GT <ContactGT_remove_@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > Day to day, it'll be at least as quick as a 200bhp petrol version,
just
> > because you won't have to rev the guts out of it to make progress.
>
> Hardly! The extra weight would make it more comparable to a 150bhp
petrol. A
> 200bhp petrol would kick its arse!
>
> Each to his own!!
There is very little weight penalty in a diesel - remember, Alfa are
using cast iron blocks for their petrols these days, so they're pretty
heavy lumps compared with the old all-alloy twin-cam.
But, don't focus on the figures on paper, where the diesel really works
is that it'll be a lot more forgiving over which gear you're in. My
140bhp diesel can use a single gear and pull from 30mph to nearly 90mph
with ease. Try that in a 2.0T petrol....
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