Alfa Romeo has released a whole photo gallery of the new Bravo-based Alfa Romeo Mi.To. We’ve already seen most of the Mi.To’s angles in the previously released motion footage of it, but after the jump you will find some nicely done still images including some of the Mi.To posing with its larger sibling, the Alfa 8C Competizione.
The MiTo is 4,060mm long, 1,440mm high and 1,720mm wide. The baseline MiTo is revealed to have a 1.4 litre engine producing 78 horsepower at 6,00rpm and 125Nm of torque at 4,250rpm. A T-JET engine similiar to the one in the Bravo GT produces 155 horsepower and 206Nm of torque from 2,000rpm, with another 24Nm available via a Sports switch labelled Alfa DNA. The only turbodiesel variant for now is a 1.6 litre JTDM engine producing 120hp and a massive 280Nm of torque at 1,500rpm which goes on up to 320Nm at 1,750rpm.
These are the initial launch engines and Alfa Romeo promises more powerful engines later in the product timeline, which will feature technologies like the Multiair electronically controlled variable valve lift system and a twin clutch system that Alfa dubs the DDCT.
The compact car features a rather advanced feature usually found in cars higher up the segments. The feature is part of the Vehicle Dynamic Control system and is called Dynamic Steering Torque, or DST. DST applies slight torque to the steering to suggest the correct manoeuvre to the driver in situations like oversteer, or in situations where grip is different on the two sides of the axle.
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Initial details and specifications of the Alfa Romeo Mi.To
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After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history. An avid electronic gadget aficionado as well as big-time coffee lover, he's also the executive producer of the Driven motoring TV programme.
Generally a nice looking car BUT at some angles it looks… mmm… sad. But this being an Alfa Romeo, no one will comment (like usual) that this is ugly. If this car carries an Asian badge, the complains would be endless…
Nice and cute. in Oxford dictionary, cute is ugly but adorable. I adore MiTO design. Somehow its sound like Cagiva Mito?
certain angle looks like our own satria neo, u guys agree?
Some angle look cute.
Some angle look classic.
Still look fine but yet not the best.
fiat 500 looks better than this.
wonder whats the weight of the car? If it is light enough like the fiat500 or the mini, then it should be fast. plenty of power and torque in the car. Certainly way more powerful than my 1.8L corolla.
Aku mito, tikus…
geminas said,
June 20, 2008 @ 11:59 am
certain angle looks like our own satria neo, u guys agree?
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Not really. Care to point out which part does? besides the 4 round wheels?
cool! .
nothing great about it..
(at least it’s different from other or boring japan car shape)
but it’s alfa..
another sweet hatch, but still prefer the Brera….
the italian’s are the best auto designers…the smooth flowing body lines makes the car looks alive..for the italian car nut, i understand that these cars has ‘soul’ as i was a nut myself not too long ago..and kinda getting into it again..would actually buy one just for the looks and sound..nothing else matters..
in luv again.. luv its detail tho its just a small hatch.. sorry its not just a small hatch.. its an Alfa Romeo.. XOXOXOXO
nice backside and side curvature. nice engine, i would defintely love the turbodiesel engine. mm-mmmm.
but being an alfa-romeo, you know the brand is pratically dead here.
beautiful car, too bad the brand, the showrooms are virtually non existent here
Maybe this will cost more than the current golf gti?
Love it infinity…
Hell!~ it’s a continental car! Ofcos it looks great.
I DONT THINK SO, IT IS A SMALLER CAR THAN THE GOLF
This car is very sexy in all angles except the front. The problem with it is that the front-end of the car is simply too high, unlike the 8C Competizione, where the front-end bonnet aerodynamically sharper. Maybe alfa wanted a space for the registration plate.
paul,
i realized something interesting on those pictures that focus the steering button and another picture that focus on the gear shift. it has the Microsoft Window logo on the steering button and another one is under the gear shift.
thus, is the MITO has computer feature built-in to the car? or is there any special feature regarding to the Microsoft Window that u did not explain in your blog?
thanks for your attention
Paul Tan says: the Windows logo is basically the in-car entertainment and bluetooth hands-free system. it can read out your sms to you via text to speech recognition etc. its probably the same system as the one in the bravo gt. read my bravo gt story to find out more.
http://paultan.org/archives/2007/11/17/fiat-bravo-gt-14-t-jet-150hp-short-test-drive/
thanks for your answer. u done a great job!!