rocketian Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Anyone seen the new Alpha 4C Lightweight 2 seat sports car. 895 kg Mid engine 237 hp Composite body 60:40 weight distribution 1750cc engine sub 5s to 60mph cost ~£50k mmmm wonder where they got the idea from ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Don't they start at 45k, with extremely limited number coming I to the Uk. Probably old sold by now too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_h Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 one of the magazines weighed the one they had and it turned out over a tonne. will be intersting to see what happens with the carbon tub in accidents and if they can be fixed. I can see insurance getting expensive when they starting getting written off for fairly minor accidents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P4N Lotus Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 If you smooth off those alien eyes it looks remarkablably like a cross between the Elise and the Evora Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanB Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 tub damage writes an elise off too though doesn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stumason10 Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 I was excited when I heard about it. Read some reviews and seems mixed. One was compare to an Elise and a Cayman. Elise won the track car, Cayman the road car and they said the Alfa was neither fish nor foul and not a great compromise of either if the above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P4N Lotus Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 I like it, sounds great performance is good too, just not too keen on the front styling and the steering wheel looks cheap too , it's a nice car though they did an interesting exhaust note tweak which gives it an interesting sound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil S1 Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 It's was pretty dire last week but the Alfa 4C's going to be on Top Gear tomorrow night...and the P1 so might make for good viewing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketian Posted February 9, 2014 Author Share Posted February 9, 2014 Don't they start at 45k, with extremely limited number coming I to the Uk. Probably old sold by now too. Yes - I think the base model was £45k, and 200 cars allocated to UK this year - all sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darryl Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 one of the magazines weighed the one they had and it turned out over a tonne. will be intersting to see what happens with the carbon tub in accidents and if they can be fixed. I can see insurance getting expensive when they starting getting written off for fairly minor accidents. I believe the quoted 895kg is dry weight, with no coolant, oils etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutley00 Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 It looked wonderful on Top Gear last night - even JC liked it! I think I might have to wait for the prices to plummet before I can offord to trade in the Mito against one though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hartleyj Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Alfa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Enjoyed last night's Top Gear, especially P1 feature. He was filming that the day after our LOT day in September and we went along to have a gander. Car was even more stunning in real life, JC is even more of a miserable ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stik Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Both the 4C and the P1 are wonderful in my opinion, although given the choice between the two i'd have the P1 Bank balance says otherwise though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scatty Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 That P1 was ridiculously sexy... I think Im the only person not keen on the Alfa, I thought it looked like a deformed/inbred Ferrari....:-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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