Stopgap GTA: Novitec takes a stab at the Alfa MiTo
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/aftermarket/" rel="tag">Aftermarket</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/tunertuesdays/" rel="tag">Tuners</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/euro/" rel="tag">Euro</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/hatchbacks/" rel="tag">Hatchbacks</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/alfa-romeo/" rel="tag">Alfa Romeo</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/novitec-alfa-romeo-mito/2050739/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/06/web580-alfa_romeo_mito_novitec_0 1.jpg" /></a><small style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> Novitec Alfa Romeo MiTo - Click above for a high-res image gallery</small><br style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" /></div>
<br />Alfa Romeo's spritely MiTo hatch may have been styled to look like the flagship 8C Competizione, but the performance gap between them is big enough to fit another entire model line. The <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/03/03/geneva-2009-alfa-romeo-mito-gta-concept/">MiTo GTA, previewed in concept form at this year's Geneva show</a>, promises to close the distance some, but until it arrives, Novitec has come up with an answer of its own, and here it is. <br /><br />The heart of any good mod job lies under the hood, and Novitec has plenty of options in store. For the gas-burning 1.4-liter turbo four, Novitec offers an auxiliary control module that can be installed in just five minutes and which adds an extra 31 horsepower to bring total output up to a respectable 186 and 0-60 time down to 7.4 seconds, or 0.7 seconds faster than stock. <br /><br />For diesel models, Novitec also offers a module to boost power by about 20 horsepower on either the 1.3 or 1.6-liter JTD engines. Of course, the Dutch tuning house hasn't stopped there, offering a choice of sport springs to drop the height by 40mm or a fully adjustable coil-over set-up. A full aerodynamic package, stainless exhaust and 18" wheels coated in Pirelli rubber round out the package, which you can check out in the gallery below and the press release after the jump.<br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><s trong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/novitec-alfa-romeo-mito/">Novitec Alfa Romeo MiTo</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/novitec-alfa-romeo-mito/2050739/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/06/alfa_romeo_mito_novitec_0 1_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/novitec-alfa-romeo-mito/2050743/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/06/alfa_romeo_mito_novitec_0 2_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/novitec-alfa-romeo-mito/2050744/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/06/alfa_romeo_mito_novitec_0 3_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/novitec-alfa-romeo-mito/2050759/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/06/alfa_romeo_mito_novitec_0 4_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/novitec-alfa-romeo-mito/2050749/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/06/alfa_romeo_mito_novitec_0 5_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />[Source: Novitec]<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/06/02/stopgap-gta-novitec-takes-a-stab-at-the-alfa-mito/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Stopgap GTA: Novitec takes a stab at the Alfa MiTo</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/06/02/stopgap-gta-novitec-takes-a-stab-at-the-alfa-mito/">Stopgap GTA: Novitec takes a stab at the Alfa MiTo</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:58:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/06/02/stopgap-gta-novitec-takes-a-stab-at-the-alfa-mito/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19054821/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/06/02/stopgap-gta-novitec-takes-a-stab-at-the-alfa-mito/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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