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Valuation · Alfa Romeo · Series 1 · 2015-19

Alfa Romeo 4C Coupe

1.75L turbo inline four · 177 kW / 350 Nm · 6sp dual-clutch (TCT) · RWD
CONSIDERRated within the $30k to $100k band · 62 of 94 at this money
Model value
$65,000
Must gain each year to break even
+8.9%
The projection does not clear it, and nor does most of the library.
CarQuant score
52/100
Scored against the $30k to $100k band, not the whole library
Evidence grade
Thin
One to three recorded Australian sales
$65,000
$43,918 lowhigh $83,796
Calibrated to a thin record
Two verified Australian sales: a worn 86,461km Spider at $54,500 (Apr 2025) and a 1,100km 33 Stradale Tributo at $130,000 (Jun 2026). The Spider back-solves to about $60,000 for a good coupe

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Should make, typical example
$65,000
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Price history

Today $65,000 · modelled median at five years $62,860
Solid line: the value this library has carriedDashed from 2026: modelled · even money $52,897 to $73,872
The green band is the even-money range and the one to plan on: half of outcomes land inside it. The pale band behind it bounds eight in ten ($43,918 to $83,796). The path is this model's own: it starts along the momentum of its recorded history and bends toward its projected median as the horizon lengthens, so no two cars share a future curve.

The verdict

A defensible case with reservations. Scores 52/100, ranking 62 of 94 in the $30k to $100k band. Scarcity is the strongest input, liquidity the weakest.
Running it costs about $5,950 a year (9.2% of value), which is what the economics score measures. All in, including the projected value change, it is $7,178 a year.
The model's five year median is $62,860, a -3.3% move, with the tenth percentile at $43,918.
Value calibrated to a thin record. Treat the level as provisional.
Evidence
Thin2 recorded sales
Off its peak
-21%
Value band
wide
At least one recorded transaction plus a source. Direction is sound, the exact level less so.
Scored against every recent Australian sale this library holds, half its values land within 11.2 per cent of the price paid and the rest miss by more, in either direction. Projections are therefore damped toward flat in proportion to how little is known, and the plausible band is never narrower than the error the model is known to make.
Short term (1-5 years)$7,178 a year all in, -3.3% median value move
Long term (10-15 years)Scarcity case already formed
Negotiate from$65,000

Recorded sales

Every recorded observation, and when
4 rows on record
$84k$68k$51k
2023202420252026
the value this record published, year by yearnow $65kwhat the model expects across 15k–86k kmsolddid not sellcontext, excluded1 row sits off this scale. Open the list below to see them.
Every row, with its price and note (4) ↓
Library value against the sold record
2 sales · median $67,500
Value $65,000
$54,500$80,500
Jun 2026Collecting Cars$130,000Context, excluded
2021 33 Stradale Tributo coupe, 1,100km, number 9 of 15 Australian cars, Gold Coast QLD, verified at A$130,000 - its list price back after five years. A different market from the standard coupe. Relisted at $210,000 within two months; that ask is the seller's to defend
Apr 2025Collecting Cars$54,500Sold
2015 Spider, 86,461km, Madreperla White over red, Dural NSW, verified. A worn example - chips, bolster wear, a five-year service gap - of the dearer body. The one ordinary-car transaction this market has produced, and it back-solves to roughly $60,000 for a good coupe
Nov 2024Donington Auctions$70,000Not a sale
NOT A SALE. 2016 Spider passed in at a A$70,000-90,000 estimate, so bidding did not reach $70,000 that day
2022Collecting Cars$80,500Sold
SOLD. 7 Mar 2022, Flowerpot TAS, 14,824km, Spider
2 completed Australian sales of 4 rows. Rows marked asking, no sale, or context are shown for honesty but do not count toward the evidence grade: an ask is not a transaction, a pass-in is a refusal, and a provenance or overseas result does not price the ordinary local car. The badge on every row is computed by the same rule as the grade, so the two cannot drift apart.

Score breakdown

Against the $30k to $100k band median
94 cars in band · ink tick marks the median
Ownership economics30% of total
57/100+2
Scarcity25% of total
82/100+29
Demand durability20% of total
48/100-18
Liquidity15% of total
6/100-46
Risk resilience10% of total
42/100+6
Sub-scores run 0-100 before weighting; the weighted total is 52/100. Medians are computed live from the 94 cars currently in the $30k to $100k band, so this picture moves when the library does.
The working behind each factor: baseline and drivers ↓
Ownership economics30% weight
57/100
Baseline80 pts
− 9.2% of value a year to run-23 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)57 pts
Scarcity25% weight
82/100
Baseline60 pts
+ Only around 250 estimated AU deliveries+16 pts
+ Carbon-fibre monocoque construction genuinely unique at the price+6 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)82 pts
Demand durability20% weight
48/100
Baseline38 pts
+ Distinctive Italian styling and lightweight focus draw a niche following+10 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)48 pts
Liquidity15% weight
6/100
Baseline14 pts
− Thin market, 50 days on market-8 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)6 pts
Risk resilience10% weight
42/100
Baseline46 pts
− Turbo four reliable, but carbon tub repair cost a real risk factor-4 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)42 pts
Model output, not advice or a valuation. Verify independently before acting.

What it costs to own · about 6,667 km a year

Annual cost of access, excl. fuel
$5,950a year
Share of value per year
9.2%
Scheduled servicing$1,45024%
Tyres, annualised$1,05018%
Registration and CTP$80013%
Insurance$1,65028%
Sinking fund (failure table)$1,00017%
All-in annualised (a different number)
Purchase (model value plus duty)$67,600
Running costs × 5 years$29,750
Median exit, net of selling cost$61,460
All-in annualised over 5 years$7,178/yr
Share of value per year11.0%
Cost of access is what the car costs to run. All-in annualised adds depreciation, duty and selling costs across a five year hold. They answer different questions and are labelled separately for that reason.
Break-even appreciation, 5 year hold
8.9%a year, only to get the money back
This library projects
-0.7%a year
The projection falls 9.6 points a year short of the hurdle. On these assumptions this car is a cost, not an asset, which can be an entirely rational thing to buy but should be bought knowing it.
Purchase$65,000
Stamp duty$2,600
Running costs x 5 years$29,750
Selling cost at exit, 2.2% of the salescales with price
Sale price needed at +5 years$99,493
Storage
Bought at
No forecast is used to compute the hurdle. It is the purchase, the duty, any premium and 5 years of running cost, grossed up for the cost of selling and spread back over the hold. The projection it is measured against is the weakest number in this product and is drawn that way in the chart above. Transport, finance and any restoration spend sit outside it.

Specification

Engine1.75L turbo inline four
Power / torque177 kW / 350 Nm
0-100 km/h4.5 s
Transmission6sp dual-clutch (TCT)
DriveRWD
Kerb weight895 kg
Built worldwide9,117
Delivered to Australia300
Effective AU survivors260
Australian sales / year20
Typical days on market50 days
Launch price$89,000

What moves the price on this model

Colour hierarchy
Alfa Red+5%
Competizione Red+4%
Black-1%
Options
33 Stradale Tributo (1 of 15 Australian cars)+45%
Launch Edition (numbered, 2015)+12%
Akrapovic dual-mode exhaust (factory option)+3%
Racing suspension pack+3%
Odometer sensitivity±1.8% per 10,000 km vs 60,000 km
Applied on top of these

Condition, history, originality, ownership, delivery and modification multipliers apply to every car in the library. They are applied automatically when an advertisement is analysed, and the schedule is set out once, on the analyser page.

Projected value in five years

Projected value at five years
$62,860
-3.3% on today
The model's figure. Today it is $65,000.
Even odds it lands between $52,897 and $73,872.
$43,918 lowhigh $83,796
The shaded range is even money and 40% wide; the outer figures bound eight outcomes in ten. Band width follows the evidence - a model with a tight measured record carries a tight band.
A weaker five year outlook than 71% of the library.
-26.6% weakest projected move in the librarystrongest +73.1%
Five-year cost of ownership
Value change alone: -$2,140 across five years.
Running costs over the same period: $29,750.
Duty and expected selling costs: $4,000.
Net cost of five years of ownership: $35,890, or $7,178 a year.
The projected value fall is added to the running cost. Depreciation is the larger number here.

The case for and against

The case for

A genuine carbon-fibre monocoque at a price no other manufacturer has matched before or since, with only around 250 estimated Australian deliveries. Its lightweight, mid-engine focus gives it a distinctive character in a market full of heavier turbo coupes.

The case against

Values have fallen steadily since 2016 rather than appreciating, and carbon tub repair after any real damage is specialist and expensive. The market is thin at 50 days on market, reflecting a small, particular buyer base. The only Australian auction appearance passed in below $70,000, and overseas sell-through is 61 per cent, so this is a thin market that does not clear easily at any price. International clearance has fallen to 43 per cent since 2024, and of ten coupe lots on record only five have sold.

Known faults and risks

Risk 1Carbon tub repair cost if damaged
Risk 2No power steering assistance, unusual to drive
Risk 3Specialist servicing network limited
Carbon tub inspection/repair$3,500
Clutch/TCT service$1,600
Suspension bush refresh$700

Similar cars, and what they cost to run

Evidence behind this valueThin · 2 recorded sales
Carried value
$65,000
Historical price
2016 · $82,0002026 · $65,000
Thin
At least one recorded transaction plus a source. Direction is sound, the exact level less so.
One new result and it sets the top of the ordinary market

$80,500 for a 14,824-kilometre Spider at Flowerpot, Tasmania in March 2022, against $54,500 for an 86,461-kilometre coupe in April 2025. Seventy thousand kilometres and three years apart, and 48 per cent between them, so distance and time cannot be separated on two points. The value is unchanged. The 33 Stradale Tributo already on this record at $130,000 remains a separate market. SOURCING: aggregator-surfaced results, unconfirmed against the auction house, the weakest evidence grade here.

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A revaluation and its reversal, both kept

In August 2026 this value moved from $65,000 to $78,000 on the strength of advertised asks - every coupe in the country at $70,000 to $115,000 - because the only transaction signal was a 21-month-old pass-in. Days later the gated auction prices surfaced, and the asks lost to the transactions, as they always should. The value returns to $65,000 and the round trip stays on the ledger.

The sale that settled it

A 2015 Spider, 86,461 kilometres, Madreperla White over red, sold from Dural NSW on Collecting Cars in April 2025 for $54,500. A worn example - stone chips, a scuffed bolster, and a five-year service gap closed only in October 2024 - and the Spider is the dearer body. Adjust it back to a good car at ordinary kilometres and it implies roughly $64,000 for a Spider, call it $58,000 to $62,000 for the coupe. Set against the $69,990 ask floor and an American average near A$80,000, $65,000 is where the evidence actually clears.

The Tributo, now with its real number

The 1,100km 33 Stradale Tributo, number 9 of 15 Australian cars, sold from the Gold Coast on 25 June 2026 for $130,000 - almost exactly its $123,000 list price, five years and 1,100 kilometres later. Not the $197,000 an aggregator's US-dollar labelling implied, and this record briefly repeated: the primary source corrects the converted one. It was relisted at $210,000 within two months; the market will grade that ask, not this record. Two times a standard coupe, and still its own market - read neither onto the other.

What the asks are now worth

Seven advertised coupes above $85,000 have produced zero transactions above $55,000 in the public record. Until one clears, the asks are a hope, not a price.

Why the 4C trails its price point

No competition history, an owner community that concedes it trades under an equivalent-year 911, and 149 of roughly 300 Australian sales landed in the first year - the car front-loaded its market and spent five years as run-out stock.

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