New Prodrive Brera S (now with multiple reviews)

Thing to think about is that this tax is only going to be accelerated up higher as the years go on, might only be £455 in 2011 but do you think the government are only going to give it a £5 hike per year going forward, no, its likely to raise exponentially until we are all forced into buying cars emitting less than 100 Co2s,

you can see it already 09/10 to 10/11 there is

0 increase for cars 100-130
130-180 £5 increase
180-225 £10 increase
225-255 £15 increase
255+ £30 increase

those increments will only get higher as the 'pollluters' are taxed off the road, arseholes.

so i'd say it was a concern as a buyer especially when most of the competition perform better in this regard too.

It's built at the Portbury Docks pre-PDI place in Bristol (you know, the one they had to introduce to try and rectify the build quality issues that come out of the Pomigliano d'Arco factory):

http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/tol...cle4014314.ece

Most manufacturers are done at the docks, not due to faults but they way they are shipped.

Originally Posted by sandys

Thing to think about is that this tax is only going to be accelerated up higher as the years go on, might only be £455 in 2011 but do you think the government are only going to give it a £5 hike per year going forward, no, its likely to raise exponentially until we are all forced into buying cars emitting less than 100 Co2s,

Maybe that will become a necessity? Fishermen are often against quotas - but without them the fish-stocks would be fished into extinction - then where would the fishermen be?

Although I enjoy driving my gas-guzzler today, I am prepared to accept that there may come a time when that may no longer be possible, due to environmental concerns.

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/3...rera-S-V6.html

Photogallery of the Brera S with some cool shots: http://www.autoblog.com/photos/alfa-brera-s/

From those photos I still say that's a pre 2008 model Brera.

(Check the sills.)


They must have ~500 RHD Breras they need to shift.

here are some (terrible quality) photos I took of the one in Mangoletsi yesterday. Visually the car is stunning (althought from these photos you wouldn't think so) - it was very bright under those spotlights

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j5...s/IMAG0101.jpg

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j5...s/IMAG0102.jpg

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j5...s/IMAG0103.jpg

Does look great (despite dpat's best efforts to spoil it )

Originally Posted by BigFoot

Does look great (despite dpat's best efforts to spoil it )

I thank you

Originally Posted by Nev

From those photos I still say that's a pre 2008 model Brera.

(Check the sills.)


They must have ~500 RHD Breras they need to shift.

Nev, for fear of repeating myself again, these are definately 2008 model cars, some of them haven't even been built yet, the Model Year changed in Feb production and all these cars are built since. They have the electronic Q2, the new seats, new headlining, fascia etc. They also have not got the Skyview which was standard on a UK 2.2JTS on an 07 model year

I can 100% promise you that these are not the 07 cars!

David

Looks like a 2008 model to me.

Originally Posted by DavidWhitton

They also have not got the Skyview which was standard on a UK 2.2JTS on an 07 model year

I can 100% promise you that these are not the 07 cars!

David

They just don't look the the 2008s I've seen.
e.g. :
http://jalopnik.com/assets/resources...omeo_Brera.jpg

Also without Skyview, does that mean they have
the old metal roofs again? (Which would make
a lot of sense, especially for the overall colour.)

Originally Posted by DavidWhitton

I can 100% promise you that these are not the 07 cars!

Ah, leftover '06 cars, then?

Seriously, given that they're '08 cars is the quoted weight loss comparing them to the 'normal' '08 cars or to the launch cars?

That is, is an '08 Brera S 2.2 lighter than any other '08 Brera 2.2, or is it just ligher than an '06 Brera 2.2? My money is on the latter, and some lazy journalism. Not a complaint or a criticism either way, just interested to know.

Originally Posted by Nev

They just don't look the the 2008s I've seen.
e.g. :
http://jalopnik.com/assets/resources...omeo_Brera.jpg

Also without Skyview, does that mean they have
the old metal roofs again? (Which would make
a lot of sense, especially for the overall colour.)

I wouldn't have a Brera without the skyview, I know it now something like a £500 extra on Model 08 cars, also the leather is an extra, but Alfa have lowered the price for a 'standard' car.