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Written by Ollie Kew
You can"t fault Italian coachbuilders Touring Superleggera for ballsy confidence. Not content with the challenge of rebodying the impeccably stunning Alfa Romeo 8C, successfully resulting in the even more striking and outlandish Disco Volante, Touring has applied its expert hand to a roofless Spyder version. The results are, predictably, hand-gnawingly gorgeous.Based on the Alfa Romeo 4C Spider, the Disco Volante Spyder is really a targa, using two lift-out carbon fibre roof sections that live under the car"s enormous real clamshell when the sun"s out. There"s a 400-litre boot under there. Take that, practical hatchbacks!Obviously there"s no heavy automatic mechanism to take care of stowing the roof, but given each panel only weighs in at 3.5kg, the seven lucky well-heeled types who will get to own one of these V8-powered sculptures can probably manage the pre-suntan manual labour.Ah yes, the V8. Numbers are hardly the Disco"s forte it"s more of a museum piece than a track day hack but if you can"t do without the vital stats, the Spyder musters 444bhp from its Maserati-derived 4.7-litre V8, which arrives at the rear wheels, along with 354lb ft on torque, via a rear-mounted six-speed sequential automatic. All fairly familiar numbers, given it"s the mechanical package from the lovely Alfa 8C.
Date written: 1 Mar 2016
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ID: 2375
You can"t fault Italian coachbuilders Touring Superleggera for ballsy confidence. Not content with the challenge of rebodying the impeccably stunning Alfa Romeo 8C, successfully resulting in the even more striking and outlandish Disco Volante, Touring has applied its expert hand to a roofless Spyder version. The results are, predictably, hand-gnawingly gorgeous.Based on the Alfa Romeo 4C Spider, the Disco Volante Spyder is really a targa, using two lift-out carbon fibre roof sections that live under the car"s enormous real clamshell when the sun"s out. There"s a 400-litre boot under there. Take that, practical hatchbacks!Obviously there"s no heavy automatic mechanism to take care of stowing the roof, but given each panel only weighs in at 3.5kg, the seven lucky well-heeled types who will get to own one of these V8-powered sculptures can probably manage the pre-suntan manual labour.Ah yes, the V8. Numbers are hardly the Disco"s forte it"s more of a museum piece than a track day hack but if you can"t do without the vital stats, the Spyder musters 444bhp from its Maserati-derived 4.7-litre V8, which arrives at the rear wheels, along with 354lb ft on torque, via a rear-mounted six-speed sequential automatic. All fairly familiar numbers, given it"s the mechanical package from the lovely Alfa 8C.
Date written: 1 Mar 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 2375