4C Review

[Sheldon McIntosh]

Looks like it'll be a good car....

http://www.pistonheads.com/roadtests/doc.asp?c=47&i=28496

[Evan Bottcher]

Chris Harris is excellent to follow on Twitter if you don't already.  Helluva life - last weekend at Goodwood driving a Giulietta Sprint in one race and the Jaguar Lister coupe in another.  Then off for the Alfa 4c launch during the week.  Then this weekend at the Spa 6 hour.

Example status: https://twitter.com/harrismonkey/status/380741524843012097

[Evan Bottcher]

Another, slightly less favourable review from TG: http://www.topgear.com/au/cars/reviews/alfa-romeo/4c/2014/4c/

[AikenDrum105]

Been itching to see what the Harris Monkey thought about it !

[Evan Bottcher]

Thumbs up from Autoexpress: http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/alfa-romeo/4c/66137/alfa-romeo-4c-review

[ItalCarGuy]

Chris Harris' review

[DaveT]

Interestingly today there's a review from a different TG journalist, who gives it one more point than the last guy:

http://www.topgear.com/au/cars/reviews/alfa-romeo/4c/2014/4c/

But based on Chris Harris' review I'd be putting down the readies...if I had them. 

Also interestingly the Alfaholics boys have been putting their thinking caps on:

http://www.alfaholics.com/our-cars/current-builds/gta-r-project-270/project-270/

If they pull it off cunningly it will have just a smidge better power to weight than the 4C...but to build one to this spec will surely cost a lot more than a 4C?...but then are they appealing to different markets...hmmm, I'm not so sure.

[Evan Bottcher]

A local report:
http://news.drive.com.au/drive/new-car-reviews/alfa-romeo-4c-first-drive-review-20130924-2ub0i.html

[colcol]

Article in the Saturday, Motoring liftout in the AGE on the 4C, Colin.

[Garibaldi]

There was also an article on the 4C in the Herald Sun Cars Guide on Friday 27th .

[Evan Bottcher]

Alfa would have to be happy with this review in Car and Driver:

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/2014-alfa-romeo-4c-coupe-first-drive-review

"...I'd want to see what a $50,000 Ferrari drives like.  I just found out. Mamma mia and holy mother of Gorgonzola."

"Kids, you'd better hide your college funds, because temptation—real, reachable, I-can-do-this-if-I-just-reorganize-a-few-priorities temptation—is about to kick down the front door in high heels and leather. If Dad can resist the thing, pass his phone number to the pope."

"Oh, and the 4C has no muffler. Start it up, and a carnivorous rip shreds the silence. Mash the gas pedal, and the 4C sounds like Tarzan on top of Jane. "

"You couldn't place the front tires more precisely if you were sitting between them, and the feel of the wheel suddenly going light out of a corner as the static 40/60 weight balance shifts farther rearward is sports-car stuff we've nearly forgotten in the age of compu-steer."

"Just 1200 a year will be imported, the first 400 as loaded up "Launch Editions." To find your nearest dealer, simply follow the riot police."

[Evan Bottcher]

Autocar review: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RG7oCUekM0

(reviewed by someone pretty much the polar opposite of Chris Harris...)

[Alan Hopla]

Evo's view.

http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evocarreviews/290881/alfa_romeo_4c_review_price_and_specs.html

Priced half way between a Cayman and a Cayman S in the UK!

[Victor Lee]

In the December edition of the local Motor magazine has a comparo between the 4C and Porsche Cayman.

It's interesting when the 4C was first revealed, it was compared with the Lotus Elise.  It appears now the Cayman (not S) is it's main competitor.  In Australia, if Fiat-Chrysler Australia's 's pricing info is correct, the 4C will be cheaper than the Cayman.

[aggie57]

Went to the LA Motor Show yesterday. Disappointed not to see the 4C. Well, nobody said it would be there but if you're releasing to the US market and want to get a lead.....wouldn't you show it?

Sexiest new car by far - Jaguar F-Type Coupe. Suuuuch a great looking thing.