Alfa's New Flagship

It's official! Alfa Romeo's 8C Competizione - which made aficionados drool when it was unveiled almost three years ago - is set to debut in its final production version at the Paris Motor Show.

The car will be the company's new flagship, sporting a carbon fiber body over a steel platform borrowed from the Maserati Coupe. It will be powered by a 450hp, 4.7-liter V-8 engine (also derived from the powerplant used in the Coupe), and the car will be rear wheel drive.

The Italian supercar is poised to go on sale in Europe next autumn for roughly €160,000, and only 500 units of the two-seat coupe will be built. This latest announcement will certainly increase interest in the brand Stateside, and may advance the introduction of the brand.