To 4C or not 4C: Motoring review of Alfa Romeo 4C - Express.co.uk
The reason is that for all the fuss around this 4C, Alfa Romeo is a car company in trouble . Big trouble. In all of 2014, it sold just 5,523 cars in the UK and in the first half of this year it has sold just over 2,600 vehicles here. Yes, hope is on the horizon for Alfa Romeo in the form of the new Giulia saloon arriving next year, but where does that leave this 4C. At first glance, it might look like a small two-seater, front-engined coupé perfectly placed to take on the... Instead, this is a mid-engined, cutting edge sports car in a similar vein to the likes of the Lotus Exige. It boasts a lightweight, carbon-fibre base (the same hightech material used in Formula One cars), an all-new highly tuned turbocharged engine, supercar-like performance and a £51,500 price tag. This 4C is one of the most technically-clever and advanced cars to arrive in years, not just from Alfa Romeo but from almost any car manufacturer. All very impressive and worthy, but is that what Alfa customers really want. What is not easy to get across on paper is just how small this Alfa is. It is a truly tiny car and while it boasts some lovely and varied lines, they are packed into a very compact shape making it look fussy from some angles. Source: www.express.co.uk
