##Alfalogo--left## Alfa Romeo launches the award winning 147 in February at an entry price of £12,985, £500 more than the outgoing 145 1.6. The new model gains aircon, traction control and six airbags instead of two. That makes the price look a good one compared to its key rivals.
Alfa Romeo's new sporting hatchback - already crowned Car of the Year- goes on sale in the UK on February 1, in three versions and priced from £12,985.
##147(2)--right## Just three years after the Alfa Romeo 156 was voted Car of the Year 1998, the company's new hatchback, the 147, has been voted Car of the Year 2001.
Alfa Romeo's star attraction at the Paris motor show was the 147 compact car which will go on sale in the UK next March in 3dr form followed later in the year by a 5dr.
For the first time, Alfa Romeo has launched a diesel-engined car on to the British market, bringing aspirations of entering a whole new sector of the fleet market. John Linstead reports
Alfa Romeo has christened a new version of the popular 156 the Sportwagon. Just don't call it an estate, as Fleet News' editor Ashley Martin discovered
Alfa Romeo's market share has stabilised after a strong rise last year, thanks to the 156.
