[kenny mac]

I have been without my Alfa since xmass . So miss it still bought a golf gti mk3 to see me through till insurance paid up .When I visited a garage the other day the gent told me the 159 s had engines from Vauxhall !!!

 

[KrisW]

Petrol engines are based on GM units, but are not the same as those used on other GM cars.

Diesel engines are Italian.

 

[cue2]

Petrol engines are based on GM units, but are not the same as those used on other GM cars.

Diesel engines are Italian.

GM buy those diesels From Fiat Power Train.

 

[kenny mac]

 

[Thoemse]

The TBI engine is fiat again.

 

[davidjwbailey]

The TBi is rather nice and definitely Italian - sharing block and parts with all the short stroke petrol engines from Alfa back many many years IIRC

 

[KrisW]

The TBI engine is fiat again.

Oops - How could I forget the 1750! 100% Italian, and the best petrol engine in the 159. (In the Engine of the Year Awards shortly after its launch, the judges noted that the marks awarded to the 1750 by those who'd driven it were so good that if more judges outside of Europe had been able to test it too, it would have most likely got the award)