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Lighter, Stronger, Faster: Alfa CEO wants an 8C GTA
Click above for a hi-res gallery of the Alfa 8C Competizione
Few cars are as eminently desirable as the Alfa 8C Competizione. So how do you make us want it even more? Well, you can chop off the roof and make it into a roadster, but Alfa Romeo already did that. How about making it even more powerful? That's hard to do – remember that, having developed the engine for its sister-company, Maserati has shoehorned the 450hp V8 into both the GranTurismo and the new Quattroporte to make more powerful S versions of both – but that's exactly what Alfa's new CEO, Luca de Meo, intends to do.
The plan involves producing an additional run of 100 supercars with more power and less weight... and you know that's the magic formula. Like the 230hp MiTo announced just yesterday, the faster 8C would wear Alfa's premier GTA badge. Although the project has yet to gain approval from the higher-ups in the Fiat group, de Meo is reportedly fighting for it. We hope he wins, and with the clout he holds in the company, we think he just might.
Gallery: 2009 Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione
Gallery: Alfa Romeo 8C Spider
[Source: AutoTelegraaf via eGMCarTech]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Chris 3:12PM (6/25/2008)
Just when i thought i couldnt possibly want this car any more then i do already.......
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Hike15 3:14PM (6/25/2008)
This car just keeps getting better and better
and it was pretty darn good to start with!
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Vintage 3:14PM (6/25/2008)
I just made a mess in my pants. Thanks Autoblog.
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eightyd 3:17PM (6/25/2008)
Dear Ferrari,
I give you, how to make an attractive small GT car! Please melt the California down and try again. This can be your benchmark.
This thing is gorgeous.
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Dustin 3:43PM (6/25/2008)
And a note to the rest of the industry: See how you can make a car so desirable without the Nurburgring one-upsmanship?! Take a lesson.
pmiddle5 10:46PM (6/25/2008)
Small gt car?.....
Dustin 3:41PM (6/25/2008)
Seems odd that a CEO would have to fight for approval from "higher-ups."
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SPG 4:03PM (6/25/2008)
Somthing so beautiful seems as though it should never be made "race ready".
However, by calling it a GTA I'm ok with this move.
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Snark 4:09PM (6/25/2008)
This is the only car I have ever, upon seeing it in person, wanted to lick.
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mk 4:47PM (6/25/2008)
sex on wheels.
Man, between a prodrive-equipped AM V8, or a 8C GTA...
BOTH. As long as I am dreaming...
Might as well dream about dating Elizabeth Hurley and Penelope Cruz at the same time, too.
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mk 4:50PM (6/25/2008)
Make that Monica Bellucci in her "Matrix: Reloaded" wardrobe.
Johnny 5:17PM (6/25/2008)
HAHAHA WOW!!! Im hooked!
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Toy Yoda 7:26PM (6/25/2008)
So in your mind, is this 8C and the GTA version considered supercars?
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