4C Alfa Romeo coming to the US

[unit321]

So there's a banner ad for Alfa Romeo on The Show Room.
I click on it. Interesting sports coupe. It looks funky.

https://4c.alfaromeo.com/en_us?camp...d=4534187&bannerid=60031264_114633315_1719413

Not going to front, it's expensive so I cannot afford it.

 

[Ricky Church]

I've been reading about Alfa's North American return for over 4 years now. I'll believe it when I see one in person with state plates driving down the highway.

 

[PimpHandStrong]

Yea I thought they had been made it over here, didn't realize they even pushed it back

 

[LezJepzin]

They're already here in Northern California







No dealership yet, but I've seen three of those in Downtown Sac during my work commute this year alone.

 

[unit321]

I've been reading about Alfa's North American return for over 4 years now. I'll believe it when I see one in person with state plates driving down the highway.

Thanks to our crack investigative staff, we have compelling new evidence to explain why it’s taken so long for the Alfa Romeo 4C to arrive in the United States.
Sure, there was the delay outlined so eloquently by one Mr. Sergio Marchionne to make sure that the car arrived not with just any old powerplant, as it “must have a [pejorative word for Italian-Americans] engine.” And there was the time it took Alfa to lay bunches more carbon fiber onto the little car’s tub (an additional 92 pounds worth of the stuff) to meet U.S. crash regulations. There was the fitment of an adjustable passenger seat (unavailable on European 4Cs) to meet airbag standards. Oh, and speaking of airbags, the company had to add one in each of the doors, also per U.S. regulations. And there was the little matter of figuring out who was going to sell and service the things here in the land of exactly zero Alfa Romeo dealers.
But that’s all behind us now because the 4C has arrived! Well, okay, it hasn’t arrived yet. The car won’t go on sale until late in the third quarter of this year....
http://www.caranddriver.com/alfa-romeo/4c