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8C Spider: Alfa Romeo’s most expensive model ever

 
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Pricing is set at $299,000 a piece and only 35 examples are set to grace U.S. shores

Pricing is set at $299,000 a piece and only 35 examples are set to grace U.S. shores

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Our love affair with Alfa Romeo's beautiful 8C Competizione continues with news today that the even more stylish Spider convertible will be available for U.S. deliveries by January next year. Like the hardtop, Alfa Romeo will build just 500 examples of the 8C Spider and only 35 are scheduled to arrive on local shores.

This means that even with a price tag of $299,000 (including shipping), getting your hands on one will be tough. This level of pricing, incidentally, means that the 8C Spider is the most expensive Alfa Romeo in history and it should remain that way for some time to come.

The cars are built in Modena, Italy, and share their mechanicals with the Maserati Granturismo. Power comes from a 4.7L V8 engine with a peak output of 450hp (335kW) at 7,000rpm. This engine has been matched to a self-shifting 6-speed gearbox (with computerized selection of the gears via levers behind the steering-wheel), and a self-blocking differential unit.


Controlling all that power is some of the best brakes in the business. Sitting inside the pretty 20in wheels are a set of carbon-ceramic Brembo brakes measuring 380mm up front and 360mm in the back. The 8C Spider also gets Alfa Romeo’s VDC traction and stability system to maximize safety.

Next year is Alfa Romeo’s centenary and to mark the event the automaker is expected to launch a high-performance ‘GTA’ version of the 8C hardtop. Only 100 units are expected to be built but there may be more built if Alfa Romeo decides to offer an 8C Spider GTA as well.

Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione Spider
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  1. ma_btlh2oguy avatar btlh2oguy Posted: 7/20/2009 9:08am PDT

    Lo stordimento!!!
     
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  2. ma_HECTOR avatar HECTOR Posted: 7/20/2009 4:44pm PDT

    The interior leaves something to be desired but the exterior is pure sex! Why oh why can't Detroit design something that looks like this?!
     
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  3. ma_Mike avatar Mike Posted: 7/20/2009 5:24pm PDT

    *Alfagasm*
    Of course the most beautiful car currently in production is an Alfa. Pure sex indeed! I would buy all 35 if I could! The 8C/8C Spider are the only cars in production that can truly hold their own when compared to the great classics of the '30s thru '60s.
     
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  4. ma_btlh2oguy avatar btlh2oguy Posted: 7/20/2009 6:45pm PDT

    Hector, I agree about the interior being subdued. The window controls are in an awkward location.
     
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  5. ma_giovannigambini avatar giovannigambini Posted: 7/23/2009 9:42am PDT

    O.m.g. !!!!
    Hottt!!!!
     
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