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more about #8c more comments → readplays: I think you'll find this is owned by someone who has been featured before on this site for his cars... more » Plecostomus [Tyrrell]: I have to say I still don't love that thing's nose. :( The rest of the car's gorgeous but I just don't get how you guys can tolerate that face that on... more » DoctorNine: I'll drive it before I criticize it; it's an Alfa. One never knows with those whether they are going to be a babe or a bitch until one whips them pass... more » Boosted Lego Wagon: Just when you thought it was safe to go back to Mrs. Robinson's house. more » WheatKing: Times, they are a changing.. even the rich forced to take public transit and carpool to avoid expensive fuel. more » ZeGerman: It looks so lonely sitting there... It's a beautiful car, but it sure is a shame about the handling (as per Clarkson's review). The one feature I lov... more » dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity: Maybe it broke down and is awaiting the tow truck... more » combat chuck: I don't think I'd feel comfortable leaving my first-off-the-line Alfa 8C at a commuter train station parking lot while I'm at work in the city all day... more » Graverobber: Verrrrrrry niiiiiiice. This is a very pleasant sorbet after the bad-taste of that GM news this morning. more » scroggzilla raids again: Given the driving skills of your average Westchester County driver, I'd want a parking space a little farther away from the street. more » layabout: Aaahhhhhhh,she's beautiful. Almost semi inducing........ooops full mast.........back in a minute. more » Ash78, cube farmer: I just don't feel the aesthetic Alfa love. It's a nice looking car, but no better than the new M Roadster or even the Solstice Coupe. IMHO. more » -
#genevamotorshow
Alfa Romeo 8C Spider Rears Its Extremely Pretty Head
It's not often that I quickly look past blonde and presumably Italian (or maybe Swiss) "booth professionals," but the Alfa Romeo 8C Spider has that affect on a man. Yes, friends, the highly anticipated Geneva debut of the Spider is finally here. This car has the same 450 HP 4.7-liter V8 as its brother, the 8C Competizione, which earned its own Very Special Jalopnik Day and still makes Ray twitch nervously. If you haven't already noticed, the Spider features a fully automatic electro-hydraulic convertible top that has been engineered with the same aerodynamic and performance precision as the rest of the ride. Much to the dismay of anyone with eyes and a pulse, only 500 of these will be manufactured. Pretty much ensures that you won't be getting one (Fiat scion, exec and world-class playboy/recovering 12-stepper Lapo Elkann, on the other hand...) It matters not. The live pictures of this Chariot of the Gods are here to be drooled over. More » -
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#nowreadyforprimetime
Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione Stateside Debut
We're out here on the rolling Rochester Hills at the site of this weekend's Meadowbrook Concours d'Elegance for the US press reveal of the Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione. But just as important as showing the 159,300 euro (Alfa folks claim the US price will be over $200K when it hits here late in 2008), 450 HP V8-powered supercar, for the Alfa Romeo folks this is the first event for a US-bound Alfa Romeo since the halcyon days of yesterday — and by yesterday we mean 1995. We'll stop talking and let you soak in the crimson-colored beauty of these shots. More »
