Thread: Alfa Romeo 8c Competizione.....'Authentic Emotions'
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Old 09-08-2006, 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by HenryKrinkle
Not too much talk has been made of the v6, there was a twin turbo v6 concept floating around for the GTA, but i believe that was squashed early on.. (good thing if you ask me). I dont think the 3.2 v6 was ever in the running for the 8c, (besides the fact youd have to change the name heh), but who knows. I like the 8cyl, theres a video floating around of the 8c Spider doing a fly by and it sounds awsome.
I'm certainly not against an 8 cylinder car but would prefer something far more affordable. I know this is to be a show-case car but I feel there could be a much bigger market in the $50-60k range. From what I've read this (or a similar) car is going to jump-start the return of Alfa; supposedly to get people excited and visit the showroom and hope they leave in a 159 or whatever. I just don't think that type of marketing works very well. I just don't see many people visiting a Chevy dealer to look at the Corvette and be so impressed that they leave with a Malibu. Build and sell a car your primary market can afford. Besides, don't you want the cars on the road advertising for you? I seriously doubt people would buy the 8c as a $100k daily driver. Admittedly, I would if I could! Keep the costs down it becomes much more feasible.
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