Bella voce

摘要

We first drove the rare, expensive, sonorous-sounding 8C Competizione coupe in late 2007, and track-tested one just a few months ago. We've now had a crack at the open-topped version, and we're pleased to report it's more of the same, just al fresco. Carbon-fiber bodywork bolts and bonds to a steel and aluminum tubular chassis. There's additional bracing to compensate for the structural strength given up by the loss of its lid. While structural rigidity suffers by nearly 30 percent, the coupe was so strong to begin with that the Spider is a mostly body-wiggle-free machine. Alfa bagged the notion of a retractable hardtop in favor of the more coachbuilt nature of a rich-looking soft top. Weight goes up about 200 pounds.