Alfa Romeo 4C coming to the U.S!
03-09-2013, 08:46 AM
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Re: Alfa Romeo 4C coming to the U.S!
A 1.8L engine with just north of 200 HP can be tremendous fun in a car weighing around 2,000 lbs. You can have a level of agility and handling simply not attainable in a 3,000-4,000 lb car, and you don't have to be going 100 mph to enjoy that agility.
03-09-2013, 03:26 PM
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Re: Alfa Romeo 4C coming to the U.S!
Perhaps, but give me a 3100 lb C6 Z06 and I am much happier. And I don't know of any production cars that weigh 2000 lbs that are anywhere close to affordable.
03-11-2013, 05:15 PM
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03-11-2013, 05:18 PM
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I meant to imply that significant power is available as well. Those cars you just mentioned can't even move out of their own way. Once you add horsepower to a lightweight chassis, things start to add up. Drop an LS1 in a Smart Car and the torque would rip it in half after one rev 
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03-12-2013, 12:10 AM
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