Chrysler recently announced that the brand's return this summer will start with the Alfa Romeo 4C Launch Edition with a starting price of $68,400, followed by the standard 4C coupe arriving in the fall with at $53,900. Both exclude a $1,295 destination charge.
AUBURN HILLS, MI- The wait for Alfa Romeo's return to the U.S. is nearly over.
Chrysler recently announced that the brand will return after a 20-year hiatus this summer with the Alfa Romeo 4C Launch Edition with a starting price of $68,400, followed by the standard 4C coupe arriving in the fall with at $53,900. Both exclude a $1,295 destination charge.
"The all-new 4C marks the return of 'the great Alfa Romeos' and represents the purest formation of the brand's DNA with its supercar-levels of performance and innovation, all while focusing on making the driver an integral part and completion of the machine," said Harald Wester, Alfa Romeo CEO, in a statement.
An initial group of 86 Alfa Romeo dealers, including five in Michigan, will be the first to sell the limited-edition 4C Launch Edition coupe and proceeding 4C coupe.
The Launch Edition includes individually serialized (1 – 500) plaques and a host of advanced performance and luxury features, including staggered 18-inch (front) and 19-inch (rear) forged wheels, sports seats with black microfiber, increased carbon fiber, racing exhaust and others.
The 4C, with its aluminum 1750 cc turbocharged direct injection four-cylinder engine, has a peak torque of 258 ft.-lb. (350 Nm) – 80 percent of which is available at only 1,700 rpm. The vehicle is capable of 0-to-60 in the mid-four second range, with a top speed of 160 miles per hour.
Chrysler is calling the Italian-made vehicle an "attainable supercar."
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