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Alfa Romeo Mito 1.4 T-Jet
1 Feb 2010
Competitors: Mito Your Match. Alfa steps its game up and gives everyone a lot to think about |
I had been waiting for the Alfa Romeo Mito to arrive in South Africa for some time. Journalists around the world had hailed this as the return of Alfa Romeo to its original quirky self. The epitome of style and sex appeal, combined with the idiosyncrasies and mood swings of a menopausal woman all rolled into one. This is how we remember Alfas.
A popular British TV program declares that you’re not a true petrol head until you’ve owned an Alfa. However not everyone has the same feelings about the Italian marque. Certain members of our staff and some that aren’t often joke about reliability problems and that the only reason the rear window is heated on an Alfa is to keep you hands warm while you push it.
Unfortunately their isn’t much that Alfa has done to defend itself in this department, however the newer models seem to be bucking the trend and moving away from the stigma attached to Alfas of old.
So as the new Alfa Romeo Mito 1.4 turbo pitched up at our office, most were excited to see what all the overseas fuss was about, some though made jokes about it slipping on its own oil and remarked after inspecting the floor under the car that the Mito must be out of oil as it didn’t seem to be leaking any.
Once all the jokes had run out (for the moment), we continued our inspection of the vehicle and the next topic to cause an argument was the looks. As an overall package we could agree that it was very quirky in its styling and that from the side it kinda looked like an 8C, the main debate was the front lights.
It does seem to be a bit cross-eyed and has a beak to match it. These take a little while to become accustomed to, but once you get in and drive it for the first time, you feel that the crazy front end styling matches the personality that the car exudes.
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