Alfa has probably missed the chance to create a like-for-like successor to the 8C. Which does wonders for its appeal
For a company that’s widely known for gorgeous performance cars that look right at home parked outside the Hotel de Paris in Monaco, Alfa Romeo doesn’t exactly churn them out. True, it’s always been good at making ordinary cars look very pretty and the occasional Quadrifoglio model keeps its sporty image alive and kicking, but a dedicated performance car? Those only come around once a decade, if that.which, funnily enough, started life as an Alfa.
Moreover, the bodywork was made from carbon fibre like only the most serious of performance GTs of the day. Somewhat less lightweight was the steel chassis it was draped over, meaning the coupe isn’t quite as light on its feet as you’d think it’d be at 1,585kg. Still, a bellowing 4.7-litre, 450hp V8 developed by Ferrari and assembled by Maserati meant there was more than enough grunt to push it along and one hell of a soundtrack while doing so.
Safe to say anticipation was high ahead of the 8C’s arrival, especially as Alfa Romeo had never built a supercar in the modern era. Unfortunately for the manufacturer, a scathing TG review has hung over the 8C like a dark cloud for decades, with Clarkson describing the supercar’s handling as “terrible”. Ben Collins wasn’t all that keen on the 8C either, ranking it among his least favourite cars from his time on the show.
Then again, I wasn’t driving the Sagaris at Stig speeds and I doubt many would in the Alfa 8C, either. Not these days anyway, when this 6,996-mile example will set you back £239,990 - or around double the cost of what it was worth new back in 2009. That does open the door to many V12 Ferraris, like this. All very special cars, of course, but how often do you see an 8C roaming the streets of London or relentlessly revving at a car meet? Hardly ever, and that’s a big win in our book.
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