The 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Touring Berlinetta (phew…that’s a mouthful) has won the Best of Show award during the 2008 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. The car was owned by Mary and John Shirley from Medina, Washington.
While every car there was extraordinary, the Best of Show car is always a stunner. This year was no exception. One of possibly five 8C 2900s bodied by Touring, this 8C has the supercharged straight 8 that was good for an amazing 180 hp.
Fans of Alfa Romeo will be excited to learn that they will be returning to the United States some time in 2009 or 2010. However, you can start preordering your very own Alfa 8C Competizione this month through one of the designated Maserati dealers.
Well at least you will if someone decides to back out (we don’t even know if you can do that). All of the 8C models designated for the U.S. have been bought already. The 8C Spider open-air version won’t arrive until 2010.
We were excited and pleased with the Alfa Romeo MiTo – but I think that has been trumped by the new 149. Auto Express released a couple pictures of the new hatch to the online community and we were more then eager to get our hands on them.
Spy shots were taken of the new prototype of the Acura NSX. Usually we don’t write much about an a new Acura that is being produced – but it looks like Acura might be changing their look. The S2000 makeshift bodywork has been replaced by a classic and what looks to be a long-hooded profile of a sports car. It looks much more aggressive than previous Advanced Sports Car Concept.
More spy shots of the Acura NSX prototype was taken this week – but this time it was found running laps on the Nurburgring test track. Whether or not this was a positive test is something that we are trying to figure out.
We heard that the car was being driven around so hard and fast that it left front wheel of the car caught air during one of the hard corners. Unfortunately the heavy camouflage makes it hard for us to get a better look at the car.
The original Acura NSX was considered to be one of Japan’s most popular supercars. But times have changes and the Nissan GT-R is quickly making its way to the top slot in the consumer’s mind. Because of this Honda is going to reclaim back the hearts of the people and push their way back to the top.
Edmunds have decided to do their own rendering of what they believe will be the new Acura NSX. They have taken the spy shots of the 2010 version taken on the Nurburgring track. According to Edmunds the new supercar will look “neat but not gorgeous…following the 2007 Detroit Auto Show concept car’s lines closer than first thought.”
Spoon Sports is a motorsport partner with Honda and has been for quite some time. They will be producing a U.S. specifications NSX and transforming it into the NSX-R’s. The new modifications include larger anti-roll bars, stiffer shocks and springs, forged 17” alloy wheels, slotted brake rotors, shorter final-drive gear ratio, and a rear diffuser.
Heinz Melkus had the dream to create a supercar similar to that of the RS1000. That dream is coming true thanks to his son and grandson Peter and Sepp Melkus. The East German race car builder has plans to produce 25 models of the RS2000. The prototype for the new model began in 2007 and was finally revealed to us during the Frankfurt Auto Show.
Anytime I travel I like to rent a car so that I do not put any wear and tear on my personal vehicle. It also gives the opportunity to try something new. Most car rental companies are able to provide people with the newest models and if you are lucky you will get something that looks great. So far the best car I have rented was the Nissan Altima.
Lexus is known as a world leader in premium luxury hybrids market ever since 2005 when it came out with the RX 400h. But now has decided to diversify just a little bit with its new concept car the Lexus LF-Ch Compact Hybrid that has already been seen at the Frankfurt Auto Show on September 15, 2009 but will make its North American debut in December at that 2009 Los Angles Auto Show.