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Filed under: Spy Photos , Safety , Supercars , Alfa Romeo , Special/Limited Editions How do you improve on one of the most desirable sportscars in the world? By applying the magic formula, of course! That means less weight and more power, as Alfa Romeo is preparing to do to commemorate its 100th anniversary with the extremely limited edition 8C GTA. Although we can't be 100% sure that this is indeed the GTA, we'd have to wonder why else Alfa would be testing an 8C after the development work on the existing model is already done. The prototype is also wearing protective strips along the front fascia and a different set of rims. With the centential celebrations less than two years away, we're looking forward to feasting our eyes (if not our hands) on the GTA, which is anticipated to loose about 300 lbs. and gain an 50 extra horsepower. [Source: Autogespot via Euro Car Blog ] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Filed under: Sports/GTs , Supercars , Alfa Romeo , Special/Limited Editions Click for hi-res gallery of the Alfa 8C Competizione It'd be hard to ask for more than what the spectacular Alfa 8C Competizione already offers, but Alfa Romeo intends to do just that. So after announcing the initial run of 500 coupes, Alfa will begin production of 500 roadsters. But in case that weren't enough, reports have been circulating of two new 8Cs to follow. On the one hand we have the 8C's successor , which Alfa's PR people hope will be based on the Ferrari California. On the other we have the more focused GTA version of the current coupe. While earlier reports suggested that the new second-generation Ferrari-based 8C could arrive in time for Alfa Romeo's 100 year anniversary in 2010, sources now suggest that it will be the 8C GTA that will arrive for the big celebration. Applying the magic formula of less weight and more power, the GTA is tipped to shed some 150 kg (330 lbs), while...
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Filed under: Ferrari , Alfa Romeo Click for hi-res gallery of the Alfa 8C Competizione When Alfa Romeo announced it was actually building the 8C Competizione, we had but to applaud. The automaker slashed its own marketing budget to finance the car's manufacturing, justifying that the halo supercar would do more for the brand's image than any television ad ever could. (Then they did it again with the Spider version.) Right they were, and we wish more automakers would think that way. The latest reports indicate that Alfa Romeo is following its own example, so while CEO Luca de Meo campaigns within the Fiat hierarchy for an even more hard-core version to wear the vaunted GTA badge , some of his subordinates are thinking a step ahead towards the 8C's successor. The current 8C is based on an aging Maserati platform - not unlike the resuscitating Aston Martin DB7 that was based on old Jaguar underpinnings. However, strategists within Alfa Romeo want to see its successor based on the...
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Filed under: Convertibles , Supercars , Alfa Romeo Click to view the Alfa 8C Spider in hi-res Alfa Romeo has graced us once again, this time with a set of new images showing the achingly gorgeous 8C Spider unveiled in Geneva last month. The sumptuous roadster is out on the street doin' its thang (yeah, we just used the word "thang") and only feeds our fantasies of speeding along some glass-smooth tarmac under a bright blue sky with the top down. Well a boy can dream, can't he? Click on the thumbnails below and you can drift off too, in one way or another. Gallery: Alfa Romeo 8C Spider [Source: Alfa Romeo] Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Filed under: Euro , Alfa Romeo Add one sexy starlet of cinema and one curvy Italian sports car, mix vigorously, and you've got a recipe for the hottest combo since Tango and Cash (yeah, I said it). The duo of Scarlett Johansson and the Alfa Romeo 8C have...
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