mark b

I like it. What do you all think about it? I know it doesnt have a manual tranny, and that really sucks. but I think it is a sexy looking car, and would be a blast to whip around a track..

I saw the Top Gear episode with it and they loved it but were complaining about its girth which would be a problem driving it around town..

JerriVette

I'm an alfa fan although I feel it's ten grand over priced

Guibo

Saw a bit of the TG test, and they weren't the only one to criticize it for its cheap-feeling interior (though the optional Alcantara should help). From videos and pictures, it's gorgeous from most angles. The headlights look pretty bad IMO.
Evo Magazine included it in their COTY test, where it finished rather poorly. 8th out of 8 cars. 4th through 7th places were separated by 9 points, but it was a huge 13-point gap between the Alfa and the next car. The steering felt inconsistent, though they allowed it might have been a camber issue with that particular car. There were moments when the car was huge fun, but they summed up "for now the car has too many elements that feel unfinished or unfit for purpose."

Shame the adventurous styling and solid-looking interior of the concept


was so drastically toned down for production.


Check that head unit. It screams aftermarket and it looks like Alfa made zero attempt to integrate the area surrounding it. That kind of afterthought might raise eyebrows in a $25k Scion FR-S, but people shopping in the $60k segment expect better. No wonder, then, that Alfa has very modest plans of only 2500-3500 per year, so maybe it's priced right.

JerriVette

Excellent review of alfa 4c vs Porsche cayman for your consideration

http://www.automobilemag.com/reviews...orsche_cayman/

mark b

That was a good article... but why didnt they test it against the Porsch Cayman S ??

DKDunn04

Price would be my guess.

Guibo

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/porsche...-alfa-romeo-4c

PeterK

I've heard that all NA allocation is already sold out

Guibo

I guess those who didn't get an allocation could wait until 2015 for the spider. These headlights look much better IMO.

JerriVette

I believe the cayman was chosen to compete with the alfa 4c instead of the cayman s is the price was closer.

Cayman S and boxster S prices climb fast.

Dave68

I have read that Porsche makes more profit on their vehicles (especially from all the options) than does any other assembly line-produced vehicle.

But really, who can honestly say that the 4C is as good looking as a Boxster or Cayman?

mattkilla2015

I really like the 4c for numerous reasons such as the super low weight. somewhere like 2300lbs. Looks are drop dead gorgeous and there will be an option of getting the spider headlights on the coupe which was the only thing I didn't like about the coupe. At goodwood It did beat a c7 on a short test track.not by any means saying its better then the c7 just saying it is a quick little thing. 0-62 I believe is 4.4 seconds.