Alfa Romeo 147 Ducati Corse
July 7, 2008 by Anthony Crawford
No, its not a new bike by Alfa Romeo, but rather very special Alfa 147 inspired by our own two wheeled magician, Casey Stoner and his 2007 MotoGP world title.
- Anthony Crawford
Alfa Romeo and Ducati, two great Italian companies have combined their creative juices to produce this warmed up Alfa 147 with a 1.9 JTDM 16V Q2 125kW (170bhp if you live in Perth) together with a whole swag of exclusive performance parts.
But if you want one, you’ll need to move to the UK, at least for now.
Given Stoner is already an Aussie hero, we’d like to think that Alfa Romeo Australia will be importing at least a few of these beauties just to satisfy fans of both these Italian thoroughbreds.
Alfa Romeo Australia sells five variants of the 147, but only one is diesel powered, the 147 JTD 5-door Diesel Monza, with a 6-speed manual. It’s a reasonable powertrain with 110kW and a substantial 305 Nm at 2000rpm. Flat out is 208km/h and Alfa claim 8.8 seconds for the 0-100km/h sprint.
The 147 Ducati Corse gets along a little quicker, with top speed of 215km/h and just 8.0 seconds for the sprint. I did say a ‘little’ quicker, but when you factor in additions such as; special 18” alloys shod with extra wide, low profile 225/40 rubber, Ducati red brake calipers, satin effect side mirrors, rear spoiler and Ducati Corse badging, it’s a good looking thing.
Inside, you’ll find aluminium pedals, sports seats in black leather with red stitching, Ducati Corse instrument dials, cruise control, dual zone auto climate control and MP3 player.
You also get a few colours to choose from including, Etna Black, Ghiaccio White and my pick, Giulietta Red.
Print it: 
I’m surprised Ducati would put their name on something as ‘average’ as that. Its extremely dull compared to the 1098 pictured with it. Seriously, its like putting a Ferrari badge on a Vespa.
Stoners back on his game WOOOO
Thats some of the clumsiest brand synergy ive seen lately, and have to agree with steven, not the most desirable Alfa in the range.
Looks like they put some Brera S wheels on it, or something similar.
Should have made a hot MiTo, those things look great. Or at least a Ducati Brera. The 147 is a bit pedestrian.
And what is with the “(170bhp if you are in perth)” quip?
I would love to see how this car performs on the road. If you have driven Alfas before, you will note they are cars that must be driven within a tight power band. When you look at the figures of this diesel motor and the heritage of the handeling of Alfas, this sounds like a sweet package.
I was told by our tuning guru Tom, that folks like to use bhp as opposed to kW over in the west!
Anthony: Were they rock apes in Commodores wanting to make their cars sound more powerful?
alpha red with tan leather tks.
BOOOOOOOORING!
Does it go fast? no.
Does it look fast? no.
Does it do monos? no.
Does this match up make any sense? no.
Yeah I’m in Perth and have no idea where that comment for bhp over kw came from?
Naaaaaaaaaa……….who cars about that silly Alfa just a sales gimmick! I’ll take the Ducati your sitting on Stoner! Thanks! :D