Alfa Romeo 4C review (16/10/2013)

FEW cars stir the blood of your average petrolhead than those from Alfa Romeo and that is most certainly the case when it comes to the company’s latest piece of design genius — the Alfa 4C.

The new car has been, we are told, designed, engineered and built as a pure driving machine, and is an uncompromised thoroughbred that marks the return to the world of lightweight sports coupés for the brand.

Alfa is not boasting unduly when it claims the natural beauty of the 4C is defined by function; the need to wrap the engine and chassis in a compact, aerodynamically-efficient shape. Equally, the company is not bragging when it says the 4C is a worthy descendant of one of the most beautiful coupés of all time: the Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale.