One to Buy: 800km from new Blu Celeste 2010 Alfa Romeo 8C Spider
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In an era of over-aggressively styled performance cars, the Alfa Romeo 8C harked back to a better time.
Alfa Romeo built 500 fixed head 8C Competiziones between 2007 and 2009 which were followed by a batch of 500 8C Spiders between 2009 and 2010.
Cosmetically, the 8C was influenced by 1960s models like the Tipo 33 Stradale and Giulietta SZ Coda Tronca.
Under the skin was a new steel platform chassis with double wishbone suspension, a Brembo-supplied brake system and a dry-sumped Ferrari-built normally aspirated V8 with dual overhead camshafts, variable valve timing and variable intake valves.
Although only four colours were officially offered, customers could specially request any shade from the Maserati and Ferrari colour range via the expensive Paint To Sample option.
One such uniquely configured 8C was chassis 50060 which RM Sotheby’s will offer at their Munich Motorworld auction on November 26th.
Ordered with Blu Celeste paint, a red soft-top, red twisted leather upholstery and black carpet, at the time of cataloguing it had covered just 828km making it one of the lowest mileage 8Cs in existence.
