The Alfa Brera is available with two specifications, both with a wealth of electronic and telematic equipment. It also offers a welcoming, highly sophisticated interior due to the use of original shapes, appealing colours and top-quality material for panels, dashboard and seats. This impression is reinforced by the adoption of innovative products, such as a generous fixed glass roof that allows more light into the car and gives passengers a sensation of space while also setting off the car's slender shape. The styling philosophy behind these results of great emotional impact took into account three guidelines: character, sportiness and quality. The distinctive nature of this new car therefore emerges from a passenger compartment that features truly unique traits such as a wraparound console, shell-shaped panels and a through console that runs between the back seats. The designers made these aesthetic features sportier through the use of light, dynamic lines: hardly any of the parts feature parallel lines but instead adopt smooth curves that suggest speed and slenderness.


The third feature of the vehicle interior is its quality: the thoroughness apparent in all aspects of quality assures the driver and passengers a great sense of attention to detail, great practicality and comfort. The use of top-quality materials and the treatment of certain areas, such as seat manufacture, give the entire passenger compartment a very Italian look. As is natural for a sports coupé created for thrilling performance, the whole interior of the Alfa Brera hinges around the driver's cockpit. The aim: to ensure the person behind the wheel a position that guarantees the best possible control of the car under all circumstances. Examples of out-and-out sporty details are as follows: round dials and outlets with a smooth aluminium trim that delimits the entire passenger compartment and makes the interior more compact and wraparound. The seats also feature smooth lines and a flocked stitching pattern that emphasises their shape. Not to mention the fact that the rear seats can be folded down to extend the luggage compartment from 300 to 610 litres, a value that makes the most of the generous load platform; when a Bose Hi-Fi system is fitted, the volume increases from 236 (plus 20 litres in the cargo box under the load platform) to 546 litres.


As soon as you sit behind the wheel of the Alfa Brera, you become aware of the outstanding instrument arrangement, the ease and convenience of the controls all aligned toward the driver and grouped logically by function. The driver's position is built around the 'cockpit', where all the various driving controls are concentrated. The controls for the climate system, radio and navigator, the gear lever and the ignition button are all on the centre console. The latter feature takes the form of an innovative ignition system comprising an electronic key with three buttons, an electronic key reader on the facia, a starter button next to the electronic key reader, and an electric steering wheel lock on the steering column, where it cannot harm anyone in a collision.


The circular analogue speedometer and rev counter are linked by a high resolution reconfigurable digital display, and perfect illumination guarantees clear, easy reading of all the instrumentation, particularly at night. And finally, hand position and grip are perfect on the three-spoke steering wheel, even when negotiating difficult manoeuvres.


The seats on the new Alfa Romeo coupe are comfortable, guaranteeing superb comfort and safety. To enhance comfort even more, and in particular to absorb vibration. According to the specification, the front seats can also come with a host of important settings that allow anyone to set the best possible personal driving position: height, lumbar, reach, squab rake (electrical) and folding and seat cushion tilt in a horizontal plane. A convenient central armrest between the front seats contains a climate controlled storage compartment, while the head-restraints are built-in and enhance the car's sporty look. As an option, the front seats can be electrically controlled with a memory. The rear seats also offer the following as standard: squab split 40/60 (with fold-down cushion) and Isofix attachment for child seats. 'I am proud to note that the Alfa Brera is so obviously an Italian product', concluded Giugiaro.


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