Brera JTD in Australia?

[Harley]

Did the diesel version of the Brera ever make it to Australia?
I look on carsales every now and then but never see them pop up...

Harley

[Craig_m67]

Nope.

You could always create one from a written off 159, it's plug and play.

[Harley]

You could always create one from a written off 159, it's plug and play.

So now i need to buy a 2.4 159 JTD as well as a Brera, insure the 159 with an option to keep/buyback wreck, go for a burn on the ring road in morning peak hour and find an unwilling party to rear end me... hopefully I have the 159 insured for more than i bought it for to pay for the transplant of engine, gearbox and ecu.
Win 

[Harley]

Craig I figured your version of plug and play would be loose but not this loose! although I mentioned nothing of the Q4, so a fwd Brera with a JTD from 159 could be a bit more user friendly 
http://www.alfaowner.com/Forum/alfa-159-brera-andamp-946-spider/258442-brera-2-4-jtdm-q4-a-possibility.html
As both a mechanic from Autolusso and Gus from Alfatune put it. "NO,apart from everything else for a very basic reason,GEAR and DIFF RATIOS"

My thinking was that with a JTD Brera Q4 you get better use of the 4wd traction with the massive torque from the JTD as well as the improved mileage... Why did Alfa not fit a Brera Q4 with the 2.4 JTD  ?

[Craig_m67]

Gear ratios; well yes. Obviously.

[edit] Quite a bit of inter web tech information I find suggests it's the same box and the Q4 bit is plug and play, which is quite surprising.... Gearbox ratios do appear to be different

http://www.cars-data.com/en/alfa-romeo-159-2.4-jtdm-20v-q4-ti-specs/536
http://www.cars-data.com/en/alfa-romeo-159-3.2-jts-v6-q4-progression-specs/488


There's nothing stopping you from taking the complete drivetrain from a FWD diesel 159 (man or auto) and transplanting it. You need the engine and box (and all ECU gubbins). Hence buy a complete wrecked derv.

You could grab a 159 derv Q4 auto box from the UK/EU if you wanted although it's super rare. I think I've read that the Q4 was slower than the FWD, it's obviously not as sprightly. Money might be better spent on a remap and bigger turbo ..

Anything can be done with the application of enough cash.
Why are we doing this again?