http://www.evo.co.uk/news/evonews/288148/alfa_romeo_4c_official_pictures_and_news.html

Glad to see it hasn't gone through the same sort of change the Brera did from concept to production The rumored track based version that they mention sounds like my sort of car! Nearly £50k for a 1.7 litre engine might put a lot of people off though...

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Entirely pointless

I know the 2 year delay has put of 3 people personally. Also it was rumoured to be £35-40k back then.

As good as it looks it's going to more more sh1t than all of it's competitors.

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As I commented on Evo's posting on FB, it looks like Alfa's take on a Mk 1 Elise.

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Jorg Gray Ltd Edition Watch Number : 313631

That is lovely, I'll buy mine when they're down to about £10,000 which with Alfa's depreciation will be after about 20 seconds from leaving the showroom.

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Alfa build quality, reliability and resale value up against a similarly priced Boxster S ? Pretty it maybe and as much as I love Alfas the price tag just doesn't fit their current status.

Carbon chassis too, so imagine what the repair costs, therefore insurance costs will be!!!

p7ulg said...

Alfa build quality, reliability and resale value up against a similarly priced Boxster S ? Pretty it maybe and as much as I love Alfas the price tag just doesn't fit their current status.

They would make sense at £30-35k.

Boxster for me too at £50k. Or only a few £k more for the Exige with a supercharged V6.

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its priced too high... it looks lovely though

Delphi said...

As I commented on Evo's posting on FB, it looks like Alfa's take on a Mk 1 Elise.

That was always the intention, wasn't it?

Apart from the price, which has spiralled massively. I wonder what the margin is expected to be on the build, ignoring the development costs? Because they could sell an absolute load of these at, say, £30k or so and I bet they'd make more profit overall than selling half a dozen at £45k+.

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Looks lovely, but not £50k lovely.

Weren't they touting a £20k figure when the concept was first shown?

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Harry

Too many old sheds.

<30k it makes sense and would rejuvenate the brand no end .

£50k is just too much. Carbon fibre construction if daft at this level too.

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Rich B said...

£50k is just too much. Carbon fibre construction if daft at this level too.

they are developing mass production carbon techniques for main stream cars, the costs are a fraction of what they where and in 10-20 years odds are most cars will be carbon

if its carbon based it may be built by a specialist company so shouldn't have the problems of a normal alfa

i think it looks stunning, far far better than the cockster or gayman

my only concern would be the noise that a 4 pot can make, its got to make the right noise, thats critical in a car

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They are coming to the US too apparently through Chrysler. Pricing similar to the Cayman so approx £35k here. Probably worth a test drive but if I was looking for that type of car it would be tough to look past the Porsche.

Eric Pisch said...

Rich B said...

£50k is just too much. Carbon fibre construction if daft at this level too.

they are developing mass production carbon techniques for main stream cars, the costs are a fraction of what they where and in 10-20 years odds are most cars will be carbon

if its carbon based it may be built by a specialist company so shouldn't have the problems of a normal alfa

i think it looks stunning, far far better than the cockster or gayman

my only concern would be the noise that a 4 pot can make, its got to make the right noise, thats critical in a car

CF has clearly come a long way, but it makes this car too expensive IMO.

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Rich B said...

Eric Pisch said...

Rich B said...

£50k is just too much. Carbon fibre construction if daft at this level too.

they are developing mass production carbon techniques for main stream cars, the costs are a fraction of what they where and in 10-20 years odds are most cars will be carbon

if its carbon based it may be built by a specialist company so shouldn't have the problems of a normal alfa

i think it looks stunning, far far better than the cockster or gayman

my only concern would be the noise that a 4 pot can make, its got to make the right noise, thats critical in a car

CF has clearly come a long way, but it makes this car too expensive IMO.

about the same price as the new f type and the porsche offerings come in at around that money with a few boxes ticked

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WIBBLE

Now if they could turn something out like this for £35K

50K GBP (American keyboard layout ) for a 1.7-litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine .

I don't care if it's made out of CF think I's rather have a Cayman or Boxster, Exige or even save a bit more for a F-Type.

Updated February 12, 2013 at 7:42 PM

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Yep, I agree, way over-priced.

Sod the carbon construction. If they'd have made it out of Aluminium, slung in a high revving 2.5 V6 and priced it a smidge under £35k, then they'd probably sell pretty well.

A 4cylinder 1.7 turbo just doesn't cut it.

Is the engine small for dodging Italian car tax?

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You Sir, are rude, arrogant and selfish. And so is your son.

I don't even think it's proper carbon is it? Its that composite stuff most manufacturers use in bits of cars, even cheaper than steel.

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