2010 Alfa Romeo 8C Spider ? First Drive Review

Loud and lovely. Within seconds of launching the Alfa Romeo 8C Spider out of pit lane at the company?s Balocco test track near Milan, in northern Italy, I?m grinning like an idiot. And I?m not even driving. The first reason is the noise: a manic blare and bark from the 4.7-liter V-8. The sheer volume and ferocity of the sound beats even a Ferrari Scuderia?s or a Lamborghini LP560-4?s and makes one wonder how the 8C gets through tough European pa...

First Production Alfa Romeo 8C Spider To Run At Goodwood [Goodwood Festival Of Speed]

Alfa Romeo will celebrate their 99th anniversary by racing historic racing and concept cars, including the first production 8C Spider, up the driveway at this weekend's Goodwood Festival of Speed. Our own Crazy Euro Car Boy will be there. The new 8C Spider is based on the 8C Competizione, sharing the coupe's Maserati-sourced 450 HP 4.7-liter V8 as well as its sexy good looks. Along with the first production 8C Spider, Alfa Romeo will roll out a c...

Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione: Buy It Now For Just $283,070! [Found On Craigslist]

Oh, Craigslist, how we love your cheap deals. Like this Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione, one of only 85 sold stateside, found slinking around the San Francisco auto pages. Buy it now for just $283,070. (Hat tip to Chris!) [Craigslist]

2009 Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione

Turns out the Alfa Romeo 8C - or the U.S. verson of it, at least - isn't perfect after all. Due to an incorrect torque setting on the front and rear suspension upper and lower ball joint nuts, Maserati is recalling 7,912 vehicles in the U.S. They include the 8Cs that have made it over here (thought to number 88), as well as GranTurismos and Quattroportes from the 2008 model year.If unchecked, the ball joint nuts will come loose, and that will cau...

First Alfa Romeo 8C Competitzione Sold In US Parked At New York Train Station? [Alfa Romeo 8C Competitzione]

Exactly a month after we told you 84 copies of the Alfa Romeo 8C Competitzione would be coming to US shores, reader KingRoyale spotted this one parked outside the Rye, NY train station. The lusty Italian coupe apparently wore a license plate reading "001 USA" leading us to wonder if this is in fact the first Alfa Romeo sold in the US since 1995. The Alfa certainly stands out like a sore thumb against the fall backdrop, doing its job of being obno...

Alfa Romeo Officially Returns To US Market This Month With 8C Competizione [Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione]

Alfa Romeo made it official a year ago when they announced plans to return to the US auto market after a 13-year cooling-off period. But now it's actually here, as the Italian automaker begins to rekindle its romance with the US auto market later this month, when they import 84 copies of its exclusive Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione. The lusty — and already spoken-for — sports cars will be made available through the existing Maserati deale...

Alfa Romeo 8C GTA Mule Spotted Near Nurburgring [Alfa Romeo 8c Gta]

Rumor has it that Alfa Romeo will be building a special 8C supercar dubbed the GTA to celebrate the company's 100th anniversary, and one reports suggests that this lightly taped mule seen near the Nurburgring is that car. What makes this red 8C different from any other 8C? The exhaust note has been described as "darker," which would aptly describe the Ferrari California's 4.3-liter direct-injection V8 that reportedly powers the rumored 8C GTA. Wh...