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The underbody was shaped in the windtunnel to reduce lift at the high speeds the car will no doubt be able to achieve without so much as breaking a sweat.
Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione 2011
Alfa is back, and it’s making a splash in the US, this time going for the big money. The engine is from another Italian thoroughbred, Maserati’s Quattroporte, although it’s been enlarged to 4.7 liters of displacement. It makes 444 horsepower at 7,000 rpm, and 347 lb-ft of torque at 4,750 rpm, with a 7,500 rpm redline.
After its debut at the Frankfurt Auto Show in 2003, the 8C nearly ceased to exist, but the company finally decided to bring it to the US to build image before introducing less expensive and more mainstream vehicles than the two-seat coupe.
A high-threshold stability control system is on the cards as well, working with the double-wishbone suspension to keep the car on the road.
The underbody was shaped in the windtunnel to reduce lift at the high speeds the car will no doubt be able to achieve without so much as breaking a sweat.
The car shares its name with the Alfa Romeo 8C 2009 from 1934, which dominated the 1000 Miglia race in 1935-1938 and 1947. It was powered by an inline-8 engine.