Alfa Romeo 4C is no more
Discussion
ocrx8 said:
s m said:
Spider was about 10k more new list price
If only the value after 3 years / 36k miles was in-line with their prediction. Now production has ended - I can’t see values dropping much from where they currently are. Time to buy one and wrap in cotton wool..
I think one of these would be a great second/fun car. A solid investment too I would imagine.
It most certainly has the special feel good factor, due to styling and rarity.
Not sure why people moan so much about the factory geo set up. If the fix is only £500 or so what’s the problem? How much does it cost to solve the massively overlong gearing on boxsters/caymans for example? Does that require a new diff?
It most certainly has the special feel good factor, due to styling and rarity.
Not sure why people moan so much about the factory geo set up. If the fix is only £500 or so what’s the problem? How much does it cost to solve the massively overlong gearing on boxsters/caymans for example? Does that require a new diff?
Edited by ITP on Saturday 9th November 16:12
nickfrog said:
TimoMak said:
Yep and the overpriced Renault Alpines will go the same way within a couple of years too.
I doubt it very much. Anyone remember the Renault Sport Spider? Lotus Europa? Nissan 350Z? Toyota GT86?
Brits have never previously embraced Alpine so it will be interesting to see whether the enthusiasm lasts.
cerb4.5lee said:
DeejRC said:
It is a world beater, quite easily to be honest Lee. Put it this way: I can’t replace mine, nothing else on sale will or can do what the 4C does or is for anything less than 100k.
That is very high praise indeed in fairness. 
I had a 4c for a few days when I was looking to replace the Evora. Performance, handling, balance even quality of the Lotus was and is better and that was the relatively lardy Evora, Exige or Elise would be way better.
ocrx8 said:
Awkward? IMO it’s one of the most stunning looking cars of the past few years. Although I’ll agree about the popping noises 
By awkward what I meant was that from some angles it does not look right at all. I see a red one drive past my house a few times a month and the rear quarter view / rear view does not look right, but from other angles it looks superb.rallycross said:
ocrx8 said:
Awkward? IMO it’s one of the most stunning looking cars of the past few years. Although I’ll agree about the popping noises
By awkward what I meant was that from some angles it does not look right at all. I see a red one drive past my house a few times a month and the rear quarter view / rear view does not look right, but from other angles it looks superb.rockin said:
Quite a few cars have an initial flurry of excitement that swiftly fades once initial orders have been met.
Anyone remember the Renault Sport Spider? Lotus Europa? Nissan 350Z? Toyota GT86?
Brits have never previously embraced Alpine so it will be interesting to see whether the enthusiasm lasts.
The Renault Sport Spider came out at the same time as the Elise so suffered as a result.Anyone remember the Renault Sport Spider? Lotus Europa? Nissan 350Z? Toyota GT86?
Brits have never previously embraced Alpine so it will be interesting to see whether the enthusiasm lasts.
The Europa was not hardcore enough for lotus owners but was still too much of a compromise for new buyers. I nearly bought one.
The GT86 has that torque dip and needed a bit more performance to match the way it looked
One might say all of the above were slightly flawed and the 4c could fit in to that grouping as well.
The 350z was a mass-market car that sold well as far I was aware.
The UK market isn’t vital to Alpine and so they haven’t flooded the market with vehicles. Demand remains high and the cars were generally bought by enthusiasts who will keep them/ not be too desperate to sell.
Alfa put some incredible lease deals out for the 4c- when they come to the market (anytime now) there will be an impact on pricing as the demand was less than supply - the tell-tale is, perhaps, the people deciding not to buy the 4c at the end of the lease.
Edited by Miserablegit on Saturday 9th November 19:08
I did really consider a spyder one of these last summer but went for a Lotus Elise250cup instead. Mainly I wanted a manual, something that was good for B roads (the Alfa is a bit wide), not turbo charged and I thought the Elise handled better. The Elise’s are more compromised as a daily but mine is definitely a weekend car. Still the 4c look great. Saw one at a car park just last week.
Brilliant mini exotic that always put a smile on my face during a drive. I always thought of it as the modern Dino Ferrari may have built if they were able to sell cars at this price point. 20,000 miles in 16 months as a daily driver between three cars and didn’t miss a beat. An afterthought For a sports car, but the MPG was fantastic. Very difficult to replace over in California not having the same breadth of car choices we do in Blighty. The spider and 350 days of sunshine are a great match with the roof taking seconds to take off but was only packed or put on for longer motorway trips to Vegas etc.
Easy fix for the admittedly aggressive tramlining issue which was initially a pain zipping around the L.A day to day. Plenty of power for the city as standard but an inexpensive simple plugin ECU upgrade takes it to a new level. Very rare sight which was always nice in city full of very nice machinery. Shopping for a new one as there’s nothing currently available that can replace it for me and a very lightly used car is a bargain.
Easy fix for the admittedly aggressive tramlining issue which was initially a pain zipping around the L.A day to day. Plenty of power for the city as standard but an inexpensive simple plugin ECU upgrade takes it to a new level. Very rare sight which was always nice in city full of very nice machinery. Shopping for a new one as there’s nothing currently available that can replace it for me and a very lightly used car is a bargain.
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