2009 Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione

£ 225 000

One of only 500 Coupe examples manufactured
4.7 Litre Ferrari/Maserati derived V8 engine and 6-speed transaxle transmission
Alfa Red paint with grey leather interior
⁠Only 14,300 miles and current owner since 2017
Yellow nose applied in homage to the Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 racing cars that were so dominant in the 1960’s and 70’s

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION

Strikingly beautiful to look at and powered by a sonorous, Ferrari-derived, 444bhp V8 engine, the Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione has become a highly collectible modern classic.

Only 500 were built, and the spectacular example being offered for sale here is one of only 40 that were sold new in the UK. It was delivered on 7 May 2009 to an owner in the south-west of England, and has been fastidiously maintained ever since.

It comes with a complete set of books in their original leather wallet, and the service record shows that it was serviced by Maranello Sales on 26 April 2012, when it had covered 4649 miles. The Alfa was then entrusted to Meridien Modena, and returned there even after being sold to a new owner in 2015. He kept the car as part of his private collection, and by the time it was serviced by Meridien Modena on 30 June 2016, it had still covered only 8058 miles.

The following year, the 8C was sold via DK Engineering to its current owner – a former historics racer and lifelong motoring enthusiast. He has kept it ever since, and had it serviced by Cotswold Prestige Cars in August 2025, by which time it had clocked up 14,150 miles. He also added the distinctive yellow nose band in tribute to the fabulous Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 racing cars that enjoyed considerable success during the 1960s and 1970s.

Any 8C Competizione is a rare and coveted car, but UK-supplied examples are particularly scarce. From its Rosso Alfa bodywork to its evocative interior with swathes of leather and carbon-fibre trim, this cherished low-mileage car is an exceptionally charismatic alternative to its rivals from Porsche, Aston Martin and Maserati.

With a name that evokes Alfa Romeo’s legendary family of pre-war road and race cars, the 8C first appeared as a concept in 2003. Penned by chief designer Wolfgang Egger, the two-seater coupé looked fabulous, but Fiat Group management was concerned that it would venture too close to territory already occupied by Ferrari and Maserati.

It wasn’t until 2006, with new management in place at Alfa Romeo, that the go-ahead was given for a short production run of the 8C Competizione. The announcement came at that year’s Paris Salon and the response was overwhelming. Within a few days, the company could easily have sold all 500 cars three times over.

The 8C Competizione used a shortened Maserati M139 platform with a central steel section and subframes front and rear, plus main outer panels made from carbon fibre. Final assembly was carried out by Maserati, too.

The engine was based upon Ferrari’s F136 unit – as used in the F430 – but bored out to 4.7 litres to give 444bhp, and it drove through a six-speed ‘automated manual’ transaxle. The double-wishbone suspension was sourced from Maserati, but the 8C received its own bushes, geometry, springs and dampers. The Pirelli P Zero tyres were bespoke, too.

Two years after the coupé, a Spider model was introduced. Like the Competizione, 500 were officially built, and along with the open-top bodywork, it gained carbon-ceramic brakes in place of the coupé’s fearsomely powerful steel brakes, which used six-pot Brembo calipers up front and four-pots at the rear.

Alfa Romeo’s official performance figures for the Competizione gave a 0-60mph time of 4.2 seconds and a top speed of 181mph, and when Evo magazine tested one at Alfa Romeo’s Balocco circuit, it called it ‘an intoxicating car’. It was particularly impressed with the engine, which it said ‘feels superb, punching hard at low revs and building into an intense rush as the needle pushes towards the 7500rpm cut-out.’

The 8C Competizione was significant in being the first Alfa Romeo to be officially sold in the USA since 1995, and not surprisingly, all 500 cars quickly sold out.