Ridiculous....
$53,000 gets you the Standard Edition (SE) with no options. With all options it's just under $70kRidiculous and such dealer pricing strategies have fallen other brands such as viper recently...
Only a factory intervention and 15 grand MSRP price reduction resolved the err or in dealer misjudgment.
The little 4c with 240 hp is barely priced correctly at 53 grand ....IMO
At 53 base the 4c is an interesting novelty.
European used cars for sale. About six months old. Most have only 200 miles.
Just a bit of insight as to what we can expect here in the USA.
Six months from now the market will be flooded with 4C's cause it's a niche car bought buy non-niche people.
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You are so right, the same thing happened with the Elise. Lots of people thought they wanted one and bought it, but plenty of those folks didn't want to put up with all the quirks and impracticalities*. There probably will be a healthy market of "previously owned" 4Cs, within 6 months to a year.European used cars for sale. About six months old. Most have only 200 miles.
Just a bit of insight as to what we can expect here in the USA.
Six months from now the market will be flooded with 4C's cause it's a niche car bought buy non-niche people.
Used Alfa Romeo 4C cars for sale with PistonHeads
Not wanting to assail your point, which I believe is a very valid one, but with respect to your example please note that the N. American spec has driver AND passenger adjustable seats. The website calls them 4-way adjustable. Usually, that means forward, back, tilt forward, tilt back. Manually, of course. Height on the driver's is adjustable by the dealer to suit the purchaser's body shape.You are so right, the same thing happened with the Elise. Lots of people thought they wanted one and bought it, but plenty of those folks didn't want to put up with all the quirks and impracticalities*. There probably will be a healthy market of "previously owned" 4Cs, within 6 months to a year.
*One small example: The current iteration of the 4C doesn't even have adjustable seats - the Elise at least has an adjustable drivers-side seat - passenger side is fixed. But really, not being able to slide the drivers' seat is really pretty extreme IMO. I think a lot of drivers will quickly tire of this. What if you drop something (like your car keys, for example) back there?
And once we get our cars, we'll Krazy glue all the adjustments to our preferred settings, so the cars will be ours and no one else's, right RacerZ?4Canada beat me to it. The Euro spec car has no adjustment on the passenger seat. Driver's slides for and aft. I've sat in a US demo. The passenger slides for and aft.
Driver's (all versions) has an elevation adjustment. The seat need to be removed from the car and spacers changed.
Hmm. Oh, the seat back tilts some, but not much. Both sides.
The steering wheel has two adjustments though. It tilts (up & down) and telescopes (in & out).
I was thinking to JB Weld it in place. Or I could just jam a pencil in the track mechanism.And once we get our cars, we'll Krazy glue all the adjustments to our preferred settings, so the cars will be ours and no one else's, right RacerZ?
(Kind of like marking territory, but I don't want to pee in my 4C)
How does it work then?For the elevation adjustment,the drivers seat has not to be removed out of the car.And there are no spacers.