Alfa prices up 8C, heads back to the USA (kinda)

Newswheel staff :: 17 July 2007 :: Filed under Coupe, Front engine sportscar, Alfa Romeo, Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione, Europe & UK, US

Yours for a piffling 159,300 Euros: we give you the final Euro list price for the Alfa Romeo 8C uber coupe. That’s a whisker over £100,000 at current exchange rates…

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Alfa preps production 8C Competizione for Paris show

Newswheel staff :: 12 September 2006 :: Filed under Coupe, Front engine sportscar, Alfa Romeo, Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione, Europe & UK

The final production version of Alfa’s awesome Maserati-powered coupe will be unveiled at the Paris motor show later this month. Power comes courtesy of Maser’s familiar 90 degree bent-eight in 4.7-litre 450bhp trim…

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Alfa Romeo 8C Spider bags awards, production prospects grow

Newswheel staff :: 02 May 2006 :: Filed under Front engine sportscar, Alfa Romeo, Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione, Europe & UK

First shown back in the mists of 2003 at the Frankfurt motor show, Alfa’s swoopy carbon-fibre coupe, the 8C Competizione has never been short of admirers. And in drop top format it’s picking up even more, including the judges at this year’s Villa d’Este Concours d’Elegance on the banks of Lake Como in Italy. The 8C Spider swiped the “Villa d’Este Design Award” and the “BMW Group Design Award”, both for concept cars…

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Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione: Will they, won’t they?

Newswheel staff :: 22 March 2006 :: Filed under Coupe, Front engine sportscar, Alfa Romeo, Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione, Europe & UK, US

A swoopy carbon fibre body bolted to a space frame chassis. And a screaming Ferrari-derived V8 mounted up front and driving the rear wheels. Yup, the Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione concept, first shown at the Frankfurt show back in 2003, is a bit of a no brainer. The sort of car you’d think Alfa would be desperate to build. And so it is, according to Alfa’s new CEO Antonio Baravalle. In fact, he’s even willing to slash Alfa’s advertising budget in order to divert funds to the project. That’s the kind of fighting talk we like. Problem is, it seems the suits at Fiat HQ aren’t reading from the same script…

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