Alfa Romeo 4C review

The 4C is all about saving weight. Obviously, there’s its lightweight chassis (just 65kg, or less than the average adult). But the diet continues inside. The dash is a simple single-piece moulding, with the minimum of controls. The carbon-shelled seats are very thinly padded, the passenger one is fixed and the door-pulls are simply leather straps. 

All good. Less impressive is the plasticky trim, the numerous exposed screw-heads are plain awful, the stereo's totally unfathomable and it's hand luggage only because the boot is miniscule. We admire fanatical weight-saving but not a lack of attention to detail, Alfa. It's not acceptable on a £51K car and people will feel short-changed as a result.