The Alfa Romeo 4C Thread

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It Has Come To My Attention That The Alfa Romeo 4C, A Good Car, Is Still For Sale

There I was, as I usually find myself on Wednesday afternoons, conscious in a coffin buried six feet under the ground with only a flashlight and my bare hands to get myself out. As I finally clawed my face free, I glimpsed around the dark cemetery to realize that hey, the Alfa Romeo 4C Spider is still for sale.

The 4C is a good car in and of itself, with an exciting chassis, an exciting engine, and the general excitement of skateboarding across the road with a turbocharger psh-tsh-tsh-tshhhhh directly behind your ear as you get on and off the gas.

The 4C Spider also meets all the qualifiers for being a good convertible:

1. The roof is stupid.

2. That’s it.

Indeed, this is a roll-top car, with the center section just being some canvas that you unclip on either side and then roll up like a newspaper for swatting a fly. There will be flies, actually, if you find yourself wisely buying one in yellow. They are impossibly attracted to the color.

I had sort of forgotten that the 4C Spider is still for sale (build your own here!), as last year Alfa canceled the coupe version.

It Has Come To My Attention That The Alfa Romeo 4C, A Good Car, Is Still For Sale - Jalopnik

There I was, as I usually find myself on Wednesday afternoons, conscious in a coffin buried six feet under the ground with only a flashlight and my bare hands to get myself out. As I finally clawed my face free, I glimpsed around the dark cemetery to realize that hey, the Alfa Romeo 4C Spider is...

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[Chingha]

Saw a stunning black one on the road today. Beautiful

 

[Jchan11hk]

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Trickle Charger, haha, AR is telling you do not daily drive this 4C

 

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Alfa Romeo Has Officially Axed The 4C

A new report from Motor1 has confirmed that the lightweight Alfa Romeo 4C sports car is now dead.

The manufacturer has officially stopped production which means only a few new 4Cs will be available for purchase at your local dealer.

Is this the end of small sports cars from Alfa Romeo? Well, the discontinuation of the 4C is clearly in line with Alfa’s new strategy, which recently announced the abandonment of its sports projects to address other issues with its lineup.

Alfa Romeo Has Officially Axed The 4C

The manufacturer has officially stopped production which means only a few new 4Cs will be available for purchase at your local dealer.

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Alfa Romeo Has Officially Axed The 4C

A new report from Motor1 has confirmed that the lightweight Alfa Romeo 4C sports car is now dead.

The manufacturer has officially stopped production which means only a few new 4Cs will be available for purchase at your local dealer.

Is this the end of small sports cars from Alfa Romeo? Well, the discontinuation of the 4C is clearly in line with Alfa’s new strategy, which recently announced the abandonment of its sports projects to address other issues with its lineup.

Alfa Romeo Has Officially Axed The 4C

The manufacturer has officially stopped production which means only a few new 4Cs will be available for purchase at your local dealer.

www.zero2turbo.com

Sad sad....

 

[Jchan11hk]

Sad sad....

Sad indeed, but the poor execution of the interior leads to poor sales figures.
Think about it, if they have the 4C exterior and an F-Type interior, 0-100 for around 5sec, it will sell nicely.
Also, you don't really need a CF chassis, it is just a bragging right. If it weighs 100kg more, not a huge problem. Look at what the MX5 has done with steel chassis.

Sometimes, I just dont know what were they thinking.

 

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Alfa Romeo axes 4C sports car to focus on SUVs

Firm’s Porsche 718 rival is dropped just six days after the GTV Coupe and new 8C were scrapped from plans

Alfa Romeo has officially withdrawn its 4C sports car from sale just one week after it was revealed that the new GTV coupé and an 8C successor have been removed from the future product plan.

An Alfa Romeo spokesperson was unavailable for comment, but the Porsche 718 Boxster rival now no longer appears on Alfa’s configurator and was absent from a list of current and future models shown at the firm’s third-quarter earnings report last week.

The 4C has consistently struggled to secure a strong foothold in the unpredictable sports car market, selling just 421 units in Europe last year. That compares with 9943 Audi TTs and 8202 Porsche 718s sold in the same period.

Last week, Alfa Romeo boss Mike Manley told the company’s stakeholders that its future product portfolio has been “significantly scaled back, with a corresponding reduction in capital spending”. The removal of the 4C will make way for two new SUVs and refreshed versions of the Giulia saloon and Stelvio.

The smaller of the two new SUVs, the Tonale, has been designed as a means of entering the competitive and highly profitable compact SUV market. It will take its power from a hybrid system shared with its Jeep Renegade platform partner and be priced to compete with the Audi Q3 and BMW X1.

Alfa Romeo axes 4C sports car to focus on SUVs | Autocar

Firm’s Porsche 718 rival is dropped just six days after the GTV Coupe and new 8C were scrapped from plans

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Farewell, little sportscar! Alfa Romeo pulls the plug on the 4C

A fresh report out of Europe suggests the mid-engined Alfa Romeo 4C has been discontinued.

According to Motor1.com’s French edition, production of the lightweight sportscar (which boasted a carbon-fibre tub) has officially ceased in Italy.

Interestingly, the two-seater 4C has also been removed from the Alfa Romeo South Africa’s website, where it was last listed for R1 173 900 in coupé form and R1 352 900 in Spider guise.

As a reminder, both variants employed a turbocharged 1,7-litre four-cylinder petrol engine offering 177 kW and 350 N.m, and driving the rear axle via a six-speed dual-clutch transmission.

Farewell, little sportscar! Alfa Romeo pulls the plug on the 4C... - CAR Magazine

A fresh report out of Europe suggests the mid-engined Alfa Romeo 4C has been discontinued. According to Motor1.com’s French edition, production of the lightweight sportscar […]

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[nazmo]

Sad indeed, but the poor execution of the interior leads to poor sales figures.
Think about it, if they have the 4C exterior and an F-Type interior, 0-100 for around 5sec, it will sell nicely.
Also, you don't really need a CF chassis, it is just a bragging right. If it weighs 100kg more, not a huge problem. Look at what the MX5 has done with steel chassis.

Sometimes, I just dont know what were they thinking.

Though from a logical standpoint, you absolutely right. I also love the idea of doing something for the sake of doing it, like the CF chassis. it does bring a risk with it of course. and in this case didnt pay off. For me the scary thing is that illogical cars are becoming less and less. one day everyone will be driving boring (yet still fast) appliances

 

[Jchan11hk]

Though from a logical standpoint, you absolutely right. I also love the idea of doing something for the sake of doing it, like the CF chassis. it does bring a risk with it of course. and in this case didnt pay off. For me the scary thing is that illogical cars are becoming less and less. one day everyone will be driving boring (yet still fast) appliances

That's true, so my next purchase would be a classic
Dont like a car without character

 

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The Alfa Romeo 4C Is One Step Closer To Death

Our beloved Alfa Romeo 4C, the Ferrari Dino successor we didn’t ask for but lovingly accept, is inching even further toward a fizzling demise. With the coupe already dead, the Spider has now been killed in Europe. The end is nigh.

It was September of this year when we remembered you could still order a brand new Alfa Romeo 4C Spider in the U.S., though the hardtop coupe did indeed die back in the summer of 2018. As it turns out, the Spider also died in 2018 for the European, Middle Eastern and African markets, but I’m not sure we noticed hence the news just now getting confirmation from FCA.

That leaves just the Asian Pacific and North American markets open to ordering the Spider, at least through the 2020 model year, and whatever else may be left in dealer inventories elsewhere.

The Alfa Romeo 4C Is One Step Closer To Death - Jalopnik

Our beloved Alfa Romeo 4C, the Ferrari Dino successor we didn’t ask for but lovingly accept, is inching even further toward a fizzling demise. With the coupe already dead, the Spider has now been killed in Europe. The end is nigh.

jalopnik.com

 

[asshat99]

Really cool car but A lot of people bough 4Cs as an 'investment' (assuming that it would be a desirable classic) or a speculation (assuming it would be in demand). The prices and demand are looking poor overseas.

I have strong doubts that it will ever be a strong appreciator. A lot of these people got burned - looking at the amount that are on autotrader/cars and time advertised versus the amount that were sold, and considering the small number that were sold in the first place.

Also, the risks of driving a carbon tub car as anything but an occasional predawn sunday coffee run are very high in SA.

 

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Limited Edition Pogea Racing Alfa Romeo 4C Zeus Is A Winner

The Alfa Romeo fans will know that the light little 4C has been around for nearly 7 years now but they never offered a more potent even more hardcore ‘Quadrifoglio’ variant. The folks at Pogea Racing have the answer for you but it does not come cheap.

Only 10 of these will be made (4 have already been sold) with the upgrade package priced at €50,100 (approx. R820k) excluding taxes AND the donor car. You can pick up a used Alfa 4C in South Africa for as low as R649,000 so all in, you are looking at about R1.5 million (excluding taxes) for the Pogea Racing 4C Zeus.

It may not pack 477 angry horses (356 kW) like the 4C Nemesis creation but we think this offering will hit the sweet spot that so many 4C customers will desire.

Limited Edition Pogea Racing Alfa Romeo 4C Zeus Is a Winner

It may not pack 477 angry horses (356 kW) like the 4C Nemesis creation but we think this offering will hit the sweet spot that so many 4C customers will desire.

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BMW M2 Competition vs Alfa 4C - Joe Achilles

 

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Gone too soon? 14 vehicles discontinued in South Africa in 2019

Alfa Romeo 4C

While there have been conflicting reports about whether or not Alfa Romeo has ceased production of its rear-driven 4C sportscar, we do know it has been removed from the Italian firm’s local website. As a reminder, both the coupé and Spider had employed a turbocharged 1,7-litre four-cylinder petrol engine offering 177 kW and 350 N.m.

Gone too soon? 14 vehicles discontinued in South Africa in 2019... - CAR Magazine

The year 2019 saw a number of well-known nameplates exit the South African automotive market. We look back and pick out 14 vehicles discontinued locally […]

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[FiestaST]

Hope he comes right, sounds like he will treat her lovingly:

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[Jchan11hk]

I will do R420k then

 

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Supercar Looks, A Carbon Tub, & Hatchback Running Costs: Why Did Nobody Buy The Alfa Romeo 4C? - JayEmm on Cars