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Expect it to use a Ferrari chassis.
The art of coachbuilding, taking a car and replacing the bodywork with a bespoke design, has mostly fallen to the wayside. Modern cars no longer feature a separate chassis, making it much tougher for a coachbuilder to come along and change the outer skin. Still, a few companies are left out there, like Italy s Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera, that keep the art alive. Touring Superleggera is most famous for building the Alfa Romeo 8C-based Disco Volante, one of the prettiest cars of all time.
The Italian coachbuilder later built a Disco Volante Spyder variant to celebrate its 90th anniversary, and now the company is gearing up to celebrate its 95th birthday.
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We can probably all agree the Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione is one of the most underappreciated cars of the last two decades despite ticking all the boxes of what most people consider to be the quintessential Italian sports car slash gran turismo. 8 photos
The 8C came with a naturally-aspirated 4.7-liter Ferrari V8 producing 450 horsepower, but despite featuring one of the best engines on this planet, it s actually the exterior design that manages to steal the show. Whether it s the coupe or the Spyder version, the two-seater from Alfa Romeo looks nothing short of perfect.
Or so you would have thought until Touring Superleggera released the Disco Volante back in 2013. The Italian coachbuilder somehow managed to make the gorgeous 8C Competizione even more stunning by giving it a pronounced retro vibe.