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==The 8C in the United States== | ==The 8C in the United States== | ||
The 8C will be sold as Alfa Romeo's returning foray into the United States market, starting in 2009 (hopefully). Alfa Romeo is dedicating 99 Alfa Romeo 8C Competiziones for U.S. market sale. | The 8C will be sold as Alfa Romeo's returning foray into the United States market, starting in 2009 (hopefully). Alfa Romeo is dedicating 99 Alfa Romeo 8C Competiziones for U.S. market sale. | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 06:43, 18 May 2008
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| Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione | |
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| Manufacturer | Alfa Romeo |
| Assembly | Modena, Italy (Maserati) |
| Production | 2007-present |
| Class | Sports car |
| Layout | FR layout |
| Body style | 2-door coupé |
| Engine | 4.7 L V8 |
| Transmission | 6-speed Sequential manual |
| Wheelbase | 2595 mm |
| Length | 4280 mm |
| Width | 1900 mm |
| Height | 1250 mm |
| Front track | |
| Rear track | |
| Weight | 1400 kg |
| Predecessor | Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale |
| Successor | |
| Related | |
| Similar | Audi R8 Ferrari F430 Maserati GranTurismo |
| Designer | Wolfgang Egger |
The Alfa Romeo Competizione is a Sports car produced by Italian automaker Alfa Romeo. It was firstly presented as a concept car at the 2003 Frankfurt Motor Show and later released for sale for the 2007 model year.
2003 concept car
The 8C Competizione was showed at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 2003. The lines of the twin seater are meant to echo the styling of Alfa's of the 1930s and 1940s, and the "Competizione" name is a pointer to the 1948 6C 2500 Competizione, which competed in the 1949 and 1950 Mille Miglia race, coming third both times. In the 1950 Mille Miglia Juan-Manuel Fangio and Augusto Zanardi drove. It won the 1950 Targa Florio. A 3.0 litre prototype was built but not produced. These 6C 2500 models were among the last vehicles with links to the pre-war cars.
At the 2005 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, Alfa Romeo released the Alfa 8C Spider, a roadster version of the coupé, with different alloy wheels.
2004 concept car
Alfa Romeo launched the stunning '8C Competizione' concept car at the 60th Frankfurt Motor Show in 2004 to an astonished audience.
The beautiful sweeping lines of the twin seater hark back to the early styling of the Alfa's of the 30's and 40's, and the 'Competizione' name is a pointer to the '6C 2500 Competizione' the Mille Miglia race competitor in 1950, driven by Juan-Manuel Fangio and Augusto Zanardi.
To much disappointment, the FIAT motor group decided not to produce any road-going versions of the 8C, sighting conflicting sales with the Maserati brand, of which the 8C's 4.3-litre V8 engine is derived.
2007 production version
During the Mondial de l'Automobile 2006, Alfa Romeo announced the production of a limited series 500 units of 8C Competizione. The production version features a Ferrari/Maserati derived 4.7-litre V8. The top engine performance figures may be summarized as a maximum power output of 450 hp at 7000 rpm, a peak torque of 470 Nm at 4750 rpm (80% at 2500 rpm) with an engine speed limit of 7500 rpm.
The six–speed gearbox has computerized gear selection by means of levers behind the steering wheel and may be used in Manual-Normal; Manual-Sport; Automatic-Normal; Automatic-Sport and Ice modes. It has a limited slip differential.
It is fitted with specially developed 20 inch tyres: 245/35 at the front and 285/35 at the rear, fitted on perforated rims in fluid moulded aluminium.
| Engine type | Displacement | Power | Torque | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V8 | 4.7L | 4691cc | 450PS | 470Nm |
Racing version
Production numbers of the 8c Indicate that it is a racing homolgation special, with 500 slated for production.
In 2005/2006, the computer game 'Squadra Corse Alfa Romeo' developed by Black Bean Software in conjunction with Alfa Romeo Spa. included two racing versions of the car, another indication of Alfa Romeo's intention to race. Given the car's size and power class as a GT, sports-car races such as Le Mans, Daytona and Sebring are likely deployments by Squadra Corse.
In 2008, the 8c will take part in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, 24 Hours Nürburgring and Rolex 24 at Daytona endurance races. It is expected that race version chassis will be made by Dallara.
8C Spider
2005 Spider concept
At the 2005 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, Alfa Romeo released the Alfa 8C Spider, a roadster version of the coupé, with different alloy wheels. The Spider concept was built by Carrozzeria Marazzi. Production of the 8C Spider was confirmed by Sergio Marchionne on September 25, 2007. The Spider will most likely be built in a production run of 500 units and it will cost around €20,000 more than the coupe version.
2008 Spider production
Based on the 8C Competizione. Limited production of 500 units, built by Maserati in Modena. Priced around €180,000. The 8C Spider production version was unveiled during the Geneva Motor Show in 2008.
Alfa Romeo 8 C Spider has claimed top speed of 290|km/h which is slighly lower than the coupe version. The brakes on the Spider are Brembo made carbon-ceramic type. The Spider has a two layer electrically operated fabric made roof.
The 8C in the United States
The 8C will be sold as Alfa Romeo's returning foray into the United States market, starting in 2009 (hopefully). Alfa Romeo is dedicating 99 Alfa Romeo 8C Competiziones for U.S. market sale.
Videos
External links
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