Rendered Speculation: Alfa 4C coming to Pebble Beach?
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/coupes/" rel="tag">Coupe</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/sports/" rel="tag">Performance</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/alfa-romeo/" rel="tag">Alfa Romeo</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/fiat/" rel="tag">Fiat</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/rumormill/" rel="tag">Rumormill</a></p><a href="http://www.automobilemag.com/features/news/1004_alfa_romeos_centenni al_anniversary/index.html"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/03/alfa4crend.jpg" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/alfa-romeo">Alfa Romeo</a> says it achieved its objectives with the stunning <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/09/alfa-romeo-8c-competizione-quick-spin/">8C Competizione</a>. Now the brand known for the <em>quadrifoglio</em> wants to make the same kind of splash - only bigger - and rumor has it that it will do so by unveiling an Alfa 4C at this year's Pebble Beach Concours. <br />
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<em>Automobile</em> reports that the 4C will be a "<span name="intelliTxt" id="intelliTXT"><span id="ctl00_ctl08_ctl00_lbl Article" style="" class="std clr1 no_b body_link ieBug">a compact, lightweight sports car concept</span></span>," shorn of high-zoot and high-dollar goods like carbon fiber and a <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/ferrari">Ferrari</a> engine. Instead, it will use a 250-horsepower four-cylinder and could be rear-wheel-drive. Price for the limited-to-5,000 vehicles is being estimated at &euro;50,000 ($70,000 U.S.). <br />
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However, while the 8C was busy killin' it, the rest of the Alfa line has been busy struggling. Sales haven't exactly pleased parent company Fiat, so the fate of Alfa's (and, by extension, the the 4C) oft-planned return trip to North America is still in question. Unless and until the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/13/report-alfa-romeos-u-s-launch-delayed/">Giulietta</a> and its variants prove they are winners and show Fiat the money, it looks like the message for the American Alfa will remain, "Please hold..."<br />
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[Source: <a href="http://www.automobilemag.com/features/news/1004_alfa_romeos_centenni al_anniversary/index.html">Automobile</a>]<p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/03/11/rendered-speculation-alfa-4c-coming-to-pebble-beach/">Rendered Speculation: Alfa 4C coming to Pebble Beach?</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:00:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.automobilemag.com/features/news/1004_alfa_romeos_centenni al_anniversary/index.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/03/11/rendered-speculation-alfa-4c-coming-to-pebble-beach/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19394383/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/03/11/rendered-speculation-alfa-4c-coming-to-pebble-beach/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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