Alfa Romeo 8c reviews
Autoexpress.co.uk:
Alfa Romeo has a supercar fit for the premier league and it’s created this stunning machine to spearhead the exclusive assault. The 8C Competizione is a sports coupé with searing performance, sensational styling and it retains all the concept’s amazing details. At the front, the gaping air intakes and fared-in headlights give a really aggressive look, and they’re matched for visual drama only by the quad exhaust pipes and twin circular tail-lights at the rear. But it’s the classic sports car shape, with a long bonnet and short tail, that’s the real star feature. It’s been made possible by an aerodynamic undertray which sucks the model down on to the road at speed, doing away with the need for ugly wings and spoilers. Read more…
Timesline.co.uk:
Climb aboard the new Alfa 8C and you’re immediately aware that it feels “just right”. It’s a fairly intangible quality, but it means the cabin makes a Porsche’s interior feel almost dowdy by comparison. And as your eyes rove around, they avidly consume acres of leather, plentiful carbon fibre and generous milled aluminium before settling on the slightly swollen front wings that are visible through the little windscreen. It has to be said that the aroma of leather with the 8C truly reeks of promise. So you turn on the ignition, press the starter button . . . and wait a surprisingly long time for the big V8 engine to rumble into life. It’s undeniably loud, but cultured and smooth at idle, merely hinting at the untold excitements still to come. Pull back the right-hand paddle (there is no automatic or stick-shift manual available), gently squeeze the throttle and all those years of waiting just slip away. Read more…
egmCarTech:
Alfa Romeo, one of the more romantic names in the automotive industry, is whipping up a rare delicacy to tempt Italian-car fans and trumpet its return to the United States: the 8C Competizione. Read more…
carbuyersnotebook.com:
The Alfa Romeo 8C reveals an intense charisma from its carbon-fiber bodywork and aluminum-trim to its six-speed paddle-shift transmission, borrowed from Maserati. It isn’t one of the faster-acting units but the shifts are crisp and accurate and with downchanges accompanied by a splendid bark and crackle from the tailpipes. The steel chassis which is based on the Maserati GrandSport coupe rides well but despite its on-paper weight balance, the 8C reveals a decided lack of front-end bite. Read more…
automobilemag.com:
“This thing can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in less than four seconds,” claims Egger, grinning from ear to ear, “which underscores that the 8C is a serious driving machine, not a boulevard poseur. We expect a maximum speed of about 185 mph. Theoretically, the car could go even faster, but the drag coefficient currently holds at 0.39, because we insist on zero lift at the front axle and downforce at the rear. That’s why the rear spoiler points skyward at a nineteen-degree angle. Since we fabricated the entire body and the interior of carbon fiber, this droptop tips the scales at about 3300 pounds. The weight distribution works out to a perfectly balanced 50/50.” Read more…
