The emotional side meets the side of reason. The 135-HP Alfa Romeo MiTo Mulitiair comes on an average consumption of 5.6 liters per 100 kilometers. In the course of the general apathy regarding the excessive burning of fuel, also Alfa Romeo also has been thinking, how to consume less and can still laugh behind the wheel. That succeeded once, namely at the common-rail diesel, which first took shape in their minds and loud enthusiasm they have forgotten to protect this technology. Now every any car manufacturer thus reaps fat gains, and that should never happen the Italians. Reinvention of the against if common rail was the invention of the diesel engine, which has freed him from the stuffiness of the sluggish, smoking unit and carried up in the luxury class, then according to the Alfisti Multiair is the reinvention of the petrol engine. And it has to do with the fuel in the cylinder.
The whole thing is a little complicated, so that even the Alfa technician at the presentation of an hour used have to explain the principle. But when it suffice you, the following was stated: Alfa Romeo stands for style, Italian Heissblutigkeit, sportsmanship, reliability, etc., etc. The list could have attributes to continue endlessly. Fundamentally, we have almost without exception always a dynamically excellent automotive before us, which meets in the middle of the heart, so fully in the emotional. So also the MiTo – Alfas answer to the mini and advance response to the Audi A1.
In this competitive environment we are moving. “Digression: modern engine technology Multiair circumvents the dependency of the valve timing of the camshaft and thus the pumping loss”, which is produced by changing the density of air by throttle valve alone. No, Multiair throws this into the old iron and uses an electro-hydraulic system for the intake valves. It play: A solenoid valve, a hydraulic Chamber and a hydraulic brake for controlled closing of the valve.