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quella vettura da sogno, sa-    for this with the Spider version, unveiled as a concept car at
 amente invariata, alla produ-    Pebble Beach in 2005. Many held the view that this dream
eo, ormai lanciatissima come      car would never manage to get to the production stage vir-
se di affidare alla Carrozzeria   tually unchanged, but Alfa Romeo, now more active than it
   produzione di cinquecento      had been for years, had other ideas, and decided to award
 se in occasione del salone di    Carrozzeria Marazzi a contract to produce five hundred
macchine disponibili vennero      units. The news came out at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show,
 ubire poi, però, la stessa sta-  where orders for all the available cars were rapidly placed.
peccato per gli appassionati,     Unfortunately, however, these cars were later to meet the
 ost Beautiful Car in the Wor-    same “static” fate as the coupe. While this was a great pity
 nel 2010, ma una fortuna per     for fans of this car, selected by Top Gear as the “Most Beau-
dopo dieci anni, sono ancora      tiful Car in the World” in 2010, it was a blessing for collectors:
 ere per le strade del mondo      now, a decade on, these cars are still as good as new, and
 . La 8C Spider proposta, una     ready to speed along the world’s roads with unrivalled ele-
 maggiore interesse collezio-     gance. The 8C Spider is one of the modern supercars most
a ed appartenuta alla stessa      sought after by collectors. The one offered for sale has al-
 so meno di 12.500 chilome-       ways belonged to the same family in Italy, and it has so far
a componente, e si potrebbe       clocked up less than 12,500 km. It is completely original, and
   nuovo se non fosse per un      its conditions might be defined as “as new” were it not for a
assaruota.                        small scratch on two of the wheel arches.

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