'Masterpiece'

"I'm proud to say we made another masterpiece that will remain in Alfa's history."

Fiat's European product development head, Mauro Pierallini

It goes 0 to 100kph in just 4.5 seconds, and:

• weighs 895 kilograms
• is 3990 millimeters long
• delivers 240 horsepower
• has a 1.75-liter turbocharged direct-injection gasoline engine

One requirement for engineers was not to go above a weight/power ratio of 4 kg per horsepower. This required using an aluminum subframe for the front and in the rear of the carbon fiber chassis rather than steel, for example.