Tag: Alfa Romeo Brera

  • Alfa Romeo Brera Italia Independent by Vilner

    Alfa Romeo Brera Italia Independent by Vilner is not just a car but a special project that needs attention. The Brera is one of the most beautiful machines that Alfa Romeo has ever created. It has brilliant shapes and features capricious but at the same time rewarding Italian engineering. This coupe has been designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro, but at the same time it was also customized by the designers of Italia Independent, who made it even more beautiful.

    An interesting fact is that this car is named after an area in Milan’s historic city center is located. Brera is a small neighborhood called by natives “the area of ideas”. Here is where the Academy of Fine Arts and the office of the editors at Corriere della Sera are located. Not to mention the splendid fashion boutiques as well as antique shops.

    In this fashion, the designers at Italia Independent have created a special edition of Brera, which can be recognized by the typical paint – titanium mat. Other distinctive features include the black wheels which are reminiscent of motor rotors of a jet plane and the bloody red brake calipers with handwritten Alfa Romeo inscription.

    Inside, Brera Italia Independent gets carbon fiber on the center console and steering wheel, red rings on the controls and contrast red stitching. But can all this be developed even more and go a step further?

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    Here is where the designers at studio Vilner step in. Due to their refinement, this Brera gets improved with mixture of nappa leather, Alcantara and genuine snakeskin. They have also added more carbon, red contrast stitching, seat belts in the same color and embroidery that depicts East Asian dragon.

    Vilner however, did not dash out of the picture Italia Independent. On the contrary, they have preserved the original ergonomic steering wheel, its carbon fiber elements and those on the center console, and the engraved aluminum plates built into the headrests of the front seats.

    But the details and accents in this Vilner’s project are much more. The seats have been visually reinforced by horizontal red stripes, which have been made of smooth nappa leather. Red belts and small accents on the locking mechanisms complement this image. The door panels have been wrapped in natural black leather with contrast red stitching. The result is reinforced with nappa red stripes that can be seen on the seats.

    Take a look at the ceiling which is made ​​of Alcantara and gives shelter to embroidery of a dragon. The same motif is located on the backs of the front seats. Focus on the middle part of the dashboard and the doors. Instead of the standard plastic strips, this Brera gets pure black snakeskin.

  • Alfa Romeo 4C Most Beautiful Car of the Year 2013 Says Internet Survey

    Alfa-Romeo-4C-shadowAlfa-Romeo-4C-mediumAnother design award. This time at the receiving end was the Alfa Romeo 4C. The title: “Most Beautiful Car of the Year 2013”. The award was handed at the 29thInternational Automobile Festival after an internet survey gathered the votes of people worldwide.

    With 40.70 percent of the votes in favor, the 4C ended up being the undisputed victor among the contestants. Runner-ups included the BMW 4 series (25.55), the Mercedes-Benz CLA (22.15) and the Mazda 3 (11.60).

    The International Automobile Festival – started in 1986 Charmonix – has been handing out the “Most Beautiful Car of the Year”award on an yearly basis ever since 1988; when, again, the Alfa 164 took the prize home. The Alfa Brera and the Alfa MiTo also won the hearts of the voters in 2005 and 2008 respectively.

    Today the Alfa Romeo 4C is an award favorite. Recently it was proclaimed as the “Car of the Year 2013” by…erhm… the UK edition of FHM magazine. It also won the “Coup de coeur 2013” title at given by the French Automobile Magazine. Even in Germany the 4C headed the Auto Trophy 2013 reader survey conducted by Auto Zeitung.

    Source: Alfa Romeo

  • Romeo Ferraris Alfa Brera

    A beautiful car needs a powerful engine, that’s why the Italian tuner Romeo Ferraris take the stunning Brera and put a supercharger kit under the hood. Furthermore, the stylish vehicle received a nice exterior package.

    The supercharger kit includes a compressor, an intercooler, special piping, an ECU re-map and new full sport exhaust system including a 200 cell catalytic converter. The result is very nice – additional 98PS (72 kW) and 120Nm (89 lb-ft), so the total power of the supercharged 3.2 liter V6 is 358PS (263 kW) and 440Nm (325 lb-ft) of torque. The performance is superb – 0 to 100 km/h in 5 seconds flat and a top speed of 260 km/h (162 mph).

    The body kit includes a new front bumper, a pair of side skirts and a modified rear bumper. The stance of the Brera is further optimized by an adjustable sports suspension kit.

    All components, including the supercharger, have been developed by Autodelta and Romeo Ferraris is distributor and authorized service center for Italy.

    Romeo Ferraris Alfa Brera
    Romeo Ferraris Alfa Brera

    Source: Romeo Ferraris

  • Alfa Romeo Autodelta Brera S 3.2 Compressore

    Alfa Romeo Brera S 3.2 is a recent project between Alfa Romeo UK and tuning company Prodrive. They released the limited-edition Brera S 3.2, which has lost over a 100 kg of overall weight thanks to use of front-wheel drive rather than the standard Brera V6’s Q4 all-wheel drive system. (more…)

  • Alfa Romeo Brera “Italia Independent” Unveiled

    Porto Cervo (Olbia) provided a stunning backdrop for the unveiling of the Alfa Romeo Brera “Italia Independent”, a new Limited Edition version of 900 that is due to go on sale first in Europe and then in Japan and Australia. It will be available to order from September in Italy, with a list price starting at € 32,200 euro (on-the-road price) for the 2.2 JTS Selespeed version. (more…)

  • Lester Alfa Romeo Brera

    Alfa Romeo Brera contains, in a sole and exclusive style, the concepts which have always marked the brand: sportsmanship and elegance. Harmony of shapes and volumes give life to a beautiful and powerful car which represents the state of the art in the field of the coupé.

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