2017 ALFA ROMEO 4C – ALL BOXES CHECKED

Alpha does, first, beautiful cars. They are not cheap, they are not too reliable, sometimes they are well built, sometimes they are not, but they are almost always beautiful. And there is no better way to apply “Bellezza” to the car segment, which is pretty definitive as handsome per se. Obviously we are referring to the sports car segment here.

Alfa had an opportunity to go there in recent years with a beautiful GT model, but not so sporty, a similar story with Brera later and then visual work to measure art or 8c Competizione and Spider. Everyone obtained a part of verified beauty, while the dynamics, not so much, and that it even has 8C with all the respect for the powerful V8 made by Ferrarri. Finally, in 2013, Alfa decided to verify all the boxes and was born 4c, so let’s see after four years in the market, what he has to offer alpha Romeo 4C 2017.

Styling

You simply can not compare the appearance of 4c to anything that has its direct rival. You can only compare it with things like Ferrari, and even then you will endeavor most of them.

If you possess it, you do not have to drive it, you will be satisfied enough to look at it. The Ferrari style round back lights have never been incorporated into sculpted cola more passionately and gracefully. Maybe it even exceed 8C, and that was not expected, for any of us.

The difficult part

It has to exist with the Italians, right? 8C was a supercar, and had a cabin that adjusted that moniker. I did not expect a level of comfort from a luxury sedan, but the design was nice, and had some usual amenities to stay satisfied. 4C?

Well, that’s a kind of another story. All beauty stayed outside and the piece of comfort never did it here. The cabin does not use an additional inch of its cheap plastic above the need and forget anything of convenience, which even account for door or glove box handles.

If you go to Spider, you will have to roll on the roof and separate it with your own hands. Look at it this way, the interior is close to Lotus, then to any of its Porsche or Corvette rivals, and that should give you a suggestion about its scarcity.

But, with the reason.

Yes, there is a reason for that movement, and here it is. 4c Weighing 2,465 pounds, which means that it is lighter than Boxster for 500 pounds and expires Corvette in this segment in 800. In comparison with Jaguar? As little as 1,000 pounds. That is why there is nothing larger than the 1.8-liter turbocharged I4 under the plastic bell. It is qualified just 240 hp and 258 pounds of torque, but in your case, enough for Sprint at 60 mph in 4.5 seconds.

Then, we have ultra light, carbon fiber body, medium motorized sports automobile, with double 6-speed clutch transmission and double tone suspension on the front. Outcome? Much Souting Cornering! The car is as vigorous as you can get and it is more alive than anything you can possess in your price range, apart from an even more ascetic Lotus. Even he has no assisted address, and career mode finally has an adequate meaning in some car. It is as hard the nucleus that is actually only for the race track and not the usual empty statement. The Brembo brakes stop the vehicle at less than 100 feet, and the brake pedal is without commitment, each touch produces an amount of crazy force as if it were never off the track.

When to buy it?

With a price tag of $ 57,500 for the coupé and $ 67,500 for the spider, the Alfa Romeo 4C has many rivals. Cayman, Boxter, Corvette, F-Type, TT RS, are at a similar price, but nothing like 4c. If you want a sports car to be displayed, do not go for this alpha. It offers the convenience of a park bench, and you need to be able to support it as a man. If it melts while enjoying the lateral G in Elise or demands, but longs for a little more Cushiness, then Alfa is the key. It is the closest thing to Pagani, or any other track race superdephan, in the price support tripled as yours.