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Alfa Romeo 4C Spider Arrives in America

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Alfa Romeo’s lightweight 4C convertible made its world premier today at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show.


Like its coupe sibling, the 4C Spider is based on a carbon fiber monocoque chassis and uses a 1.75-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine mounted behind the passenger compartment. It delivers 237 hp, which in combination with 258 lb-ft of torque is more than enough to offer powerful acceleration thanks in large part to how little the car weighs.

“With a removable carbon fiber hard top the 4C Spider takes the Coupe’s supercar level of performance and technology and ‘opens it up’ allowing the driver to experience the incredible 4C from an entirely different perspective,” Fiat North America boss Reid Bigland said.

2015 Detroit Auto Show Coverage

The car still relies on a six-speed twin-clutch transmission, but some small changes will arrive along with the convertible model. Alfa Romeo will offer a new “Akrapovic” dual-mode exhaust system with center-mounted tips at the rear with carbon fiber pieces surrounding the mouths. That exhaust will be available as an option late in the model year after the 4C Spider begins arriving in North America this summer.

In coupe form, the 4C is an especially focused performance vehicle with almost nothing but base essentials in the cabin and that is true with this car as well. It gets two composite framed sport seats, a stereo head unit, buttons to select the drive direction and a switch to pick the drive modes. The steering wheel is devoid of buttons and there isn’t even power steering, not that it’s necessary with the 4C.

Read more: http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2015/01/alfa-romeo-4c-spider-arrives-in-america.html
 
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Got an e-mail from Alfa saying the car WILL be delivered this summer.


The 4C Spider is sophisticated. Provocative. Road-hugging. The kind of open-air sports car made to take tight turns and turn every head.•0-60 mph in 4.1 seconds1•Advanced lightweight technology, including a 236-pound carbon fiber chassis monocoque that is three times stronger and seven times lighter than steel•Mid-engine mounted 1750 cc all-aluminum direct injection intercooled turbo engine, generating 237 hp and 258 lb-ft of torque with an impressive 136 hp per liter•Available carbon fiber hard top•Available center-mounted dual exhaust with carbon fiber surround2•Available 18-inch front/19-inch rear unique Dark Forged Aluminum Fan Spoke Wheels•Unique carbon fiber windshield surround and available carbon fiber halo2•Unique Giallo Yellow exterior paint available with Giallo Yellow accent stitched Black leather interior The Alfa Romeo 4C Spider is coming in Summer 2015.
 
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Hi AG Jeff, just FYI, this subforum's descriptive subtitle contains an error: "News and Reviews for the Jaguar F-Type" Might wanna consider fixing that haha.
 
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My dealer is telling me November/December for my Spider, which they say will be from the first batch of Spiders for sale, but there is some conflicting information: another dealer where I'm on the list says they may see something this summer, and we have the comments from the Alfa rep yesterday in Detroit saying they were still trying for summer deliveries. We'll know in the next couple months either way. But it's hard to be patient.

And while I'm leaning to Yellow, I'll take either Red too.
 
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, but there is some conflicting information:
Shock, horror!!! Dude, there is still going to be a lot of conflicting information up until the point that you actually get handed your car keys. Eventually, a lumberjack, with a dead parrot on his shoulder will come riding up to you on a unicorn and offer you a pencil inscribed with the word "Mario". Only then will it almost be time to pick up your car.
 
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Just got back from Amelia Island Concours Cars and Coffee, where Alfa had a couple of cars for test drives and a pre production yellow Spider and Coupe on their official stand.
Alfa rep I spoke to said US bound Spiders are in production now and we should see the first ones by July, here's hoping.
 
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