The 4C from the driver's perspective

"Saracen" (manualdoucheelitist) 09/23/2013 at 20:00 • Filed to: None

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I have some mixed feelings....

Most of the materials look nice, and evoke a mini-Ferrari feel from the layout...

But that stereo and HVAC. Ugh.

dogisbadob > Saracen 09/23/2013 at 20:00

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That radio display looks like a cheap PowerPoint template

dogisbadob > Saracen 09/23/2013 at 20:01

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GM air vents

Blondude > Saracen 09/23/2013 at 20:01

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I think the lightness created here is negated by all of the displays...

dogisbadob > Saracen 09/23/2013 at 20:01

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steering wheel needs third spoke

Bandit > Saracen 09/23/2013 at 20:01

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Mid 90's GM? Anyways, the steering wheel, dash, door and everything else look beautiful.

Group B-raaaaaaaaaap! > Saracen 09/23/2013 at 20:02

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I think they did a good job channeling the spirit of the Lotus Elise.

PowderHound > Saracen 09/23/2013 at 20:06

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I knew that radio looked familiar…It's an unbranded Parrot Asteroid

The man in the iron mask > dogisbadob 09/23/2013 at 20:10

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The man in the iron mask > Bandit 09/23/2013 at 20:11

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no need for digital shit, thats the easier way to use an AC you put the max ac and the coldest temp

J. Walter Weatherman > Saracen 09/23/2013 at 20:17

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I am really not a fan of the red stitching. It looks quite tacky to me.

Anon > Saracen 09/23/2013 at 20:18

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For 55k-60k I would pick it over a cayman!

Bandit > The man in the iron mask 09/23/2013 at 20:21

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Well, yeah, but you could design a better looking knob.

Bird > Saracen 09/23/2013 at 20:34

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I wonder if you can get the steering wheel buttons to work if you swap in an Abarth wheel...

vdub_nut: scooter snob > Saracen 09/23/2013 at 20:55

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I can't wait to be too poor to afford this!!!!!

JK, my bachelors degree will surely prepare me for the real world.

MtrRider Just Wants Doritos > Saracen 09/23/2013 at 20:58

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So it's a 2,000 lb mid-engine Alfa Romeo that is coming to America, and you guys are complaining about the HVAC knobs and air vents?

Saracen > MtrRider Just Wants Doritos 09/23/2013 at 21:25

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Yup. That's what we do.

Don't get me wrong, I'm still thrilled and neither of those things are a deal breaker, for the most part I really dig the interior. I just think the bits in that center console really stick out as cheap and tacky.

zadtheinhaler > PowderHound 09/23/2013 at 22:16

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Huh, came here to say the same thing - good eye!

wbizarre - OEM fetishist > Blondude 09/23/2013 at 23:16

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All those displays are balanced out by the lightness here, is another way of looking at it.

wbizarre - OEM fetishist > Anon 09/23/2013 at 23:19

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Better power-to-weight ratio=very well-justified decision. However, and I never thought I'd say this, I'm not sure the Alfa is better looking than the Cayman.

Icemanmaybeirunoutofthetalents > Saracen 09/23/2013 at 23:35

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Poor man's Ferrari?

But dear god some of the details suck for a supposedly $50k car. Door handles? Nopes. (Inspiration Porsche GT3RS?) Those darn vents. That cheap ass centre console (Radio?) Also, no on-wheel buttons? What is this. 1990?

Saracen > Icemanmaybeirunoutofthetalents 09/24/2013 at 01:46

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My 2005 B6 A4 didn't have buttons. I loved that steering wheel.

Goshen, formerly Darkcode > Saracen 09/24/2013 at 04:56

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That looks ordinarily extraordinary. Sort of like a supercar's dashboard cloaked with shit from a regular family car. Not sure what to think.

the__man > Saracen 09/24/2013 at 09:16

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this is crap, they should have matched the window buttons and mirror buttons with the 2 buttons to the right of it and 4 in front of it. Stainless bezels FTW.

William Byrd > Saracen 09/24/2013 at 10:21

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Agreed, this car is Italian and not inexpensive. They could have done better on some of the interior bits. Heck the 500 Abarth vents, buttons, etc. look nicer.

Jayhawk Jake > Saracen 09/24/2013 at 11:00

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The steering wheel looks...weird. The HVAC looks cheap. The radio looks alright to me, but I thought I saw one with a larger screen as well.

All I know is I want one. Hopefully lots of Americans buy them, I want some cheap ones in 10 years.