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My thoughts exactly when I'm taking a corner at 90km/h ....

Mainly down to cost. Their sales haven't been good enough in the past to justify the expenditure, hence the GM and now Chrysler partnerships. There is talk some of their future range may be AWD for the top V6 spec. but again, the engine is going to be built by someone else and tuned by Alfa...

The Brera 3.2 S is FWD. Same GM block V6 with Alfa heads/tuning. Different suspension set-up, alloys, exhaust and seats. Interesting some car reviewers actually thought the 2.2 S was the pick of the whole bunch as it's less nose heavy and handles better...

3.2 all the way if you're going to get a Brera. Even the 3.2 doesn't move the car quicker than 6.8 in the 0-100 stakes so anything less is just pointless.

Fair enough. Agreed, the biggest thing the Brera has going against it is its power-to-weight ratio. At 1700kgs, it is bloody heavy for a Coupe. The V6 version with a remap though does bring the package along a lot better. Personally, the Q4 around bends is one of the few things it has...

Good post Enz. Alfa is going backwards at a rate of knots unfortunately. The marque has been haemorrhaging money so badly, that they have two, yes count them, just two new models in their entire range, the Giulietta and Mito. Production of the 159/Brera/Spider according to Alfa's five-year...

Agree the current 159/Brera/Spider range doesn't sound as good as the Arese V6. With an Autodelta ECU remap/ Air filter though they're not bad, to my ears anyway. Not in the league of a Maser V8 for aural sound mind you but not much on the market really is these days. Looks wise IMO...

Tend to agree with that. Owned a few Alfas in my time. Loved every one of them. Have test driven the Audi TT, A5 and S5, Jaguar XF and XFR against the Maserati QP and for sheer aural sound, style and grace, the others really don't get too close.

To be fair, electrics aren't Alfas forte so dousing one in a lake ain't going to help in that respect. I'd imagine you'd have the "Christmas light effect" on the dash driving that one. Every warning light that can be illuminated - will be....lol

Lovely Parisien. Looks like she's in great nick.

Ring a bell? :biggrin: http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1847321790?bctid=21803941001

There's a Maserati forum shared with other exotica but by and large I certainly haven't seen an exclusive Trident forum here in Oz. Outside of the big cities, Alfas are very, very rare on the roads so you can imagine how unbelievably scarce Maseratis are. With their price point for new models...

Cheers Enzo and thanks for sharing your experiences, very helpful and exactly the sort of ownership feedback which is invaluable. @Parisien - must say, the insane luxury car taxes in Australia are anything but an absolute pleasure to have to incur as a buyer - lol Looks like I'm liking...

Cheers Parisien. Downunder, the number of Maseratis on the market unfortantely isn't as varied as say in the US or Europe. Not too keen on dropping over 180,000 pounds on a new one so looking for a low mileage 2004-2006 QP Sport GT. Heard there is a change in the auto transmission from...

Cheers guys for the welcome. As you say, that old Alfa cliche is alive and well....lol. A Maserati QP is in the gunsights at the moment. Just need to get the right example.

Agree with a lot of what has been said in this thread. It is heavy and thristy. Granted, it could have been a LOT faster if it didn't weigh in at 1700kg.