Alfa Brera and 159 juiced!

[ALFAHOLIC]

Its about bloody time! The heavy cars that ozzes beuaty and nothing else has been a serious let down, for cars that cost over R500 000 when launched it was a serious eye opener for Alfa who was known for power and racing but now is known for heavy, big bodied runway models.

There's no mistaking these cars are some of the most beuatiful on the road.....if you happen to see one, because they're so damn expensive!

The Q4 system weighed heavy on these cars and took the performance down remarkably, I think the Brera is close to 8 secs to 100kph, anyone have correct figures?

These ones done by Autodelta, who by the way wanted to invest in SA Alfa dealership...actually did for less than a year saw their R100 000 supercharger kits being sold in an auction when a spacific Alfa stealer went bust...the flippen 2.0 superchargers cost more than the car...as a result of depreciation - JOH!

Anyway, Autodelta have juiced up these babies by adding chargers - you can read more here: http://www.worldcarfans.com/109110522913/autodelta-159-j4-32-c-and-brera-s-32-compressore-world

The only flop is that just like the 1750 176kw 159 turbo released in Europe...it won't be coming to S.A

 

[HapticSimian]

On a related note - here's something just for you, ALFAHOLIC:

 

[ALFAHOLIC]

Yarrrr Forza3 Bru!!! Heard you can even get an 8C on there...I'm getting the PS3 fatone for Christmas...so hopefull GT5 has Alfa's...lol one thing I like about Forza is that you can swop the 8C V8 engine into the MiTo!!!

 

[Keeper]

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man that's a cool picture...alfa's are so cute!

 

[ALFAHOLIC]

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[FiestaST]

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Meet your heroes: the Alfa Romeo Brera is textbook style over substance

The Brera looks stunning, but - in classic Alfa fashion - the drive... isn't

Gorgeous, isn't it? If Alfa Romeo launched the Brera now, the internet would be in raptures. That’s how well Giorgetto Giugiaro’s design – first revealed as a concept at the Geneva Motor Show in 2002, presumably to the sound of a thousand jaws thudding into the carpet in unison – has held up. It would’ve looked right at home on a bedroom wall full of supercar exotica. Which is where I put it, right? Wrong. Full of Manchester United posters, you see. Sorry Alfa, even the Brera wasn’t dislodging Paul Scholes.

But of all the cars to light that spark as a preteen, this was right up there. Not only was it pretty, it felt within reach – the most attainable object of desire for a lad with no pocket money. These things started from around £25k when they arrived back in 2005 but, much like the Lotus Emira today, it looked far more exotic than it had any right to for the money.

Mechanically of course, it was a different story. Developed together with the 159, the Brera was quickly found out as, well, not a show pony, but a car that couldn’t back up its exquisite lines with handling to match. Go look up its TGTV lap from 2008, and marvel at how badly the nose dives under braking and how comical the understeer is. No wonder the Audi TT and Mazda RX-8 demolished it. In those days, the BMW 3 Series and Peugeot 407 coupes were both more sorted as well. Dynamically, the Brera missed the mark.

https://www.topgear.com/car-news/retro/meet-your-heroes-alfa-romeo-brera-textbook-style-over-substance