This Alfa 8C is painted in the optional color of Rosso Competizione.
In November of 2008, the late Werner Pfister was on hand to record this very unusual delivery of the first 8C Alfas in the U.S. So, 14 years later, how has the 8C faired?
An exclusive report by Werner Pfister
Photos by Werner Pfister
In July, 1951 Enzo Ferrari’s racing team won its first Grand Prix after only 4 years in existence. It was then that he was heard to say, “I have killed my mother!” referring to the fact that he had just beaten the dominant Alfa Romeo that had nurtured him both as a driver and manager of the Scuderia Ferrari Alfa team in the pre-war era. Today, Alfa, now under the same corporate ownership of FIAT as Ferrari, has come back to the USA in a very big way.
