Alfa leaves Competizione standing

Alfa Romeo's PR people needed mops and buckets to slop up the drool left by the world's media at the unveiling of its 8C Competizione.

Utterly gorgeous in every detail, this 380bhp coupe was one of the show-stoppers at Paris, even taking much of the limelight away from the Audi R8 that will vie for customers with the Alfa.

The 8C's 4.7-litre V8 engine is borrowed from Maserati, so we know it's a screaming beauty.

Alfa says its already taken a fat lot of orders in advance of the 8C's on-sale time of next summer and we're not in the least surprised because we were among the throng drooling over it.

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