{"id":304,"date":"2025-05-25T12:25:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T12:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotevale.com\/?p=304"},"modified":"2025-05-30T10:27:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T10:27:11","slug":"youve-seen-this-supercar-before-but-never-with-a-body-like-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotevale.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/25\/youve-seen-this-supercar-before-but-never-with-a-body-like-this\/","title":{"rendered":"You\u2019ve Seen This Supercar Before, But Never With A Body Like This"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/quotevale.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Alfa-Romeo-8C-DoppiaCoda-Zagato-0001-Copy-copy-1024x576-1.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-11 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<ul>\n<li>Zagato revealed a one-off Alfa Romeo 8C with bespoke bodywork at Villa d\u2019Este.<\/li>\n<li>Built on original 8C underpinnings, it retains the Ferrari-Maserati V8 powertrain.<\/li>\n<li>Only one was made for a private Italian collector, making it instantly collectible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Italians are famous for their independent design houses that have been called upon by many a manufacturer when they wish to create something special. So it would be understandable to assume Alfa Romeo enlisted one of them for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/alfa-romeo-8c\/\">8C Competizione<\/a>. In reality, though, it was penned by Wolfgang Egger and Daniele Gaglione at Alfa\u2019s own Centro Stile. And to their credit, they absolutely nailed it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placement\">\n<div id=\"82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\tvar adpushup = window.adpushup  = window.adpushup || {que:[]};<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tadpushup.que.push(function() {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tif (adpushup.config.platform !== &#8220;DESKTOP&#8221;){<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t} else {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t});<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2024\/05\/alfa-romeo-8c-competizione-gets-the-gated-manual-transmission-it-always-deserved\/\">Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione Gets The Gated Manual Transmission It Always Deserved<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This hasn\u2019t stopped none other than Atelier Zagato from reimagining the most gorgeous Alfa in recent memory, 15 years after its short production run ended. Designed and built entirely in-house by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/zagato\/\">Zagato<\/a> at the behest of an Italian collector, the one-off 8C DoppiaCoda Zagato was unveiled to the world during this weekend\u2019s Concorso d\u2019Eleganza Villa d\u2019Este event.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A New Body for a Familiar Soul<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article-thumbnails-organic\"><\/div>\n<p>Described as adding \u201cthe final missing link to Zagato\u2019s modern interpretations of the most legendary Alfa Romeo models\u201d, it uses the 8C Competizione\u2019s carbon fiber underpinnings but dresses them in a unique, and quite possibly, even more astounding, bodywork that\u2019s a testament to the design house and coachbuilder\u2019s prowess.<\/p>\n<section class=\"type:slideshow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><\/section>\n<p>Company president Andrea Michele Zagato said that, while the whole bodywork is different from the original, it is the car\u2019s rear end, which also gives it its name (Doppia Coda is Italian for Double End) that is its most defining characteristic, as it combines the Kamm-tail (aka Coda Tronca) with a short, rounded design.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2024\/02\/zagato-agtz-twin-tail-is-a-700000-alpine-a110-with-a-removable-rear-end\/\">AGTZ Twin Tail project in 2024<\/a>, we explored the concept of a single car convertible<br \/>between short-tail and long-tail configurations, effectively offering two cars in one\u201d, he explained. \u201cWith the 8C DoppiaCoda, instead, we created a true fusion of round and truncated tails into a single body style \u2013 one that still preserves the functional benefits of both.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"type:slideshow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><\/section>\n<p>Zagato\u2019s chief designer, Norihiko Harada, noted that the Kamm-Tail is traditionally used in extreme, race-inspired sports cars. \u201cBut if applied directly to a high-class GT like the 8C, the tail would have felt visually heavy. That\u2019s why this \u2018wing tronca\u2019 was developed specifically for this car.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placement\">\n<div id=\"9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<div id=\"bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\tvar adpushup = window.adpushup  = window.adpushup || {que:[]};<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tadpushup.que.push(function() {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tif (adpushup.config.platform !== &#8220;DESKTOP&#8221;){<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t} else {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t});<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>V8 Power<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While the Italian design house didn\u2019t share any specifics about the powertrain, it\u2019s assumed to carry over the same vicious Ferrari-built and Maserati\u2013sourced \u2018F136\u2019 4.7-liter V8 from the original 8C. That engine powered just 500 coupes and 329 Spiders produced between 2007 and 2010. <\/p>\n<p>In those cars, the naturally aspirated V8 delivered 444 hp (450 PS \/ 331 kW) at 7,000 rpm and peak torque of 354 lb-ft (480 Nm) at 4,750 rpm, all sent to the rear wheels through an automated, six-speed flappy paddle box for a claimed 0-62 mph (100 km\/h) time of 4.2 seconds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2023\/09\/alfa-romeo-says-more-halo-cars-are-coming-what-do-you-want-to-see\/\">Alfa Romeo Says More Halo Cars Are Coming, What Do You Want To See?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placement\">\n<div id=\"e46c436a-adeb-4b5e-a2c7-56bc36561c10\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<div id=\"b25ecba7-3bbb-4ea7-a3a8-dbea91695c07\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\tvar adpushup = window.adpushup  = window.adpushup || {que:[]};<br \/>\n         \t\tadpushup.que.push(function() {<br \/>\n             \t\tif (adpushup.config.platform !== &#8220;DESKTOP&#8221;){<br \/>\n    \t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;b25ecba7-3bbb-4ea7-a3a8-dbea91695c07&#8221;);<br \/>\n             \t\t} else {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;e46c436a-adeb-4b5e-a2c7-56bc36561c10&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t});<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The one-off will be delivered to its owner right after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/concorso-deleganza\/\">Concorso d\u2019Eleganza Villa d\u2019Este event<\/a> comes to its end. Even a \u201cregular\u201d 8C Competizione, with its delicious lines, carbon construction and naturally aspirated, Ferrari-Maserati derived V8 is a jewel in any collection \u2013 yet one man will have something even more special to feast his eyes on.<\/p>\n<section class=\"type:slideshow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zagato revealed a one-off Alfa Romeo 8C with bespoke bodywork at Villa d\u2019Este. 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