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il prototipo della 8C Com- When the prototype of the 8C Competizione in the coupé
upè, chi valuta le automobili version made its debut in 2003, those with a deep under-
e, finalmente, in Alfa Romeo, standing of cars, who really look at them with their hearts,
a, con la 8C, una nuova alba were immediately able to see that for Alfa Romeo some-
anni di marginalità fatta da thing had clicked. The arrival of the 8C ushered in a new
sto nuovo orgoglio promet- dawn for this wonderful brand, coming, as it did, after years
n era auto da grandi numeri spent on the edge of things, producing cars that were
produzione, si viene a sape- sometimes rather ordinary. Indeed, this new marvel prom-
ta a cinquecento esemplari. ised great things. The 8C was never a car destined to be
era fortissimo: l'Alfa Romeo mass produced, and when it went into production in 2007, it
rata, nelle linee, a quelle della was made known that only five hundred would be built. The
message given out, though, could not have been clearer: at
1967, unanimemente consi- long last, Alfa Romeo was back! With lines inspired by those
uto di tutti i tempi, la 8C ne è of the 1967 Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale, universally regarded as
endo due volte, appena nata one of the most beautiful cars of all time, the brand new
aperta, il 'Design Award for 8C immediately showed itself worthy of the honor, winning
s' al Concorso d'Eleganza di the “Design Award for Concept Cars & Prototypes” both for
its closed and its open versions at the Concorso d'Elegan-
to, tuttavia, che, purtroppo, za di Villa d'Este. The fact is, however, that the model has
su strada poiché chi riuscì ad rarely been seen on the roads, as those who were fortunate
re, invece di liberare il canto enough to purchase one, instead of allowing their Ferra-
CV 'Made in Ferrari' per anda- ri-built 4.7-liter V8 450 HP engine to sing freely, challenging
aranello o di Porsche e Aston its Ferrari or Porsche “cousins” or the various Aston Martins,
uderla in cassaforte come un preferred to keep it locked away like a rare and precious jew-
asero esclusi dalla possibilità el in a safe. Those who had not been able to order the closed
sa, ebbero la fortuna di po- version subsequently had the chance to more than make up
con la versione Spider, pre-
5 nella veste di Concept Car.
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