2012 Alfa Romeo Disco Volante by Touring
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| Price | -- | Production | -- | ||
| Engine | 4.7 liter V8 | Weight | -- | ||
| Aspiration | natural | Torque | -- | ||
| HP | 444 hp | HP/Weight | -- | ||
| HP/Liter | 94.5 hp per liter | 1/4 mile | -- | ||
| 0-62 mph | -- | Top Speed | -- |
(from Touring Superleggera Press Release) 2012 Alfa Romeo Disco Volante by Touring Superleggera
The Alfa Romeo Disco Volante by Touring is a two-seater coupé with front-central engine and transaxle drivetrain. Showcased at 2012 Geneva Motor Show as a full scale style model, now is coach built in the Touring atelier in Milan as a very limited series for discerning customers: collectors, sporting drivers and design aficionados with appreciation for a tailor-made car based on individual passion and taste. It is inspired by the Touring designed Alfa Romeo C52 of 1952: a design icon, so innovative that it influenced a number of celebrated sports cars of the decades ahead.
The excellent Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione supplies the rolling chassis and drivetrain with the electrics and electronics systems. With its light and stiff structure, the compact 4.7 litre, 450 PS V8 engine coupled to a sequential paddle-shift transaxle gearbox, the limited slip differential and double wishbones suspension, the package provides stunning performance together with precise, dynamic and proactive drive.
The design language is that of a sports berlinetta by Touring, in this case extrovert, clearly pronounced, and tempting. The refined proportions are those of a classic Berlinetta by Touring, with extended rear overhang and a retracted greenhouse. Elements of drama are the wide front section with integrated bonnet and wings, and the pronounced muscular rear end treatment leaving no doubts about the car’s intentions.
The final result combines power and elegance in a car bound to set another Touring milestone in the automobile history.