Photo: Ugur Sahin Design
Under Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Alfa Romeo rose up from the depths of irrelevance with the help of a financial infusion that brought Ferrari on the development team. With the help of the Prancing Horse, the Italian brand launched the Giorgio platform that underpins the Giulia and Stelvio as well as a high-output V6 twin-turbo engine.
It’s been five years since the Tipo 952 Giulia was introduced in Quadrifoglio specification, and since then, not much else has happened. Worse still, Alfa Romeo made a few changes to the product plan announced at the Capital Markets Day 2018.
The press conference in Balocco made it clear that by the end of 2022, we would be treated to the GTV coupe and 8C supercar with 600- and 700-plus horsepower, respectively. Alfa Romeo further revealed that the 8C features an electrified front axle for e-AWD, helping the car accelerate to 100 km/h (62 mph) in under three clicks.
However, the GTV and 8C have been scrapped in favor of a compact crossover previewed by the Tonale concept and a subcompact crossover that’s currently called B-UV. Given the sales volume of Alfa Romeo, we’re not surprised by this revision.
Turning our attention to the mid-engine 8C with a carbon-fiber monocoque chassis, automotive design studio Ugur Sahin Design from the Netherlands has reimagined the project as an open-top roadster with biposto influences from the 1950s and 1960s.
As opposed to the Ferrari Monza SP2 special edition, the USD Barchetta as it’s called features a low-cut windshield as you may find on old-school Le Mans racing cars such as the Maserati 300S, Porsche 550 RS Spyder, Jaguar D-Type, and Aston Martin DBR1. The nacelles, hood, and rear-end design bring the point home, serving as a reminder of the Italian brand’s racing legacy that started in 1911 at the grueling Targa Florio endurance race.
The quad-tipped exhaust system and Quadrifoglio insignia on the front fenders leads us to believe that we’re dealing with a twin-turbo V6 behind the driver’s and passenger’s heads, meaning that we’re treated to 540 PS (533 horsepower) without any sort of electrical assistance. The previously mentioned output is attributed to Alfa Romeo’s new GTA and GTAm special editions, the automaker’s most powerful road-legal cars ever.
The press conference in Balocco made it clear that by the end of 2022, we would be treated to the GTV coupe and 8C supercar with 600- and 700-plus horsepower, respectively. Alfa Romeo further revealed that the 8C features an electrified front axle for e-AWD, helping the car accelerate to 100 km/h (62 mph) in under three clicks.
However, the GTV and 8C have been scrapped in favor of a compact crossover previewed by the Tonale concept and a subcompact crossover that’s currently called B-UV. Given the sales volume of Alfa Romeo, we’re not surprised by this revision.
Turning our attention to the mid-engine 8C with a carbon-fiber monocoque chassis, automotive design studio Ugur Sahin Design from the Netherlands has reimagined the project as an open-top roadster with biposto influences from the 1950s and 1960s.
As opposed to the Ferrari Monza SP2 special edition, the USD Barchetta as it’s called features a low-cut windshield as you may find on old-school Le Mans racing cars such as the Maserati 300S, Porsche 550 RS Spyder, Jaguar D-Type, and Aston Martin DBR1. The nacelles, hood, and rear-end design bring the point home, serving as a reminder of the Italian brand’s racing legacy that started in 1911 at the grueling Targa Florio endurance race.
The quad-tipped exhaust system and Quadrifoglio insignia on the front fenders leads us to believe that we’re dealing with a twin-turbo V6 behind the driver’s and passenger’s heads, meaning that we’re treated to 540 PS (533 horsepower) without any sort of electrical assistance. The previously mentioned output is attributed to Alfa Romeo’s new GTA and GTAm special editions, the automaker’s most powerful road-legal cars ever.
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