Tuesday 9th September 2003

Alfa Romeo 8C

Now here's a company that understands curves!

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[Beast]

mmmmmmmmm, Alfa

[philh]

Me thinks alfa have been looking at the new TVR 350.............

[PetrolTed]

Can they afford to make it though or will it just be another Nuvola?

[GregE240]

T350C ripoff, as mentioned before.

Imitation/flattery I suppose.

[PetrolTed]

I don't see much T350 in that...

[dontlift]

Stunning, and the only resembelance to a T350 is the quantity of supplied wheels

[d3ano]

Me thinks that this looks a bit like



agree or not?

[t1grm]

OMG It's gorgeous... I need to have one...

[FourWheelDrift]

What, someone else makes a 2 door coupe and all of a sudden it's a T350 ripoff. I doubt Alfa have even heard of a T350.

This car is stunning, built to compete with Maserati's 4200 and DB7's.

[swilly]

The side profile has T350 written all over it, but overall the car is a looker, considering it is from a corporation.

The obsession with retaining the traditional recognisable grills that manufacturers have spolis things though.

If you need the grill to recognise the car then something is wrong.

[mmertens]

d3ano said:

Me thinks that this looks a bit like agree or not?

Yep, 4 wheels, headlights, 2 doors - dead ringer for the Aston. Or the TVR. Or a Hyundyidayuuaiy Scoupe. Or a Volvo C70.

Come on, you either say all coupe's/cars look alike, or you look at subtle or not so subtle differences - but there's only so many ways you can make a curvey coupe whilst still keeping it a bit practical. Windtunnel dictates as well, just as it does your average mundano.

For me, this looks really nice (certainly better than a T350, maybe not than the Aston) and will not be mistaken for any of the others if it makes production - which it won't in this shape. You hardly ever see these stunning studies reaching production with all the bells and whistles that makes them stunning - for Alfa, remember the Brera - if that makes production it will look a lot more mundane, or boring, than the mouthwatering first studies.

[alfa dave]

I think it looks fabulous.

I rather think that Alfa took inspiration from their own creations such as the Giulia TZ1 and the T33 rather than the TVR T350C....

Lets all cross our fingers and hope it happens.

[gt5s_1985]

Absolutely gorgeous, and I don't see anything too weird to make it into production if they do decide to go that route.

I thought it bore a resemblance to the Maserati, but came out better looking. Cross our fingers!

[starry]

Right, it seems that I am not the only one to see the T350 resemblance. And I got all excited at my first post!

[GregE240]

PetrolTed said:

I don't see much T350 in that...

You're kidding. Right?

Look at the profile, Ted. Its T350 through and through.

[andy_b]

wow, looks stunning.

Dont really think Alfa used TVR as a basis, the side is pretty generic "tradtional sports car" look TBH, as is the rear, but somehow it gells together very well. Take the Alfa grille off and it could be anything. Is that a good or a bad thing?

[ettore]

It`s sooooo much better looking than the T350 and has bits of 33 stradale, disco volante and guilia.

This is IMHO absolutely fecking gorgeous and if it looks anything like this when they make it my BoxS`s days are numbered.

p.s. Alfa using their grill is hardly pastiche - have a look at some of the things they`ve made before....

[johnnystorm]

The original 8C was built under licence as a Triumph Dolomite for Healy to rally.....could it happen again???

[harry miller]

http://home.golden.net/~cwallace/alfa/canguro/

Looks fabulous. Reminds me of Alfa's Canguro show car from 1964! How we've moved on...

[campbell]

Nice looking car for a change.
It looks like an italian version of the DB7 in a diet
Still I would have one