Milan-based Touring Superleggera has paid homage to the 1952 Alfa Romeo C52 Disco Volante with a new Alfa 8C-based car at the Geneva motor show.
The front-engined, two-seat Disco Volante 2012 by Touring will be built as a “very limited series model”.
Those wanting one must first buy an 8C and Touring — the coachbuilder behind the shooting brake version of the Bentley Continental GT — will then take six months to turn it into a Disco Volante 2012.
It retains the 8C’s 444bhp 4.7-litre V8 but gets hand-beaten aluminium body panels. Carbonfibre is also used on the bodywork.
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Re: Geneva 2012: Disco Volante
Ah, another who can read but can't drive.
Re: Geneva 2012: Disco Volante
I think the square wheel arch works extremely well on this, however not sure what it will do to the turning circle, perhaps meant for rich ex 156/147 GTA owners who are well used to 75 point turns. Although I love the thing I have to agree with Disco Stu, much better based on a Brera than having to butcher an 8c. Lets face it a Brera chassis could do with some alloy and carbon added into the mix.
Re: Geneva 2012: Disco Volante
I was smitten by the Shamal when I read the first drive of it in Car magazine, February 1992. I still have that edition and the car still looks as desirable today. Idiosyncratic, but eminently preferable to a Ferrari 348 in its day.
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