Videos Top Gear: Audi TT, Alfa Brera & Mazda RX-8.
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Congratulations to Audi.
The fastest FWD car to go around the Top Gear test-track is also faster than a BMW M3!
You know what I found strange? The Alfa Romeo Brera went around the dry TG track in 1.36.9 - that's slower than the understeery-twitichy-b*st*rd Vauxhall Vectra VXR which went around the same dry track in 1.35.
And yet Clarkson mocked on the poor, but slightly faster Vectra and gave the props to the slower Alfa. I simply don't get all the fuss he did about the Brera.
The fastest FWD car to go around the Top Gear test-track is also faster than a BMW M3!
You know what I found strange? The Alfa Romeo Brera went around the dry TG track in 1.36.9 - that's slower than the understeery-twitichy-b*st*rd Vauxhall Vectra VXR which went around the same dry track in 1.35.
And yet Clarkson mocked on the poor, but slightly faster Vectra and gave the props to the slower Alfa. I simply don't get all the fuss he did about the Brera.
MikeJ
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And yet Clarkson mocked on the poor, but slightly faster Vectra and gave the props to the slower Alfa. I simply don't get all the fuss he did about the Brera.
It's the looks and general desirability of the Alfa that cause the TG crew (among others) to overlook just about anything that might be wrong with the car itself. There are many Alfas (the Brera is not one of them) that would make me do the same.
It's the looks and general desirability of the Alfa that cause the TG crew (among others) to overlook just about anything that might be wrong with the car itself. There are many Alfas (the Brera is not one of them) that would make me do the same.
Actually, you are quite right about the desirability and looks of the Alfa. It really is a Gorgeous looking car and the V6 engine sounds very nice indeed.
The thing is though, the Brera was a car I wanted to love, but I'm not overly impressed with it. I was expecting a whole lot more - I was expecting to be a RWD V8 Coupé like the Concept.
The Brera, then, is not the Alfa I would want. I would rather have the 4-door 159 3.2 V6 Saloon in 4WD configuration.
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