romeo 147

The compact hatchback before the Giulietta, and still in numbers around the Mediterranean. Twin Spark petrols with a variator that is the make's best-known age fault, and the 1.9 JTD diesel — both conventional enough that a stored code usually means what it says.

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Generations

937 2000–2010

Twin Spark petrols, whose variator is the make's best-known age noise, and the 1.9 JTD diesel.
- JTD / JTDm
Body styles

Hatchback

Platform

Fiat Type Two
Engines
1.6 Twin Spark — petrol · 77–88 kW (103–118 hp) · 146 Nm (108 lb-ft)

2.0 Twin Spark — petrol · 110 kW (148 hp) · 181 Nm (133 lb-ft)

3.2 V6 — petrol · 184 kW (247 hp) · 300 Nm (221 lb-ft) · GTA

1.9 JTD — diesel · 74–125 kW (99–168 hp) · 200–330 Nm (148–243 lb-ft)
Transmissions

5-speed manual · 6-speed manual · Selespeed automated manual · 5-speed Selespeed automated manual · 6-speed Selespeed automated manual

Drivetrain

Front-wheel drive

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