Alfa Romeo 4c




Italian name: ✓
Gorgeous styling: ✓
Long hood, short rear overhang: ✓
Pricing rumored to be below $40k: ✓
^ Sounds similiar to new Fiero pricing adjusted for inflation.

Alfa Romeo 4c Spy photos

[This message has been edited by Austrian Import (edited 02-11-2013).]

I do love the 8c too.... Except they're terrible to drive, their art you look at them. For that reason I think it disqualifies it

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Both the 8C and the new 4C have some of the sexiest rear ends that I have seen. Both are gorgeous in execution.

[This message has been edited by Tony Kania (edited 02-11-2013).]

Car will come out as a 2014 MY

The Fiero came out as cheap car . I have heard this alfa may start out at 60k .

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yes but does it catch on fire like a fiero?

Not that I'm debating because I agree with you just thought to share a couple others that I thought have Fiero Influence

2010 Rossion Q1


American made and one of the Fastested cars in the world 2010 SSC Altimate Aero

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quote Originally posted by IanT720: I do love the 8c too.... Except they're terrible to drive, their art you look at them. For that reason I think it disqualifies it

Watch much Top Gear?

The closest thing to a spiritual successor to the Fiero I can think of, would be the Opel Speedster. To some extent, maybe the 2nd gen MR2.

I was thinking this had some similarities to the Fiero.


An under powered economical runabout, that had a troubled start and a short production run. It even came in a notchback and fastback versions; and people are already swapping engines in them!
http://www.smartuki.com/

quote Originally posted by mrfred8: The Fiero came out as cheap car . I have heard this alfa may start out at 60k .

Sub $40k, last rumor I heard.

It will be too expensive to be a Fiero like car. I do not think we will see much of a cheap teo seater anymore, It is just a very tough thing to pull off and pull it off well. Most of the small cheap sports cars all have short lives accept the Miata and only global sales save it.

quote Originally posted by Austrian Import: Sub $40k, last rumor I heard.

Hopefully you are correct.

quote Originally posted by mrfred8: Hopefully you are correct.

Sub 40k in euros.... maybe. Carbon fiber frame and skins don't come f'n cheap.

I say mid $60k.

The fiero already has a successor. The Opel speedster or vauxhaul vx 220. Both badged under gm Europe. Both mid engine 2 seat sports cars. Powered by the ecotech 2.2 or 2.0 turbo depending on the trim. Also come as targa tops. Which I wish the fiero was. Yes the sunroof is close, but not the same.

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Honestly, What is a "stock" Fiero?

quote Originally posted by skuzzbomer: Sub 40k in euros.... maybe. Carbon fiber frame and skins don't come f'n cheap. I say mid $60k.

It's ~35-40K in GBP. Euros would be ~41-47K. USD is around 53-60K. Per options of course. The 300hp turbo upgrade is probably the big expense. Frame is mostly aluminum, not CF. Tub and crash boxes are CF, but that isn't a huge amount. Not sure what the body is, but I don't think it's CF either. If there were that much CF on the car, it'd be over $100K.

CF and Alumnium.... I wonder what the insurance rates will be for them. $$$$$ to repair.

Austrian Import, thanks for posting a link to the Jalopkik article which contained this statement about the Alpha Romeo 4C you'd focused on in your thead's opening post:

"...the car is less than 13 feet long....It's also only 6.56 feet wide and 3.87 feet high...."

Two of those three dimensions struck me as encouraging because there don't seem to be many new cars in the U.S. anymore which currently afford people the small, fun dimensions of a Fiero:

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NO. OF FEET         Romeo 4C          Fiero 
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Length:               <13            <13.76
 
Width:                6.56             5.74
 
Height:               3.87             3.91

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I like the relatively short length of the Alpha Romeo 4C compared to most cars in the U.S., as well as its marginally (only 1/2 inch) lower height versus a stock Fiero. However, I'm a bit disappointed by the width being reported in that article for the 4C (6.56 feet, or nearly 79 inches) --- hardly the svelte width of the Fiero (just under only 69 inches).

Accordingly, I'm hoping the difference is attributable to the way the width measurements originally were taken for each car --- e.g., possibly including the side-view mirrors for the new Alpha Romeo 4C, but not for the Fiero.

I dont recall the model name, but doesnt Audi have a 2 seat mid-engine space frame car?