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Alfa Romeo 4C, the new model marks the beginning of a new global growth plan for the Italian builder. Shift in Alfa Romeo. The brand chooses to compete in the heart of the premium market. It seems that ran large mass production and the Italian manufacturer specializing in exclusive models, with a limited production and constructed almost handmade.

This is the case of the new 4C, which marks the beginning of the global growth plan for Alfa Romeo, with future models, is presented as a global brand. The new model will be sold in the U.S. later in the year but first be taught in the Hall of Los Angeles in November. In Europe, the first deliveries of the Alfa Romeo 4C are planned for the second half of September. Simultaneously with the introduction in the U.S. market, the 4C will be sold in all major global markets.

Production of the new model is limited to just 3,500 units - 1,000 for Europe - due to conditions related to technical and technological solutions adopted. The 4C is manufactured at the Maserati of Modena which ensures the highest quality and attention to detail to an almost handmade. With intra-group synergies Fiat - Chrysler, the cooperation between the two brands has developed under a viewpoint of integration between design functions Alfa Romeo and Maserati productive.

The new 4C starts from zero. The main goal in its development was to create a compact supercar but "affordable" sports logically with the essence of the brand itself. Technical excellence, maximum driving pleasure and safety, performance and design are the basic starting points. Designed by the Centro Stile Alfa Romeo, the car is a two-seater coupe that uses materials derived from the 8C exlusivo and noted for its extreme lightness.

Surprisingly, the Italian brand has not yet provided full features Announces 4C although a length of about four meters and a wheelbase of less than 2.4 meters. Nor communicates confirms power but power / weight ratio lower than 4 kg / hp and a weight of 895 kilos, a simple operation guides us a figure around 230 hp.

The engine is the new 1750 turbo gasoline direct injection and aluminum block, while for the gearbox are used to sophisticated automatic dual dry clutch "Alfa TCT" and the Alfa DNA selector with unprecedented Race mode.

The Alfa Romeo 4C is inspired by the glorious past of the brand. In fact, the name 4 C recalls the great sporting in the 30s and 40 to 8C and 6C models both road racing and equipped with the powerful eight-cylinder and six-cylinder innovative.

With that figure weighing less than 900 kilos, the 4C is one of the lightest cars in the world. To achieve this, we have chosen to manufacture materials such as aluminum, steel, SMC and lightweight carbon fiber. The latter ensures the best efficiency between weight and stiffness. For this reason it was chosen for the monocoque structural function that constitutes the central cell bearing the frame. It is a solution adopted by other great supercars, which combines weight savings and excellent performance, in fact, the monocoque weighs only 65 kilos.

The use of materials that enhance the torsional rigidity feature of all the structural parts Alfa Romeo 4C. An example is the use of aluminum for the roof reinforcement cage, front and rear structures and front disc brakes, hybrid type with aluminum bell cast iron crown. Is secured to two kilos of weight reduction disk while improving braking.

For the body has been used SMC, a composite of low density and high strength with which the weight has been reduced by 20% compared to traditional steel plate. The Alfa Romeo 4C is the first vehicle in series with a high percentage of this material. Unlike aluminum, not deformed in case of small bumps and resists very well to chemical and atmospheric agents. And the noise very well dispersed, with advantages in noise comfort.

Also used for glass panes thinner on average 10% lighter compared to those normally used in a vehicle, which allows a weight reduction of 15% on average. In addition, the windshield has only four millimeters thick, a good result especially if you consider how especially aerodynamics of the body.

On the ground of Maserati, the Alfa 4C requires time "processing" minimum of 20 minutes compared to only 50 seconds that would be necessary in any very robotic factory production. Also striking metrology room, with more than 400 measurement points to monitor the quality of the body. Once completed and surpassed the verification area, all 4C pass a road test of 40 kilometers in the hands of an expert pilot.