FYI - Alfa Brera reviewed in todays Sunday Times.

Jeremy Clarkson gives the Brera a thumbs up in the Times today.

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On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 11:28:44 -0000, "simon"
>, wrote:

>Jeremy Clarkson gives the Brera a thumbs up in the Times today.

Thanks. Have a link chaps
http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/art...446826,00.html


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On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 11:28:44 -0000, "simon" >
wrote:

>Jeremy Clarkson gives the Brera a thumbs up in the Times today.

Indeed he does..but he keeps mentioning how slow it is!! I'm
amazed..what the hell are Alfa doing? Their 3.2V6 petrol, which should
be a stormer in the Brera, is just as quick as an Audi A4 3.0 diesel
Quattro *and* the Audi is faster..how?..why?..what the?... As he says,
you only buy it for its looks. Some things *never* change in Alfa land
then..

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Zathras wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 11:28:44 -0000, "simon" >
> wrote:
>
>> Jeremy Clarkson gives the Brera a thumbs up in the Times today.
>
> Indeed he does..but he keeps mentioning how slow it is!! I'm
> amazed..what the hell are Alfa doing? Their 3.2V6 petrol, which should
> be a stormer in the Brera, is just as quick as an Audi A4 3.0 diesel
> Quattro *and* the Audi is faster..how?..why?..what the?... As he says,
> you only buy it for its looks. Some things *never* change in Alfa land
> then..
>

Aren't new engines (both petrol and diseasel) coming out next year?
Living in hope..... it is a bit of a disappointment though from a
'sporty' brand. Sure straight line acceleration isn't the only thing
that makes a car, but on paper, it doesn't do it any justice when
compared with others.

Alfa145 > wrote:

> Zathras wrote:
> > On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 11:28:44 -0000, "simon" >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Jeremy Clarkson gives the Brera a thumbs up in the Times today.
> >
> > Indeed he does..but he keeps mentioning how slow it is!! I'm
> > amazed..what the hell are Alfa doing? Their 3.2V6 petrol, which should
> > be a stormer in the Brera, is just as quick as an Audi A4 3.0 diesel
> > Quattro *and* the Audi is faster..how?..why?..what the?... As he says,
> > you only buy it for its looks. Some things *never* change in Alfa land
> > then..
> >
>
> Aren't new engines (both petrol and diseasel) coming out next year?
> Living in hope..... it is a bit of a disappointment though from a
> 'sporty' brand. Sure straight line acceleration isn't the only thing
> that makes a car, but on paper, it doesn't do it any justice when
> compared with others.

I doubt it - the 2.2JTS is almost an entirely new design - based on the
GM 2.2 Ecotec block. Same with the V6.

Can't see the JTD being replaced any time soon, either. But that's not
an issue as it'll chip to the naughty side of 200bhp anyway.
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On Tue, 14 Nov 2006 22:31:05 +0000, Alfa145 >
wrote:

>Sure straight line acceleration isn't the only thing
>that makes a car, but on paper,

... and according to Jeremy..

> it doesn't do it any justice when compared with others.

But Jeremy says the performance is a 'problem' for him but that owners
of Shoguns will find it great. That's a pretty damning comment coming
from an experienced Alfa lover who's driven it. The trouble here is on
the road not just on paper.

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What can I say, except that I want one, but it has to have an automatic box,
and I need it by mid March. Any chance I wonder?

david_dance > wrote:

> What can I say, except that I want one, but it has to have an automatic box,
> and I need it by mid March. Any chance I wonder?

I can't see the Brera ever getting anything other than manual and
Sillyspeed boxes.
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