Someone Turned A Maserati 4200 Into An Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione Replica
If you want an Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione, you need to be prepared to bring a lot of money to the table. In fact the cheapest we’ve been able to find for sale at the moment will set you back a cool £165k.
However, if you’re geeky enough, you’ll know the 8C is essentially a Maserati. It was built on a modified Maserati platform by Maserati in Modena, and even used one of the company’s sonorous N/A V8s. So, buy a Maserati 4200, and you’ll have something far cheaper (prices start at just £13k) with the same basic platform and an older, smaller version of that aforementioned V8 up front. Or you could go one step further like this guy, and actually turn a 4200 into an 8C replica.
Although based on this rather awkward-looking 4200 - which is now for sale - you probably shouldn’t.
Around the back it doesn’t look so bad, and it seems to be wearing a set of heavily curbed but pretty Brera S 19-inch wheels. The front is where it all goes wrong though. Sure, there’s the whole triangular bonnet and grille deal like on the real car, but it looks plain weird sat on the front of the otherwise unaltered 4200. And what’s with those spotlights? They look like something purchased at the nearest DIY store and stuck on with superglue.
The seller also states that “nine SP-30 points forces reluctant sale,” which is right up there in the list of things you shouldn’t mention in a classifieds advert.
Tempted? It’s up for £15, 950. But if it was us, we’d stick with a standard 4200.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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Seriously though, the back is sexy as hell. I’d take the back, the rest of the unaltered and do some suspension work, maybe do some kind manual transmission/engine swap and this car would be hella sexy.
the back looks really nice with those taillights, i’d do that with one if i had one. but the front is horrible!
A guy who lives about 2km away from me owns an actual 8C and a BMW i8. Never seen the 8C drive though…
Might be to get around expensive insurance? I’ve heard if you build a replica of a car, or extensively modify a base car to the point it is practically unrecognisable you can insure it as a kit car, which is supposedly cheaper.
i say why ruin a maserati, the alfa is almost square in its design it could never be replicated , yet ricers are doing so.
I dunno, I actually like it…