We are with the Alfa Romeo 4C at Körfez Track in İzmit.
The 4C is a very special car because in its infrastructure there is a signature of the Ferrari.
In other words, you can realize how assertive the car is by this alone.
The Alfa Romeo manufactures only one thousand of these cars in a year and the lucky umber of people to be able to possess this car in our country is only 7.
There are too many matters about this car to be mentioned but I don’t know how many of them I can touch upon because in this August heat,
I will circuit this blazing tract with this car for few times and share my impressions with you.
But before starting to drive, let me, as always, even if just briefly, tell you about the design of the 4C.
First of all, the length of this car is less than 4 meters and its height is 118 cm.
That is to say, see how low it is when I stand beside it, and guess how bellow the driver is going to sit.
When we observe the car from the front, Alfa Romeo's soft nose, we are accustomed to, clearly manifest itself here.
The headlights are very special design.
You see here the different design headlamps produced entirely from carbon fiber.
This line starting from the triangle and continuing along the body, constituting a curl towards the rear of the car to create a very wide fender
ensures the 4C to appear extremely aesthetic.
Frankly speaking, from the first moment I saw the car, I see it as a very sweet, very sexy car that looks like a full-fledged toy.
On the car are the round formed 18 inches wheel rims that Alfa Romeo used even in its old models, which makes a reference to the past and makes 4C look sexy.
When we come to the rear, we see here an air intake because contrary to your guess, the engine in this car is positioned in the rear instead of front
and to cool the intercooler of the turbo charge engine an air intake is needed.
The rear of the 4C is at least as sportive and attention grabbing as its front because in here there are two taillights consist from two huge hoops.
The glass comes here, narrowing, and again curling to reach the form of a spoiler.
Further more, from the two exhaust outlets and the preferred black diffuser; you have too much knowledge about the power of the car.
Normally at this point I tell you the loading capacity of the boot but now I will tell you about it as well as showing you the engine.
To gain from weight no shock absorber was used here and you engage this by a stick, it is not important.
I don’t think you will obsess about it since there is a very assertive engine here.
This engine is 1750 CC, namely called1.8 turbo charge unit, previously used in the Alfa Giulietta Quadrifoglio Verde model.
I will tell the details of the engine soon, it's suffice now to tell you that it is positioned here to the rear or rather to the middle of the car and it is a rear wheel drive car.
If we look at here, a small loading capacity is offered, in other words, barely a cabin size luggage or sports bag or shopping bags from the market will fit here.
I think the story part will have to do because the 4C and the track are waiting for me to get behind the steering wheel.
I get behind the steering wheel of the 4C and press the starter inside the different design cockpit that has been taken from the Ferrari.
I engage into the first gear and take the road.
Yes, we are getting on the track with the 4C.
Before I tour around speedy on the track, let me tell you briefly about the specialty of the 4C again.
Under the bonnet of this car, as a matter of fact under the boot lid, 1.8 liters turbo charge petrol engine is functioning.
This engine develops exactly 240HP and 350 Nm of torque.
These values may not come to you as high in numeric information but the important thing here is the lowly weight of the car.
Namely this car is exactly 890 kilos, but it comes to our country with the A/C option therefore you can think of it as 950 kilos.
But still when 240 HP comes together with 950 kilos body, a very dynamic car definitely emerges.
I have told you in the beginning that the engineers of the Ferrari have laid hand on this car.
What did they do?
Let me briefly tell you about it.
In this car, there is a carbon fiber chassis that we can call monocoque.
I don’t know if you can see it from the camera but the chassis of this car is from carbon fiber and it is unibody.
As a matter of fact this ensures the car to be rigid as well as very light as well as very dynamic.
I don’t think of talking much about the interior because even though this part resembles the Ferrari, ultimately, it is out of the question, to talk about quality here.
This car is what we can refer as driver’s car.
Still, the controls can be used easily.
Underhand there are A/C controls.
There is a music system button here that looks as if mounted subsequently but it is factory made
and the gear selection is just as in the Ferrari models executed from the console here.
In front of you there is a completely digital and very elegant indicator panel and from there you can follow your speed and the rev counter very easily.
Okay, if you say this much detail is enough then I am putting it to manual mode and step on it towards start-finish line.
For one thing, let me tell you that the turbo charge engine is right behind you and give out very good sounds.
When you press the throttle you hear the suction sound and the whistle distinctly.
And I tell you that it holds the road very well because its axle span is very short.
In other words as it has 2.4 meters length believe me it is not very easy to drift with this car.
Namely, even if you spoil the balance of the car, it definitely does not over steer easily.
To make an affect as if kicking you when you change gears really provoke you.
It is not only in speeding, look at the moment I break while going 170 km/h and came down to 100 and we took the curve.
The suction sound is unbelievable.
As a matter of fact you adore the turbo whistle when driving this car.
In here we take the famous Pirelli bend.
Look even here it does not over steer and it kicks you.
To tell the truth, I enjoyed very much to drive the 4C.
The number of people to be able to possess this car certainly is not much.
But if you are interested at this type of car, in the end you can buy a Cayman.
You can purchase a Cayman any time you want by going to the Porsche Dealer, but to be able to have this car you have to be definitely lucky.
In this car just as in all the Alfa Romeo models, the DNA system is offered as standard.
But in addition, in this car after selecting the Dynamic Mode by pushing this button forward, the car is engaged to Race Mode
and at that time became more aggressive and the electronic stabilizer program is disengages.
But in addition to these a Lounge Control System steps in.
I at the moment, on the start-finish line will takeoff with Lounge Control.
Let’s see if it really goes to 100 km/h in 4.5 seconds, you can follow that from the numerals underneath.
Now my left foot is on the break.
With my right I will step on the throttle and takeoff, lets start.
100.
Were you able to follow?
I wonder how many seconds have passed?
The breaks are definitely good.
When the body is light the car’s acceleration absolutely affects you.
To drive the 4C is really very pleasurable.
I guess that you have realised how much I enjoyed it when you watch the video.
But finally there is the price part I have to mention.
Ultimately, a car with this outstanding outlook and with enjoyable driving features has definitely a cost.
This car is sold for around with130.000. Euros in our country.
Namely when you exchange it TL it means 429.000. TL.
Definitely not a small amount but if you want to drive this special a car, certainly you have to take the Alfa Romeo 4C under consideration.
See you.