Alfa Romeo to build the beautiful 8C Competizione ?

This might be the best news of the year to come out from Alfa Romeo:

The quote by Antonio Baravalle, Alfa Romeo brand manager:

"It is my dream to do it (the 8C). We have cut the budget for our advertising campaign and will do the 8C instead, because it is a perfect way to promote the Alfa brand. Sergio Marchionne (president of Fiat Auto) says if the figures add up, do it."

This is the kind of words we like to hear! And we really hope that the dream won't remain only that. The objective is to have a production-ready version of the 8C for the Paris auto show in september, where orders could be taken for a 500-unit production run. For now the talk is only about the Coupè version, but it seems that the awesome 8C Spider is another of Mr Baravalle's dreams!

Details are still to be finalised, but, like the concept, the body is likely to be carbon-fiber, on a spaceframe chassis. The engine will be based on a Ferrari/Maserati V8 and according to Baravalle it will be "more like Ferrari than Maserati". The objective is a 440 hp engine. Price is still a mistery, but it's likely to be quite high.

You can find a complete image and sketch gallery of the 8C on Virtual Car. The Centro Stile Alfa has a video of the 8C Competizione Concept, while on Autopareri you can find an image gallery of the 8C Spider.
Source link: eurocarblog.com by Luca