Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione

[Jimster]

I'm somewhat shocked that a 6-series outdid the Maserati- the 6 series is a Semi-heavy (ie. Not as heavy as one would expect) car and very refined and over-enineered- compared to the MAserati which is a bit of an Ibiza beach-barbie

[993cc Man]

I just had to say this one thing before I go to sleep...

If this car goes into production AS SHOWN it will be the most beautiful car since the Dino 246 GT. Performance and handling are unimportant with this baby. Everyone will be placing orders and BMW's Bangle-mobile along with all 911s Modenas or whathave you will die of jealousy!!!!!!

[dagroovydude]

The Alfa's definitly comming to the usa but there's a slight little problem. It would be sold through ferrari/maserati dealers but they are afaraid it might take sales away from maserati. I've heard Price would be around $55,000, so it would undercut maserati in that reguard.

[993cc Man]

Alfa Romeo might be returning to the US market but certainly the 8C Competizione ain't gonna go for 55000 $US

This is from a recent Autocar article (it's a british mag for those of you over the ocean..). Apparently there is serious hope we might get to see this gorgeous babe on the streets....



Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione

Alfa’s dramatic 8C Competizione supercar project is at a turning point as you read these words. In the past few weeks Alfa insiders have been sounding out the possibility of charging as much as €150,000 – or about £100,000 – for the car. They are said to be gauging reaction to the price as this is rather more than originally envisaged. Autocar has also learnt that 600 orders is the break-even point before management will give the 8C the green light. Even so, there’s still plenty of discussion about the car’s fundamental make-up, according to sources.

As part of the ongoing cost-cutting investigations, the carbonfibre monocoque bodyshell will be dropped. It still sits on Alfa’s clever split-frame chassis (and uses some of the Premium platform’s running gear), but the upper body structure may now be built with Fiat’s steel spaceframe technology.

At the moment the three prototype cars are fitted with a 410bhp version of the 4.3-litre V8 Maserati engine, although some of the engineers are keen to use the supercharged version which delivers well over 450bhp. However, cost pressures (superchargers are expensive) could kill the plan. It’s also possible that the car may use a version of Ferrari’s new 483bhp 4.3-litre F430 engine. There’s said to be some disquiet within Fiat Auto about the 8C stepping on the corporate toes of Maserati, with some suggesting that the 8C could steal sales from the Coupι if the Alfa-Maserati divide becomes blurred

[digikissed]

8c looks very pretty, but it also looks retro to me; like the 200 (disco lolante) Sportiva - always a bad signe; I'm convinced retro cars like the boxster and that angualr neo arnolt bristol BMW are what killed off those firms; I do designing (visit my web page at www.lcdou.com) and oaint (and tell bad jokes; I snuck out some "alafs" (along with my infamouse n/bugatti):

Hey - what can you do; squeezed em out fast, but my whole loop is negating ( decrete negations I call them); if I'm not carefull I'll be working for GM soon (ha ha ha); hey...anti-money, it work, what can I say: see http://www.lcdou.com/page5.html) How about that almost patented "henry More" rear fender treatment
n/n/bb
http://www.lcdou.com/images/alfa.jpg

[993cc]

what do you mean??? BMW and Porsche are not dead firms. The same goes for Alfa Romeo. As for the retro part sometimes it's better to be retro than be original but pig-ugly :22yikes:

[crayzayjay]

Alfa 8c Axed



Plans to put the stunning Alfa 8c Competizione concept coupe into production have been scrapped at the 11th hour. The heartbreaking decision was taken by Luca di Montezemolo because he feared that the beautiful 8c would badly damage demand for the Fiat group's other great-looking rear-drive coupe, the Maserati 4200GT. The 8c was to be built on a tubular chassis, with a revised version of the Maserati's V8 drivetrain, but Alfa could not settle on a pricing strategy. With only a limited production run planned, the 8c would have had to be priced higher than the big-volume Maser, and this was at odds with the overall group strategy. It was also felt that the existing network of Alfa dealers was not set up to handle such a specialised, premium product available in very limited numbers.
There is, however, a glimmer of light to come out of the 8c's sorry demise. Engineers have been ordered back to the drawing board to create a smaller coupe (possibly to be known as the Sprint) based on the next- generation Alfa 147. The team has been briefed to use as many styling cues from the 8c as possible, as Montezemolo still believes in the spirit of the idea. It will be a long wait, though. With not even an outline design in place, we don't expect the car to be ready before 2008 at the earliest.

[993cc]

bye bye gorgeous babe.. yet again the suits have won

[57JagXKSS]

I don't get it.

The current Maserati coupe is a GT car.

The Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione Concept is a sports car.

It wouldn't hurt to build that Alfa.

Build it!

http://www.fast-autos.net/alfaromeo/alfaromeo8c.html

[57JagXKSS]

Originally Posted by Jimster

I'm somewhat shocked that a 6-series outdid the Maserati- the 6 series is a Semi-heavy (ie. Not as heavy as one would expect) car and very refined and over-enineered- compared to the MAserati which is a bit of an Ibiza beach-barbie

I think the new BMW 6 series is hideous.



Look at all of these lines going all over the place!

[993cc]

The 6 series is more like a fat bastard of a car wheres the 8C is the voluptuous lady..

[crayzayjay]

Yeah, but sometimes you can't help but love a fat bastard

[porscheguy9999]

I must say the new 6 is Bangle's best. I think it looks pretty good. But, you must admit, it has everybody talking about it. And any advertisment is good advertisment.

[Jaguar D-Type]

If only they would build it...

[Jaguar D-Type]