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| Road Test: Alfa Romeo Brera (2006-) |
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by: John Simister |
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Alfa Romeo Brera Gallery
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Well, you'd want one, wouldn't you? A car as dramatic as this, yet not as outrageous or as impractical (or indeed as expensive) as a supercar has to hit high on the Richter scale of desirability.
The triple-light units at the front lurk menacingly under the brow of the bonnet (they're easier to clean than they look, if you open the bonnet) and the rising waistline ridges sweep round the Brera's tail to plunge downward and meet at the Alfa badge - which doubles as a hatch handle - beneath the vee of the rear window. The doors are frameless. All models get the quadruple exhaust pipes and all UK cars get the glass roof (with three-overlapping-section electric sunblind) as standard.
The rear lights echo the design of the front lights, except there are four light-unit nacelles beneath a clear cover and they're set in a red-tinted chrome background.
That a concept car can translate to a real road car with so few fundamental changes, despite the strictures of car-design regulations, is amazing. Audi did it with the TT (a car Alfa views as a Brera rival) and now it's happened again.
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Introduction 'Wow!' cried the world at the 2002 Geneva motor show. 'Alfa Romeo ... |
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