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Jim Glickenhaus gets first Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione in the U.S.
James Glickenhaus is best known in these parts as the rich guy who paid Pininfarina a lot of money to create a custom body for his Ferrari Enzo, thus creating the renowned and oft-driven Ferrari P4/5. Apparently Glickenhaus is not strictly a Ferrari fan, as he has now become the first of 100 Americans to receive the keys to a U.S.-spec Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione coupe. Glickenhaus even reportedly paid enough extra for his 8C Competizione to get the Alfa Romeo factory to finish his car in the same shade of red used on his one-of-a-kind P4/5. Shortly after Glickenhaus took the keys and went for a first drive, the same dealership handed over two more 8Cs to slightly lesser mortals.
Gallery: 2009 Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione
[Source: VeloceToday via AutoFiends]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
hoyaCS08 1:13PM (11/13/2008)
Glickenhaus is the rich car buff we all dream of being. He has enough money to buy whatever he wants, and he drives the snot out of even his rarest cars. Apparently the P4/5 has something like 50,000+ miles on it.
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Elise SC 3:46PM (11/13/2008)
Looks like he bought it just to have a cool commuter car. Gotta love this guy!
His license plate is "001 USA" and he parks it outside the Rye, NY train station.
(I've tried a thousand times to link the story from the "other" car blog but I guess AB doesn't like that.)
Mobius_1 5:54PM (11/13/2008)
Glickenhaus for president? That would really be 001 then :)
srDRIVEN 1:14PM (11/13/2008)
"Apparently Glickenhaus is not strictly a Ferrari fan,"
Where do those Alpha parts come from?
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Torrent 1:19PM (11/13/2008)
ooooh burned!
rick 1:24PM (11/13/2008)
Alfa, not alpha.
Seminole 1:23PM (11/13/2008)
Ahem, its "Alfa"....
srDRIVEN 1:26PM (11/13/2008)
sorry, i was going for less of a "burn," and more of a this argument is not relevant in this case, kinda thing. He really isn't just a Ferrari fan, it's my understanding he has quite a diverse collection.
excuse me on the Alpaha, I'm an idiot
srDRIVEN 1:27PM (11/13/2008)
still didn't get it right, sorry, just not my day apparently
Jerk Face 1:19PM (11/13/2008)
Man, it would be so nice to be filthy f*cking rich! Money doesn't buy you happiness, but it WILL buy you an Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione.
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Stumpy 1:30PM (11/13/2008)
Well Said!! Haaa!
RDL 1:59PM (11/13/2008)
Close enough!
FallenCow 4:20PM (11/13/2008)
An 8C Competizione IS happiness!
Ligor 1:24PM (11/13/2008)
I been looking at pics of this car ever since it came out
it's the background in my monitor and i still can't get over how good this thing looks
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Coco 1:33PM (11/13/2008)
why all the fuss with such an ugly car... don't understand.
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AntBee 1:45PM (11/13/2008)
Shall we start up a collection for Coco's Lasik surgery? Apparently, he/she is blind as a f*cking bat!
This car is gorgeous, sex on wheels!
Torrent 2:14PM (11/13/2008)
I personally don't care for the car, but it's anything but ugly.
mk3 2:27PM (11/13/2008)
Please don't say that again...
policyvote 3:02PM (11/13/2008)
Oh my lord. Dude, what? The 8C is automotive beauty in its purest form.
Peace
policy
tuna 3:40PM (11/13/2008)
@ Coco
"don't understand"
Well you answered your own question. If you understood it, correctly, to be a beautiful car then you'd understand the fuss.
Sometimes it's not the world that is out of whack, it's you!