2015 Alfa Romeo 4C Review, Specs and Prices - The Alfa Romeo 4C is one of the more surprising new cars of 2015. The gauges are a 7-inch LCD display that changes color according to driving mode.
A new Alfa Romeo 4C Spider now gives buyers the choice of a targa-style roof or the coupe body style introduced April 2014. The tires are staggered; stocks are Pirelli P Zero ARs, 205/45ZR-17 front, 235/40ZR-18 rear-a three-season setup, winter not welcome-or 205/40ZR-18 fronts, 235-35ZR-19s in back, the standard setup on Launch Edition 4Cs.
Brakes are vented, four-piston Brembo front, two-piston TRW rear. Braking from 60-0 mph takes less than 100 feet, according to Alfa Romeo. Pricing will begin at $55,195 for the standard car; it gets standard manual air conditioning, power windows and locks, USB connectivity, cruise control, black cloth seats (red leather is an option). Options include painted brake calipers in black or red or yellow; a racing exhaust; a track package with sport suspension and a choice of wheels. Some 500 Launch Edition cars will be sold, priced from $69,695. They come with bi-xenon headlights, LED daytime running lights, carbon fiber on the rear spoiler and side mirror caps, an aluminum rear diffuser, a sports exhaust, staggered 18-inch wheels up front and 19-inch wheels in the rear, red brake calipers, leather trim on the steering wheel and door innards, and a serialized dashboard plaque.
Retail price of the 2015 Alfa Romeo 4C Spider is $63,900.
- Relentless grip
- Heavy, heavy steering at low speeds
- Near-zero rearward visibility
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To say the Alfa Romeo 4C is an impractical car is an understatement. The 2015 Alfa Romeo 4C Spider features a removable fabric top that makes it even more impractical, but somehow that just makes it even better. How's that for Italian exotic logic?
At 2,487 pounds (1,128kg), the Spider is only 22 pounds heavier than its fixed roof sibling. The Spider visually and structurally distinguishes itself from the coupe with a carbon fiber windshield frame, and a carbon fiber rear halo that forms a roll hoop over the passenger compartment. The interior features much more carbon fiber trim and standard leather upholstery. The Spider also hides its engine under a ventilated body panel instead of the coupe's glass greenhouse.
The Spider covers its engine rather than display it under glass.
The negligible change in mass means that the Spider's performance estimates don't change when compared to the Coupe. Because of the way the fabric roof tucks under a lip in the windshield frame, the Alfa is capable of hitting its top speed of 160 mph with the fabric top in place. The Alfa isn't available with a manual transmission, but it comes standard with "manual" steering. That's right, there's no power steering. My laps were taken with the DNA drive mode selector in its Dynamic mode (I was forbidden to test the aggressive Race mode) and the six-speed dual-clutch gearbox in its Manual shifting mode. Both on the road and on the track, the 4C Spider felt nervous and alive in my hands. Meanwhile, the easily rotated mid-engined chassis combined with the 4C's "lively" steering translates into a slight squirreliness on the track. Whether on road or track, the 4C is an impractical, emotional car and the open-air Spider is even more so. The 2015 Alfa Romeo 4C Spider starts at $63,900 - about $10,000 more than the fixed-roof variant. In the UK the Spider starts at £59,500.
The Alfa Rome 4C confounds. The 4C marks Alfa Romeo's resurrection into the American market, but with a sparse interior and cramped quarters, America may not quite understand this Italian rear-wheel-drive mid-engine coupe. Better late than never.
The 4C boasts the curves of a $300,000 super car, enough precision steering to slosh your organs, and a turbo dump with enough swoosh to make Nike sue for infringement.
Our basalt-gray metallic model came with special wheels (18-inch front/19-inch rear) which completed the package. Getting into the car is like entering a stripped-down track car. There's an extremely light door, a large doorframe, which displays the carbon fiber monocoque chassis, and very tight seating. Base: $53,900.
Dropping $54K on what felt like an Italian kit-car sounded horrible…until the engine started. The 1.7-liter 4-cylinder turbo brought shocking power and a fanboy super-smile as the turbo spooled and dumped with each shift from the 6-speed dual clutch. Each mode modified the shift points and traction controls. The Alfa Romeo 4C is a beautiful machine birthed from a place of pure sport.
The Alfa Romeo 4C is a beautiful machine birthed from a place of pure sport. 
