Alfa Romeo shows the first images and data 4C “production”

But what happened in the headlights? Yes, we’ve been as perplexed as you are watching Alfa Romeo has used optical groups put the style “kit car” in the production version of the Alfa Romeo 4C show just facing the Geneva Motor Show.

The optical original (pictured right) were much, much nicer, but in a cost cutting measure, not to invest in the production of specific headlights, Alfa Romeo has chosen the “what TVR” optical mounting OEM on a black housing to save, something that does not fit them anywhere, really (Remind me of the Alfa Romeo Diva, but worse finishes, not having a tulip as God intended).

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After the first shock of the headlights, side windows we see a somewhat higher, with a shoulder line, leaving more visibility sideways, and a mirror that seem taken from Fiat 500, instead of the original stylized. The rear is much more related to the original concept. Overall we love the car, in any case, with pure lines of Italian design and the typical Alfa Romeo wheels. Measures just under four meters long, two meters wide and only 1.18 meters high, making he sports one of the lowest in its class.

The heart of this beast is the 1750 dpequeña four clindros, direct injection, dual variable valve timing and turbocharger to reduce lag system, direct evolution of the same engine used in the Giulietta Quadrifoglio, but with the aluminum block instead of steel foundry employed so far.

Alfa has not disclosed the exact amount of power, but it has been discovered that the car will have a power to weight ratio less than 4 kilos per horsepower. If the car has met the expectations of the 900 kilos in scale, we are talking about a power that would have been on the original 235 horses seen in the Giulietta.

Motor, centrally placed, is associated with the dual gearbox clutch TCT of the house, to send torque to the rear wheels. All car monocoque is made ​​of carbon fiber, weight and improving structural rigidity compared to what would have been achieved with a steel or aluminum frame.

Equips the Alfa DNA system, with program “RACE” to switch the ESP and have mapped the steering and throttle more aggressive.

Our sources say that when it comes to dealers (end of 2013), will carry a price of about € 60,000, slightly higher than expected (between 45,000 to 50,000 €). We will see and we will play in Geneva, where he will throw all kinds of pictures and tell you about the live impressions of this natural rival the Porsche Cayman.

But seriously, I can not close the article without the lights back on : it was so expensive to make a prototype style?