Looks fantastic.....but if I had the money would I buy it??..........not sure, for that kind of money I would want something that was reliable........therein lies the problem with Alfa
Sitting at the side of the road with your hazzards on and coolant all over the floor waiting for the AA isnt gonna make people go "wow! That cars well cool!"
And Ive seen enough new Alfas break down recently to do me a lifetime
In the defence of the Alfa 8C, It should'nt fall to pieces like any other Alfa as it is built by Maserati, and the engine is actually sourced from Ferrari.
the strange thing is, i dont even know why its got an Alfa badge at all as it was designed by Fiat, and sits on a Maserati chassis.
well, I still have an Alfa 156 JTDm which was my 6 month ride after my B5 dropped its power steering gubbins all over the road, but since buying the 156 last sep, the garage has had to replace £2,500 of brake and clutch hardware, and now the ARB is gone (bushes - but NOT replaceable) and after another £1500 quote, it had to be replaced, hence the B6 1.8T Sport I just bought. The diesel engine in the alfa is uber sweet, but the rest of it is just crappy italian plastic. The forums were full of poor sods wi twinsparks that threw timing belts after 18k miles etc etc, £10,000 for a factory engine!!!
Nice looking, sharp handling, crap brakes, and loads o things broke or fell off before any chance of wear & tear set in.
Back to German Steel all the way from now on, should never have veered over to the italian side
Our insurance company has one of these on cover think it was like £160,000... also a Spyker c8 La Violette on cover but can't see one of these on the wall...
This is Sub-zero be interested to see what people thought of the Spyker C8...
Has to be the prettiest car ever made! I would get a £100k+ loan if i could... Just to have it on the drive to sit and stare at!
Alfa do seem to have the nack of pretty cars, like the 156. Trouble is... I was considering a 156... then i remembered i dont want to be spending money repairing it all the time.
The prerequisite for a great sports car is that it needs to perform, and this doesnt do it.
If you ever see someone driving it you will always think the person bought it for its looks, and either knows nothing about cars, and prepared to drive a boat or wanted to look good and drive it slowly.
Either way it drags the car and the owner to the seriously uncool section.
Shame really, but if it only performed 50% of how it looks it might have been cool.
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