Geneva 2008: Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione Spider

[Overheat]

Alfa Romeo is revealing the production version of its 8C Competizione Spider, as first seen at the Pebble Beach concours d'elegance in 2005.

The Spider will share the 8C coupe's 4.7-litre V8 (450bhp) and six-speed sequential-shift gearbox. It's said to be good for 177mph and 0-60mph in less than four seconds.

The Spider gets a two-layer fabric roof, electrically controlled via a button in the dashboard. Its cabin is trimmed in high-class leather and its seats have carbonfibre frames to save weight: the whole thing weighs just 1500kg thanks to carbonfibre components. Specification includes carbon-ceramic Brembo brake discs, 20-inch wheels with 245/35 tyres up front and 285/35s to the rear, and sports-specific traction and stability control.

Production of just 500 is planned and all will be hand-built at the Maserati factory in Modena. Prices will start from around £140,000.

[SoxXpupPeT]

what an orgasmic looking car. hardtop or not

[Aiolos]

I don't really like it in white, I prefer that red one that the coupe was shown in earlier.

[watto]

Sex.

/Want it.
//Now!!!!

[fbc]

Odd, white really doesn't suit it. I mean it still looks incredible, but in red it's fan-bloody-tastic.

Still, I prefer the coupe...

[powah]

Yeah, I'd have the coupe as well. The spider looks very nice though.

[Blayde]

That just looks so 70s retro(maybe it's the picture quality), DO WANT!

[Polly]

Fuck me..

[essentialatom]

It looks even worse than the coupe...

[IceBone]

Finally someone who speaks reason.

[Necx0]

A gorgeous looking thing, although 140,000 pounds is F430 money with a shitload of options.

My oh my I love the way it looks though.

[starfox07]

Originally Posted by essentialatom

It looks even worse than the coupe...

You must like fat chicks

That is the most gorgeous car in decades.

[amdforever]

Alfa Romeo knows how to design rims very well.

[bartboy9891]

I like the coupe better, but I wouldn't complain if someone gave me the Spider.

[Blind_Io]

Originally Posted by Necx0

A gorgeous looking thing, although 140,000 pounds is F430 money with a shitload of options.

My oh my I love the way it looks though.

Yeah, but I would rather have this than a Ferrari. I see Ferraris all over the place in Marin County, but I would be the only one with an Alfa like this.

[essentialatom]

Originally Posted by starfox07

You must like fat chicks

That is the most gorgeous car in decades.

Heh, I've said it before and I'll say it again, I simply cannot understand what people see in the 8C, hardtop or no. The only thing I even barely like about it is the side profile, but really, I truly think it's an ugly, ugly car.

It kind of frustrates me that I can't understand why other people like it. Normally I can, even if I don't agree. Sometimes I think (hope) it's a huge joke at my expense, that everyone's in on.

[phuckingduck]

I am quite taken with the 8C. Not best in decades, but smitten. I really like this, but the craptastic pictures don't help.

[Final Daihatsu]

Originally Posted by IceBone

Finally someone who speaks reason.

Admit it looks better than your Mitsubishi

[IceBone]

What? No. Just No. My car looks bland, the 8C looks ugly. Big difference. There are 2 directions Alfa could have gone with their design. The brera/159 one or this. Why, oh, why they chose the fail option is beyond me.

[tigger]

Originally Posted by IceBone

Why, oh, why they chose the fail option is beyond me.

I'll give you that some of the individual design cues; the lights and that deck lid spoiler for instance, look a little out of place. But when viewed as a whole it just looks fantastic. They even made that little fender vent look good with the way they tucked it under the body line. The lines and proportions of it are evocative of the classic sports cars of the '60s, and there's nothing wrong with that. I do prefer the coupe though .