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  Alfa Romeo Brera V6 Q4 - RSportsCars.com
The generous dimensions of the new Brera are elegantly compacted through sharp front and rear bodywork tapering, and the exterior is rich in styling cues from Alfa Romeo’s peerless tradition of sporting coupes, from the 1900 SS to the Giulietta Sprint, Alfetta and Giulia Sprint GT.
At the rear, the Brera’s broad ‘shoulders’ taper to the focal point of the Alfa Romeo badge, beneath a steeply raked rear window – reminiscent of the Giulietta Sprint.
As with all Alfa Romeos, the interior of the new 2+2 Brera coupe is focused on the driver’s immediate surroundings, which have been designed with an emphasis on ergonomic functionality.
www.rsportscars.com /eng/cars/alfa_brera.asp   (766 words)

  
 Alfa Romeo Brera Coupé
The Alfa Brera's attractive, personality-packed looks conceal a diverse range of outstanding high-tech power units that offer generous performance: a 185 bhp 2.2 unit and a 260 bhp 3.2 V6 unit, both JTS direct injection petrol units.
Apart from Alfa Romeo character, the new car assures outstanding dynamic performance due to a high double wishbone suspension at the front and a Multilink suspension at the rear.
The Alfa Brera's quality is also expressed in the choice of opulent interior materials; in the tuning of its Alfa Romeo engines to achieve top-level performance, engine note and driving comfort - and in the optimisation of the sophisticated suspension systems.
www.cww.at /Alfa_Romeo_Brera.html   (877 words)

  
 Alfa Romeo Brera 2.2 JTS SV
But it is the striking-looking Alfa Brera sports coupé; that is one of its new 'halo' models and the flagship of their new range.
Alfa Romeo say that the 159, the Sportswagon, Brera and Spider plus the considerable marketing activities — which includes television advertising for the first time in two years — should give the once-famous Alfa marque real impetus to improve its annual sales in the short-term.
The Brera uses a shortened version of the new generation platform it shares with the Alfa 159 which, says Alfa, gives their new sports coupé; an extremely safe and rigid bodyshell for predictable handling characteristics under all conditions.
www.motorbar.co.uk /alfabrera.htm   (1242 words)

  
 Alfa Romeo to Unveil Brera Coupé in Geneva   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The new Alfa Romeo Brera is to make its debut at the 2005 Geneva Motor Show, the venue chosen for the first public appearance in 2002 of the original Giorgetto-Giugiaro designed concept car.
Due to go on sale by year's end, the new Project 946 Alfa Romeo Brera is based on the new "Premium" f/awd architecture shared with the Project 939 sedan replacing the current 156 in the spring, and designed to restore Alfa to the top level of sporting manufacturers.
Replacing the current Alfa Romeo GTV, Brera is a 2+2 of generous dimensions: 1830 mm wide, 4414 mm in length and 1372 mm high, although the deeply tapered front and rear styling creates the impression of a very compact car.
www.auto-report.net /alfa-brera-pr.html   (298 words)

  
 2006 Alfa Romeo Brera (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The harmony of Brera's shape and size, allied to the outstanding engineering and driveability of an Alfa Romeo, makes for a car which is beautiful, strong and sturdy, a car which sets the standards for all coupés.
Brera is a 2+2 of generous dimensions: 1830mm wide, 4414mm in length and 1372mm high, although the deeply tapered front and rear styling creates the impression of a very compact car.
Brera offers the most sophisticated electronic systems to monitor and control key dynamic parameters of braking and roadholding to deliver greater driving safety.
www.seriouswheels.com.cob-web.org:8888 /top-2006-Alfa-Romeo-Brera.htm   (355 words)

  
 Alfa Romeo Brera (2006-) - 4Car Road Test from Channel 4 - Introduction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Giorgetto Giugiaro was adamant that the Brera was no more than a show car, but the idea did fit in well with Alfa's need to replace the GTV and Spider.
We've also now seen how the new generation of Alfa Romeos, spearheaded by the 159 that has just replaced the 156, is adopting the Brera look from its sharp visage to its broad, crisply defined rear shoulders.
The Brera is, of course, based on the 159, with which it shares 55% of its parts.
www.channel4.com /4car/road-tests/A/alfaromeo/brera05-/index-intro.html   (470 words)

  
 Alfa Romeo Brera : News & Reports : Motoring : Web Wombat
And though this chappie is a little dejected that Alfa is still without a home-grown giant killing, license voiding, speed machine of rubber melting magnitudes, it's great to see the beautiful bodyshape of the Brera part of the official Alfa Romeo line-up.
Alfa Romeo talks about the new car delivering "outstanding dynamic performance" which it claims comes down to the use of quadrilateral front suspension and Multilink rear suspension.
The new Alfa measures 1830mm in width, 4414mm in length and 1372mm high, yet because of its incredibly angular design - where both the front and rear ends employ steep angles - the overall impression of the car is, in Alfa's own words, "very compact".
www.webwombat.com /motoring/news_reports/alfa-romeo-brera.htm   (731 words)

  
 2009 Alfa Romeo Brera Q4 - Previews - Car and Driver - September 2006   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Alfa Romeo has a fine heritage but a difficult recent history, particularly in the U.S. In the early ’90s, the Italian marque limped away, just as too many of its 164 sedans had done.
The Brera and the Spider are based on a shortened version of the 159 sedan platform [Upfront, C/D, September 2005].
The Brera can claim practicality, as it has four seats and a hatchback, but an adult can’t travel in the back and the liftgate lip is so high that loading luggage is a struggle.
www.caranddriver.com /previews/11345/2009-alfa-romeo-brera-q4.html   (478 words)

  
 italiaspeed.com - Alfa Romeo (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Alfa Romeo CEO, Antonio Baravalle, was recently quoted by the 4Car website as saying, “We have cut the budget for our advertising campaign and will do the 8C instead, because it is a perfect way to promote the Alfa brand.
The cost of this Alfa Romeo exotic will therefore be equal, or slightly higher, to that of the Ferrari F430 Coupé, with 500 units scheduled for initial delivery.
Antonio Baravalle’s second sporting intention is to return Alfa Romeo to the legendary Le Mans 24 Hours, and the 8C is the perfect weapon to use.
www.italiaspeed.com.cob-web.org:8888 /2006/cars/alfa_romeo/04/8c/1204.html   (583 words)

  
 Alfa Romeo Brera Review @ The Alfa Workshop
The front features the classic Alfa Romeo grill and an aggressiveness that has echo’s of "Il Mostro", the classic love-it-or-hate-it Alfa Romeo ES30 SZ from the early 1990’s.
The chassis is based on Alfa Romeo’s premium platform, as is the Alfa Brera but the wheel base is significantly shorter.
The instruments have the sporty feel carried over from past Alfa Romeos with all the gauges facing the driver and the leather seats are both sporty and supportive.
www.alfaworkshop.co.uk /alfa_romeo_brera.shtml   (674 words)

  
 2007 Alfa Romeo Brera - Road Test Drive - European Car Web
The Brera and the forthcoming Spider convertible will be the first Alfas we see over here, most likely during 2007 (see sidebar).
The Brera coupe is stunning-a svelte, sophisticated piece of automotive art in an industry where aggression increasingly seems to take precedence over beauty.
The Brera can't be steered from the rear end like a BMW 330Ci, nor does it have as much steering tactility.
www.europeancarweb.com /firstlook/0603_ec_2007_alfa_romeo_brera_v6   (702 words)

  
 Alfa Romeo Brera Concept - Supercars.net
The shape of the Alfa – a two-seater plus room for two children – is generous and complete.
The design of Alfa Romeo Brera body is generous both in length and width, 4,388 mm and 1,894 mm, respectively, with a height of 1,289 mm, whilst the distinctively tapered front and rear ends attribute a compact unique character.
Alfa has stated that they will not build this car.
www.supercars.net /cars/2007.html   (699 words)

  
 italiaspeed.com
Brera is a 3-door 2+2 coupé which will take Alfa forwards in the luxurious H segment.
The Alfa Romeo Brera, now just hours away from its launch, will be joined by a 'Spider' version later this year: we take a look forward at this exciting new model.
Provided it’s profitability can be proved to the new Alfa Romeo management, it can be expected that a top of the range GTA version will also be launched somewhere down the line.
www.italiaspeed.com /2005/cars/alfa_romeo/02/brera/1602.html   (853 words)

  
 Alfa Romeo Autodelta Brera J5 3.2 C - RSportsCars.com
The new Autodelta Brera J5 3.2 C (C stands for “Compressore”) redefines Autodelta’s never-ending pursuit of the maximum performance and driving pleasure to be drawn from Alfa Romeo’s production models, and is the culmination of more than a year’s intense research and development as well as hard work and innovative thinking put into application.
Autodelta firmly believe that with the arrival of the Autodelta Brera J5 3.2 C they have developed a high-performance sports car that is true to the Autodelta brand values: practical and user-friendly as well as being blisteringly quick and boasting agile handling.
At the rear, the customary Autodelta splitter enhances the curving rump of the Brera.
www.rsportscars.com /eng/cars/autodelta_brera.asp   (562 words)

  
 Alfa Romeo Brera 3.2 JTS V6 July 2006 Car Review - CarPoint Australia
Besides having the long tradition of Alfa Romeo sports coupes to perpetuate, Brera is charged with becoming a major player and carries seemingly well justified expectations of substantially increased sales volumes.
In concert with Brera’s highly effective yet background electronic stability and traction control aids, plus great brakes and responsive steering, this is about as sure-footed and user-friendly sports-touring chassis as you could wish for.
Seat-of-the-pants feeling suggests Alfa’s claim of 6.8sec for 0-100km/h acceleration through the gears may be a tad conservative, because although take-off is slightly constrained by the weight and grip penalties of AWD, Brera’s pulse is certainly racey once wound up.
www.carpoint.com.au /car-review/1936250.aspx   (1511 words)

  
 Independent Online Edition > Road Tests   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The latest Alfa to herald a supposed turnaround for the company's fortunes is this juicy-looking Brera, styled by the living god of automotive design (and train design, and furniture design, and even pasta design, I seem to remember), Giorgetto Giugiaro.
The Brera is without question a sexy, desirable-looking car, just as an Alfa should be (although I seem to remember that in the early 1990s Zagato made a car called the Hyena, based on the Lancia Integrale, that looked strikingly similar, with the same curved, high waist, pert, stubby rump and long bonnet).
The most expensive Brera comes with a V6 and four-wheel drive, and I bet that's great fun, but the diesel I tried was a bit of a power tease: I'd floor the pedal, wait for the turbo to pull itself together, the moment would pass, and then the power would arrive.
motoring.independent.co.uk /road_tests/article1095964.ece   (710 words)

  
 2006 Alfa Romeo Brera - Top Speed
The original styling is complemented by generous dimensions: the Alfa Brera is 183 centimeters wide, 441 cm long and 137 cm high with a wheelbase of 252 cm, although the sharply tapered front and rear make the model look very compact.
The harmony of Brera’s shape and size, allied to the outstanding engineering and driveability of an Alfa Romeo, makes for a car which is beautiful, strong and sturdy, a car which sets the standards for all coupes.
Depending on the market, the range also offers a range of possibilities that are created by cross-matching two JTS direct injection petrol engines (a 185 bhp 2.2 unit and a 260 bhp 3.2 V6 unit), two specifications; 10 body-colours; and 4 interiors in flocked fabric, Alfatex®, Frau® leather and grosgrain leather.
www.topspeed.com /cars/alfa-romeo/alfa-romeo-brera-ar1320.html   (826 words)

  
 Alfa Romeo Page
Alfa knows so well how to make cars desirable: everybody loves beautiful cars, so it hired the best designers in the world to create some of the most beautiful cars ever made.
Having been producing Duetto / Spider and GTV / Spider for Alfa Romeo continuously from 1966 to today, Pininfarina is once again granted the contract for assembling the new Brera in its Turin factory, although the car was designed by its arch-rival Giugiaro.
However, Alfa Romeo insisted to use its own cylinder head and intake manifolds to produce the right noise, and its JTS direct injection to boost compression ratio and power.
www.autozine.org /html/Alfa/Brera.html   (1947 words)

  
 Alfa Romeo Brera - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Alfa Romeo Brera is an automobile due to be produced by the Italian manufacturer Alfa Romeo from 2005, in both coupé and convertible (Spider) forms.
A convertible Spider version of the Brera was also announced, to be launched shortly after the coupe and to replace the existing GTV-based Spider.
In Europe, the Brera is available with three engines: a 200 hp 2.4 JTD turbodiesel, a 2.2 JTS and a 3.2 V6 petrol engine.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alfa_Romeo_Spyder   (272 words)

  
 Alfa Brera Spider
Alfa Romeo has won The Design Award for its new Brera sportscar, presented by Autocar, the leading UK motoring magazine, in its Annual Awards.
The Alfa Romeo Brera, labelled the sexiest new car launched in Europe this year, will get pulses racing at the Sydney International Motor Show in October (14-23 October 2005) with sneak preview in anticipation of its mid-2006 launch in Australia.
In 2002 the Alfa Romeo Brera, a concept car designed by the Italian design maestro, Giorgetto Giugiaro, stole all the limelight at the Geneva International Motor Show and there will be an encore performance at the 2005 show when Alfa Romeo reveals the production Alfa Romeo Brera.
www.alfa.co.nz /Showroom/Alfa_Brera_Spider/MenuId/104.aspx   (217 words)

  
 New Alfa Romeo Brera Coupe - car magazine, auto reviews at motiontrends.com
Originally designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro, the Brera was developed after the very warm reception of its concept car which won international awards such as the ‘Best of Show’, awarded by Autoweek magazine at the Geneva Motor Show, ‘Best of Show’ in the Prototype category at the Villa d’Este Concours d’Élégance.
The sporty personality of the Brera coupé is expresses in medium to compact dimensions in length (4413 mm) and wheelbase (2525 mm) sizes, with a generous width of 1,830 mm to "sit" wide on the road, with no more than 1372 mm roof height.
Suspension - The Brera gets high double wishbone suspension at the front and a multilink system at the rear, with a Q4 four-wheel drive system on the 3.2 V6 version, and the various electronic stabilising programs such as the VDC system with sporty, non-intrusive calibration.
www.motiontrends.com /2005/m09eng/alfa/brera.shtml   (601 words)

  
 Alfa Romeo Brera - Supercars.net
Designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro in collaboration with the Alfa Romeo Styling Centre, the model represents the state of the art in the world of the coupe, a strong compact car, mistress of the road with a strong personality.
First of all, this fascinating '2+2' has generous dimensions: it is 1,830 mm wide, 4,413 mm long and 1,372 mm high, with a wheelbase of 2,525 millimetres, although the heightened taper of the front and rear make it look very compact.
For this reason, the Alfa Romeo Brera fits double wishbone suspension at the front and a Multilink system at the rear.
www.supercars.net /cars/3123.html   (381 words)

  
 RapidCars.com: Alfa Romeo Brera   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
First introduced at the Geneva Auto Show, the Brera is going into production.
With all-wheel drive and a 400 hp V8 the Brera will sprint from 0-60 in around 4.8 seconds.
Extensive use of leather and aluminum in the interior makes the Brera as luxurious as it is fast.
www.rapidcars.com /brera.php   (61 words)

  
 Alfa Romeo Brera - Mazda Forums
Brera is a 2+2 of generous dimensions: 1830mm wide, 4414mm in length and 1372mm high, although the deeply tapered front and rear creates an impression of a compact car.
Available in three levels of trim, Brera will offer a choice of a 2.4 JTD 200 bhp turbo-diesel power-unit and two petrol engines (the 185 bhp 2.2 JTS or the 260 bhp 3.2) coupled to either an automatic transmission or a 6-speed manual gearbox depending on the version.
The Brera promises outstanding dynamic performance thanks to the use of quadrilateral front suspension and Multilink rear suspension, and comfort is further enhanced by the integral 'Alfa Q4' traction control system fitted to some versions.
www.msprotege.com /forum/showthread.php?t=98520   (467 words)

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