Alfa Romeo 4C - first official pictures
We get a first glimpse of the production 4C - and a power-to-weight figure, too
However, we’ve now been given our first look at the new car in its production form. Until now, we’ve had to content ourselves with the concept version; thankfully, it seems that the standard car will look much the same.
Gone is a little of the trinketry – much as you’d expect – but the 4C’s voluptuous shape remains largely – and thankfully – the same. In fact, in some places, the detail changes have improved things slightly – smaller taillights, for example, give the production 4C’s rump a slightly less boggle-eyed look than the concept’s.
Along with our first glimpse of the 4C, Alfa’s released a power-to-weight figure: 4kg/hp, which equates to 250hp/tonne. If rumblings in the press are correct, the 4C should weigh somewhere around the 950kg mark, which would give it a power figure of 237hp. However, if other rumblings are correct, the 4C’s price has inflated to a Cayman-rivalling £50,000 or so.
That’s a rumour given weight by the timing of this reveal. As we write, the international launch of the new Cayman is going on – more of which, of course, we’ll bring you when we can. Of course, to release information about a new rival on the same day and thus distract attention away from the launch event would be a very media-savvy thing to do. Not that that’s what Alfa’s done, of course. It could all just be a happy coincidence. Right?
Either way, the 4C will make its debut at Geneva, which is when we'll finally get the full scoop. Watch this space!
I think it actually looks a bit gawky in those pictures. I am on the waiting list for one, but at that price will wait for a used one in a few years.
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