About a week after I took delivery of my car I was invited to the manufacturer’s proving grounds, where their head test driver/engineer provided driving tuition on track.
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How about you learn to spell Giugiaro.
There’s Alfa Romeo. The 2.9L V6 in the Giulia Quadrifoglio has a 90° bank angle, since it’s essentially a Ferrari/Maserati F154 family V8 with two cylinders chopped off.
It does seem like a strange choice. My car came in an enclosed carrier...
On the real-life emissions testing topic, in FCA’s hometown, where I live, this kind of sight is becoming somewhat common:
My airbag is a bit like your key fob. They just stuck the Alfa logo on top of the Ferrari one.
The chassis is based on a shortened and modified Maserati Quattroporte (mk5) platform. It’s basically a stepsister of the Maserati GranTurismo, which is too a shortened Quattroporte (the wheelbase on the 8C is even shorter). The most notable feature about the 8C chassis is that it ends at the waistline, and the entire…
That was at the Centenary in 2010, we were opening the parade.
As for 8C stuff, I’ll just leave these pics of mine here.
That’s the Concept car (920C001), which has significant differences compared to the production car (lower, shorter wheelbase, different wheels, mirrors, headlights, side vents, completely different hood mechanism, very different rear, different interior, and a manual gearbox). It now lives at the Alfa Romeo Museum in…
No, it’s not based on the 599.
Production has long ended. First customer delivery for the Competizione was in late 2007 (Dec, iirc), and July 2009 for the Spider. My Spider, which is a very early one, was built on Sept 15th 2009 and delivered to me on Oct 1st 2009.
If I ever crash it, I’ll let you know.
Hope you’re not called Arna...
The shape of the center of the wheel is dictated by the need to use the Ferrari (F430/599/612) airbag. The concept car had a round center.
There’s literally no plastic on the steering wheel, apart from the thin shiny black ring around the logo. The rest is all leather (including the airbag cover) and milled, brushed aluminium.
Alfa had no involvement in the design.
What miles of plastic? There’s very little plastic in the interior of the 8C, and by extension of the Disco Volante.
I think the design is better on the 8C than on the 4C.
I’ll keep mine strictly original, thank you very much.