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The Alfa Romeo 8C was a range of Alfa Romeo road, race and sports cars of the 1930s. The 8C designates 8 cylinders, and originally a straight 8-cylinder engine. The Vittorio Jano designed 8C was Alfa Romeo 's primary racing engine from its introduction in 1931 to its retirement in 1939.
The Alfa Romeo Tipo 308 or 8C-308 is a Grand Prix racing car made for the 3 litre class in 1938. Only four cars were produced, actually modified from Tipo C with the engine mounted lower into the chassis and a slimmer body. [2] [3] The chassis was derived from the Tipo C and the engine from the 8C 2900.
Alfa Romeo were the first to react to the engineering problems of the straight-eight: in their racing car engines for the P2 and P3 and in their Alfa Romeo 8C 2300/2600/2900 sports cars of Mille Miglia and Le Mans fame the camshaft drive had been moved to the engine centre, between cylinders four and five, thus reducing the aforementioned ...
1939 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Lungo Spider: 412041 RM Sotheby's: Monterey, California, United States: US$19,800,000 $25,137,105 [Note 14] [65] February 11, 2019 1939 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Touring Berlinetta: 412024 Artcurial: Paris, France: US$18,997,883 $22,640,000 [Note 14] [66] [67] November 17, 2023 2013 Mercedes F1 W04: F1W04-04 RM Sotheby's: Las ...
Alfa Romeo production between 1934 and 1939 [10] Year Cars Industrial vehicles 1934: 699: 0 1935: 91: 211 1936: 20: 671 ... Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 Scuderia Ferrari. In ...
The Alfa Romeo 6C name was used on road, race, and sports cars produced between 1927 and 1954 by Alfa Romeo; the "6C" name refers to the six cylinders of the car's straight-six engine. Bodies for these cars were made by coachbuilders such as James Young , Zagato , Touring Superleggera , Castagna , and Pinin Farina .
The first use of the "Dolomite" name was in 1934, when it was used for an eight-cylinder sports car which resembled the Alfa Romeo 8C. [2] However this car did not make production, with only three being made. The engine was of 1,990 cc capacity with twin overhead camshafts and fitted with a Roots-type supercharger. [2]
Driving an Alfa Romeo 8C 2900b, Clemente Biondetti won the 1938 Mille Miglia for sports cars and at the Coppa Ciano finished second in the voiturette class then third in the main event. In 1939, he won the Coppa Acerbo voiturette class and took second place at the Swiss Grand Prix.