Alfa 4C Junior: sketches and speculation
With its release date revealed, more speculation has been surfacing on Alfa Romeo's upcoming Junior sport-hatch.
Pegging itself as the little brother of the sumptuous 8C Competizione, the hot hatch might pick up the name 4C Junior. Sources agree it will be based on the Fiat Grande Punto platform, which means front-wheel-drive, and will likely make use of Alfa's new Q2 self-locking differential. Power could come from the Fiat group's new 1.4-liter turbo four pumping out 150 hp, with a more powerful option in Alfa's 1.8-liter JTB direct injection turbo four producing 220 hp, more than enough to propel the little car like a rocket.
The Alfa Junior is scheduled to hit the road in 2008, so there's still some time before the final specs are finalized and revealed. And for that matter, whether it will jump the pond together with the 159, Brera and 8C Competizione when Alfa Romeo comes back to American shores.
Follow the link for more sketches.
[Source: Auto Motori]
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cars specifications 12:36PM (10/17/2006)
Looks so good and 150 hp for it's weight is not very bad.
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Dr. Woo 12:56PM (10/17/2006)
And in true Alfa style, will be priced starting at $28,000.
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HughJazz 4:09PM (10/17/2006)
That thing if fuckin ugly!, it looks like a lowered Nissan Murano.
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Tiago do Vale 10:09PM (10/17/2006)
#3 I can't see a single line of the Murano there...
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John Bryans Fontaine 7:07PM (10/18/2006)
I hope that the Alfa Junior will look like the illustration featured in the July 6th Autoblog story: Alfa Romeo considering new entry-level coupe. This 'Baby Alfa' had a Brera - like front and a side-view that resembled a Honda CRX. And suppose not only do they build this car, but also offer it as a Spider!
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John Bryans Fontaine 3:32PM (11/18/2006)
In the first sketch, the front appears to look more like a Subaru B9 Tribeca, than an 8C Competizione, the second sketch's face resembles that of a raccoon.
I wish that Alfa would go with the sketch used in:
http://www.autoblog.com/2006/07/06/alfa-romeo-considering-new-entry-level-coupe/
in which the Junior has a Honda CRX sideview and also a Brera front. This design would also lend itself to being used as a Spider.
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