UPDATE: Interior pic added after the jump.
Beautiful, isn’t it? This is the 4C Concept, a “compact supercar” according to Alfa Romeo. It’s clear that this 4C is the younger sibling of Alfa’s 8C Competizione, both in name and styling. However, the 4C isn’t a front engined, rear driven car like its bigger brother – it has a mid-engine, RWD layout.
Well, if the 8C has a V8 then the 4C would have a four-cylinder, so the 4C Concept is motivated by Alfa’s 1750 turbo petrol engine as found in the range topping Giulietta. It’s a direct injection, dual CVVT engine that features a revolutionary scavenging control system which eliminates turbo lag. In the hatchback, this unit produces 235 PS and 340 Nm. Coupled with the just launched Alfa TCT dry twin-clutch transmission, the 4C Concept does 0-100 km/h in under five seconds. Top speed is above 250 km/h.
The 4C Concept was developed to be lightweight, so it uses carbon extensively. The chassis supports a body crafted completely from carbon, while the rear frame structure and crash boxes are from aluminium. Final weight is “less than 850 kg” and weight/power ratio is lower than 4 kg/hp. Weight distribution is 40:60. The 4C has Alfa’s DNA selector, which controls the car’s throttle, steering and suspension.
Size wise, the 4C is about four metres long and has a wheelbase of less than 2.4 metres. This means that it’s a very compact sports car – a Porsche Cayman is 4,347 mm long with a wheelbase of 2,415 mm.
The best news is that the 4C will make it to production. Alfa Romeo says that it will go on sale next year! Pic of the cabin is after the jump.
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Beautiful,but look like Alfa Romeo skin on Lotus Elise chassis,even the specs very Elise…
First VW copy Proton Emas, now Alfa copy Lotus. Malaysia owned car companies all being plagiarized? Did the world terbalik suddenly? Lol
This alpha 4C look great and sexy, i may say it have some ferarri DNA instead of Lotus.. =P
Besides, VW now own Italdesign Giugiaro, it seem that VW become the host, so now is depend who launch the production car first..
either you dont know how to look at cars or youre just blind
Totally….That’s what I thiught when I saw it too….
I somehow feel that the styling on this Alfa took several design cues from Lotus. The rear sloped window and the rear arches. The whole car looks a bit like the Lotus Elise with a tinge of Evora at the back-top for me. Just an opinion though. :)
Kinda agree with Ayecaramba.. initially thought was a Lotus..
lotus? errmmm
looks like lotus elise, but more elegant
WOW!!!. Damn Sexy… Both guy and girl will love it.
my mouth can’t stop watering…
super duper sexy
izzit a lotus underneath…?
Awesome looking car , hopefully it’ll land on our shores…
looks a bit like lotus elise from the side
i wonder under who Alfa is currently
because there already many people saying this is actually look like a Lotus
it cant be they are under Lotus
because if they are
then the number of bashers will be reduce to very little
Wow!!! This is one of the most sexiest car for this year!!!! Fantastic design!!!
i think i did heard before somwhere that it will use ktm x-bow chasis
hihi, new trend everyone want to follow proton-lotus:p
after what vw did
KTM x-bow chasis..
elise S is 3785mm overall length, and 2300mm wheelbase, 860kg unladen.
so it looks like its gonna be slightly larger than the elise.
to keep its weight down (1000kg. lets hope the lotus guys there now remember to keep it light and ‘affordable’, otherwise the 4C will take its place !
hi paul, i think you had over-edited my comments above
my comments on the need to use carbon fibre by the 4C and the new elise due 2014 was somehow missed out, thus the last paragraph as published made no sense already…
can you kindly revert to my original comments, please? thnks very much
Sorry we didn’t edit anything.
hmm, lost in transit..
what i had wanted to say was that in order for the 4C (with turbocharger, tct box etc) to hit the 850 kg weight target, it had to use carbon fibre and lots of it too, thus making it sound expensive already. thus probably it will be in cayman territory price-wise.
also i read somewhere that the new elise due in 2014 will be around 1000kg; thus lotus will stand to lose its lightweight moniker to the alfa if it goes that way.
that was it paul, thnks
beautiful thing! i so want it.
is this evora re-engineered? lotus selling the platform?
sexy little b****
if only i can afford one….
No one notices that the rake of the A-pillar and the roof line is reminiscent of the GT-R R35’s?
How much you estimate the price, Paul?
uuuuuu. nice backside
correct me if i’m wrong. doesn’t it look like a lotus if u see it as a whole except the front end
i read before in worldcarfans sometime ago that it’s going to be around the price of evora. 30k-40k pounds?? not sure though. if it really has an x-bow chassis and 8C trans, it should be good enough and value for money. anyhow, sadly it won’t reach our shore too soon or even reach it.
haihh Italians.. Huayra, Aventador, then this. theyre so good
Nice but Very strange..???
italians / Alfa Romeo r famous for their designs but this 4C looks like
Lotus Elise / Evora front / sides, GTR R35 side & BM Z3 Rear…???
only the rims r italian design…
looks batter than exige
yep…its looks like a lotus with italian flamboyance…perhaps this is how the best profile would turn out to be if u make a sub 1000 kg car without ending up looking like a kit car
now that’s a proper Alfa Romeo :-)
Agree with most, from the side it has some uncanny resemblance with the Lotus design language. Despite the curves, it doesn’t really look that elegant as well. Has Alfa lost the design magic of the GT & 8C Competezione?
Beauty! But i guess the handling would be rubbish as compared to a lotus
What a weird looking car….not my cup of coffee lol..
Great beauty. Fiat’s mechanical moodiness would the thing to spoil the goodwill.
I certainly like the thin A pillars and wraparound windshield. Especially on a potential corner carver. New cars nowadays have such thick pillars impeading visibility on tight turns.
Had some trouble putting my finger where I’ve seen that before until I remembered the Lancia Stratos.
Seriously, I don’t see much Lotus in it….. slap on a basket handle spoiler on the B pillar and it would be unmistakeable modern Stratos re-imagined.
Short wheelbase, transverse mounted mid-engine, Italian design DNA.
i think my noose is bleeding after seeing this picture..
Now Alfa also copy Lotus Elise
Proton sue them for a lesson!
It looks more like the Lotus Evora than the Elise / Exige. It’s pretty obvious. But when I went through wiki, it’s based on the KTM X-Bow. It doesn’t look anything like the KTM.
looks like lotus…..