ALFA Romeo Brera test drive since 2006
Australia in the heart of Italy
The history of the creation of medium -sized coupe from Alfa Romeo has decades. These machines have always been considered sports, prestigious and damn attractive. The long list in 2005 logically replenished Brera. The live car makes an indelible impression even on avid skeptics. The gaze of the front eyes hypnotizes, and in the rear -view mirror looks unshakable, very self -confident and even a little evil. The salon does not present revelations. The front panel, devices and a number of other elements are borrowed from Alfa 159 unchanged. However, planting is deeper, visibility, of course, is clamped. Especially back. Therefore, the mood at the wheel of Brera is different, more sports.
The interior is assembled high -quality and from good materials. The mileage of a test car totaled almost 20,000 km, and therefore it can be preliminary conclusions about the quality of the assembly. With the exception of the little things, it is magnificent. A test-mobile test does not creak, does not rustle, pleases with silence even on the tram tracks and is always ready to offer excellent sound insulation. Only the exhaust system loudly bates at low and medium -speeds. Yes, so that passers -by are turning around, and the cars standing along the road react anxiously by turning on the alarm.
But at high speeds, the sound of the exhaust fades into the background, the motor begins to solo. The motor sings not bad, but there is no unbridled, ringing high metal notes of the songs of a truly alpha v6! Born in Australia at the General Motors capacities, obtained by the Fiat crisis and transmitted by Alfa Romeo, this power unit is perhaps the only link that clearly falls out of the image of the Italian compartment. Moreover, the characteristics of the engine are very good 260 forces by 3.2 liters of working volume. The trouble is that the motor is not cool. Not this is used to the owners of Italian cars around the world. The power unit happily gives out the mountain of torque in the middle range of revolutions, it spins up to 7000, but I don’t want to do this. Not necessary. I well remember the character of an old 12-valve V6 one of my past alpha 164 QV. He was just confidently driving up to 4000, he was tanking to 4,500, and from 4600 to cut off and torn metal, announcing the district with an unforgettable solo! Not only for handling, but also for motors, fans have always loved Alfa Romeo. Now there is a dense acceleration and a political, relatively quiet engine. In this light, I feel a little sorry for the newly made fans of the brand who loved the car for appearance and controllability. They are deprived of the sweet real V6 from Alfa Romeo.
However, there are rumors that with restyling, ALFA return to the original V6, which, incidentally, is currently installed on Alfa GT. However, with the main task, functional, the engine copes with excellently tells the machine excellent dynamics. BRERA has a full -wheel drive with a self -locking front differential in its Arsenal (35% when accelerating and 40% when braking with an engine), which in turn is blocked with the Torsen differential, which transfers craving to the rear wheels (under the usual traffic conditions there is 53% of the torque) . It was not possible to try the Alfa Brera on slippery coatings, but I really liked the rear -wheel drive character of the car when rolled into a turn: you feel how on the exit of the turn, when the fuel is supplied, the rear wheels are loaded stronger, and the car with good acceleration and light, not loaded rudder, rushes. forward! Alfa remained in the steering wheel. The steering wheel makes from the stop to the stop only 2.2 turning is very acute and sensitive. With her and all Brera, a car very sensitive to the road surface. A noticeable rut reaction form of trajectory displacements, the need to work with a steering wheel during intensive braking all these nuances characteristic of alpha are preserved in a new compartment. The steering wheel here is an accurate tool that can measure the trajectory by centimeters.
Does the machine interfere with the achievement of the full Cuore Sportivo? Only at the starts. In motion, the box behaves very well. Sport mode is especially noteworthy, in which the automatic transmission hangs on the transmission even in fully automatic mode, allowing the engine to slow down. The automatic machine accompanies intensive slowdown by switching and so up to a complete stop, until the first gear. Brera is always ready after hard braking with a bullet to take ahead! Moreover, if you roll impressive, the machine will be almost invisible. Unlike the old GTV, Brera is much more adapted for everyday use. An elastic suspension with a good share of comfort, space for sitting in front, a large trunk. What else is needed? Dynamics? She is. Controllability? Get it! V6 from Alfa?! And here you found me by surprise. I don't know what to answer
Prices and configuration
ALFA BRERA is sold in Russia with two four -cylinder 2.2 JTS and V6 3.2 JTS motors. The first is aggregated with the ICPP-6 or the robotic 6-speed Selespeed, and the second only with the ICPP-6 and the automatic transmission-6. The cost of the simplest Brera in the Medium configuration is estimated at 1,490,600 rubles. For the most expensive version, 1,893,600 rubles are asked
Leonty Tyutelev
Source: Motor magazine [December 2007]
