Witha top speed of 120 mph, the 180 hp Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B was touted at the time of its debut as the world’s fastest production road car. It marked the debut of the Superleggera (Italian for Thesecond owner “managed” to break the engine and subsequently sent it to Alfa Romeo for repairs. The 2900B continued its life as an ordinary car, apparently powered by a Mercedes engine. For the next 20 years informations about the car’s misadventures and owners are missing, except for a brief apparition as a prop in the
AlfaRomeo 8C 2900B Lungo Touring Spider, #4. St. Michaels Concours d'Elegance, 2008 Radnor Hunt Concours d'Elegance, 2015. Oscar Davis | Elizabeth, New Jersey. Chassis
Thecurrent owner acquired chassis 412018 in the 1980s from Bill Sperri, who at the time also owned the Mille Miglia winning 8C 2900 MM. Beautifully preserved, this 8C 2900B is seen here during the 2005 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance where Alfa Romeo was the featured marque. (Source: The Immortal 2.9, by Simon Moore)
RareAlfa Romeo tipped for record pre-war price. 12:23, Jul 22 2016 Itis believed the record price at auction for an Alfa Romeo is the $19.8 million paid in 2016 at RM Sotheby’s Monterey sale for a 1939 8C 2900B Spider. Among all pre-war cars, a 1935 Duesenberg Model SSJ roadster sold for $22 million this past summer at Gooding & Company’s Pebble Beach auction. A former daily newspaper sports editor,
AlfaRomeo 8C 2900A Spider 5.0 11 DNF 1938: Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Touring 5.0 219 DNF 1939: Raymond Sommer Prince Bira: Alfa Romeo 6C 2500SS 3.0 173 DNF (Engine) 1950: Luigi Chinetti: Dorino Serafini: Ferrari 195S Coupé S 3.0 82 DNF (Electrics) Complete European Championship results
TheAlfa Romeo 6C 2500. The Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 was introduced in 1938 and was a development of the earlier Vittorio Jano-drawn 6C 2300 by Jano's successor, Bruno Trevisan. It received a larger, more powerful engine and modern coachwork and would remain in production for fourteen years, ending in 1952 when replaced by the 1900.
Threeversions of the car were developed – the 8C 2900A, which featured a straight two-seater chassis specifically designed for motor racing, and the 8C 2900B, which came in a short wheel base known as the Spider Corsa and a long wheelbase known as the Coupe Touring models. As with most of Alfa Romeo’s automotive designs, the 8C 2900 was
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