My son is considering his forst foray into the pain and cost of Italian car ownership. He's looking for something interesting to replace his current car, A DS3 owned from almost new. The Alfa GT and Brera are high on his list of potential purchases. He doesn't want to spend more than c.£5k as it'll be a fun car for maybe 12 months. I owned a GT Blackline years back and thought it was a great car; didn't really go wrong and was easily fixed for the few faults it had. I also owned a 159 Ti 2.4; again a great car, stunning to look at etc. but very costly to maintain as it was heavy on suspension, brakes, tyres etc. Both cars were at most a couple of years old when I owned them and I had them for maybe 18 months each - not really a barometer for my son to judge potential faults, running costs etc.
Tell me your experience and views on which is the better car please...