Alfa Romeo 4C – only 3,500 units on the cards

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The Alfa Romeo 4C may be a real head-turner, but catching one in the metal to do so when the series examples arrive may be a tricky affair, what with global production for it being limited to just 3,500 units.

That’s the number mentioned for the mid-engined two-seater, which broke cover in its production form in Geneva. Presumably, the figures are for the coupe form of the type and shouldn’t take into account the 4C Launch Edition, of which 1,000 will be built.

A targa model joins the fold sometime in 2014, and a track version as well as a more powerful ‘Stradale’ variant are reportedly on the cards, which will all add to the numbers, but the outright total sort of goes against an earlier report that intimated 26,000 examples of both coupe and targa would be made over a seven-year cycle.

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Given that Alfa itself says that series production capacity of the car is up to 1,000 units per year, the numbers should be well less than that. Order books for the regular 4C, which will be built at the Maserati plant in Modena, have opened for the car in Europe, with first deliveries to begin next year (presumably once the last Launch Edition examples have shipped).

The 895 kg (dry) offering is powered by an evolution of the 1750 four-cylinder turbo used in the Giuletta, with 240 hp at 6,000 rpm and 350 Nm at 2,100 to 4,000 rpm. The TBi is paired with the latest-generation TCT dry twin clutch transmission and an Alfa DNA driving mode selector with a new Race mode.

Performance specs for the 4C – which sits on 17- and 18-inch wheels as standard and optionally on 18/19-inch five-hole “telephone dial” design wheels – include a 0-100 km/h time of 4.5 seconds and a 257 km/h top speed.

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Comments

  • donnckt on Sep 27, 2013 at 10:19 am

    elise front and side with z4 rear backside+ferrari

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  • Ahmad on Sep 27, 2013 at 10:42 am

    Proton Suprima S looks better, and probably faster.

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  • tanchong on Sep 27, 2013 at 10:59 am

    more like porsche front, lotus side, z4 butt + ferrari

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  • full of character and soul

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    • Alfa no resale value. Unreliable and push into lake garden also nobody want .

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      • people who buy this car don’t give a f*ck about resale value.

        only kiasu malaysian consider resale value as top priority when buying a car.

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  • Meti Culous on Sep 27, 2013 at 11:27 am

    sexy in every respect. visually, at least.

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  • Somehow the triangular front looks like trimmed women’s pubes

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  • Denaihati on Sep 27, 2013 at 12:09 pm

    nice shape. lightweight with high performance, awesome lah.

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  • Jaybond on Sep 27, 2013 at 12:22 pm

    While the overall look is quite nice, the rear portion could have been better designed ( rear portion is not smooth flowing with the front portion of the bodywork, especially around the side rear air intake).

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  • Any idea how much it will cost in Malaysia?

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  • yoolang on Sep 27, 2013 at 1:27 pm

    is look like snake

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  • frenzyaustin on Sep 27, 2013 at 1:48 pm

    Italian car are so hot and sexy, best European design car.

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  • LOL, at first glance porsche in front , rear ferrari. But the light weight is very surprising =0

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  • Sugarglider on Sep 27, 2013 at 5:32 pm

    looks like a happy kid with one teeth. :B

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  • SSaturn on Sep 28, 2013 at 1:21 pm

    Is this the one base on Mazda Mx-5 Platform? I heard they sharing the same chassis. :)

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    • Blaze on Sep 28, 2013 at 8:56 pm

      That platform sharing excercise will be with the all new Alfa Romeo Spider.

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