I am Kelsey Mays for cars dot com
Alfa Romeo hasn't been in the US market since 1995
that's when Montel Jordan was popular but here we are at the 2014
New York International Auto Show and this is how they do it
the resurgence of Alfa Romeo in the United States with the 4C a
two-door mid-engine turbocharged
sports car that will be available starting at the end of June 2014
let's take a closer look Alfa Romeo fans will notice the brand's iconic
really answer this downward triangle check out these lines they can I run
appear along the
I heard there's a lot of carbon fiber element you see around areas like the
headlights that's legit that's the real deal
that's because the 4c has a carbon fiber chassis which is
really the stuff a very exotic sports cars these lines
run alongside sure they come sort of toward these intakes here right behind
the front doors
at these are real intakes they're not just for show they funnel air
into the engine speaker which let's open the trunk
and talk power mid-engine layout your 1,750 CC that's between 1.7 and 1.8
leaders 237 horsepower 258 pound-feet of torque it's a turbocharged horse owner
and gets power down to the rear wheels
through a dual-clutch paddle shifting automatic transmission and Alfa Romeo
says
it settles that engine with less than 10 pounds
up curb weight up dry curb weight up for every horse power that the engine has
we don't know exact curb weight specifications yet offer matters now
those numbers available but that puts a
at around 2324 100 pounds depending where it ends up
the European spec foresee is around 2,000 pounds but after a man says
that car as a lot fewer standard features things like side air bags air
conditioning Sep
yeah those on its good at a little bit more weight small on the outside Eagle
small on the inside very spartan interior here
utilitarian feel things are kinda where they need to be but
is not a whole lot of creature comforts additionally things like power CJ not
gonna get them
height adjustable seat you don't get either but that does contribute to a lot
of headroom can you can assert download here
I'm six feet tall on c2 just poor and backward
I'd set couple clicks have it all the way back so there is decent room there
and there's also a tilt and telescoping steering wheel
leather-wrapped hailing along the interior leather seats those things are
optional
speaking to the seat very high side bolsters Alfa Romeo says even if you get
the cloth seat
they have the same structure so yeah could be sliding around anymore
in those Basit storage areas no
I no glove compartment no center console is a couple couple is right here
a here's where you could put something this little let back here
yeah big knob here for the climate controls
a buttons for the dual-clutch automatic transmission down here
hell shifters up here obviously you do also have a drivetrain
selector switch right here that affects things like drivetrain response it also
affects the intervention thresholds for the electronic stability system cornell
for a male
up it doesn't affect steering seal because there is no power steering
in the 4c are now for a male but that should make
drivability very interesting obviously in theory should improve steering feel
at higher speeds
its gonna make the car a little more difficult to turn at lower speed
I seriously don't think the last car without power steering was around the US
cents
like 1995 so I know what you're thinking well for a Mayo I've
never see an out for a mayo de la route well out for a male's one of the many
brands in the recently merged
Fiat Chrysler so the 4c will actually be available at select Fiat dealerships as
well as
Maserati dealership Maserati is another one of their brands
prices start around fifty four thousand dollars for the base model the 4c
all the way up to the low low seventy thousand dollar range Alfa Romeo tells
us
so here it is it's going to be on sale very soon like