The automotive market is already saturated with sports cars. It's a funny thing to say considering that average joes don't have one threatening to take up garage space. It's true, however. With Porches, Ferraris, Maseratis, and Lamborghinis coming out with model after model nearly every season, it's difficult for any one manufacturer to manage to stand out.

The "cool" brand

Alfa Romeo never truly achieved the high echelons of success like its Italian contemporaries did. And yet, in a global survey of coolest brands conducted by marketing firm Allegro 234 in 2008, the Italian automotive manufacturer ranked a well-deserved 7^th place.

One cool concept car

Italian sports cars are undeniably very beautiful. The only problem is that they seem to saturate the market so effectively that one can't help but adopt a "seen one, seen em all" attitude. What truly catches the eye when it comes to the Alfa Romeo 4C is that it is somehow familiar, yet tantalizingly (and excitingly) different somehow.

That's what we call curvaceous

When you look at the 4C from any angle, the first thing that strikes you is the predominance of gorgeous and sexy curves. Inside and out, there is not a single edge to be seen anywhere. True, curves have been done before-not quite like this. The 4C looks like something out of a science fiction novel-a spaceship or a sleek fighter-come to rule the roadways of the world.

Under the hood

It can't be just about the looks, however. When you talk about sports cars, speed is of equal consideration. Off the bat, what Alfa Romeo did was to first build the 4C with a whole lot of aluminum and carbon fiber. That alone makes the whole car significantly lighter: a mere 1,874 pounds for you number-crunchers.

What? No V8?

Because of the reduced weight, its performance is well balanced-out with a 1.8 L, 230-bhp, in-line, 4-cylinder turbocharged engine. Simply put, the 4C does not need V8. Its power plant is enough to achieve 0-60 in 4.5 seconds and a blazingly fast top speed of 155 mph.

Rounding out this dream car is the six-speed Alfa TCT Dual Dry Clutch Transmission system and, of course, the patented Alfa DNA dynamic control that allows for performance matching with a driver's personality. Look for this bad boy to hit the roads in 2013!

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