Alfa is working on a GTA variant of its much successful 8C Competizione supercar. The model is expected to make its debut next year at the company’s centenary celebration next year.

What can you expect from the 8C GTA? According to AutoExpress, the 8C GTA will see a weight reduction of 150kg (337 lbs) thanks to the use of carbon fiber body panels. Design cues such as a hood vents and an ice-white front bumper should definitely set the 8C GTA apart from its standard sibling.

Power will come from the same 4.7L V8, which will be upgraded to produce a total of 500-hp. 0 to 60 mph will come in less than 4 seconds with a top speed close to 200 mph.

While Alfa Romeo produced 500 units of the 8C Coupe and the 8C Spider, the 8C GTA will see a limited production run of just 100 units.

- By: The Daily Auto Editor

Source: AutoExpress

Alfa Romeo only sent 84 units of the 8C Competizione to the stateside and they were all reported to have been sold out. Apparently that’s not the case. We guess with the credit crunch and the tough economic times, the market for expensive supercars is pretty soft.

After doing some digging, the Inside Line folks found not only one, but three 8C Competizione coupes on eBay Motors. The lowest bid starts at $243,990 in St. Louis. There is a used 8C Competizione with 28 miles in Houston with a “Buy it Now” price tag of $295,000.

While it seems like those two listings have been pulled from eBay (we did the search and couldn’t find them) there is still one in Minneapolis, MN. That 8C has a starting bid of $305,800 and a “Buy it Now” price of $329,995. No bids have been made. You can check out the listing here.

Follow the jump for the high-res image gallery of the Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione.

Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione:

Alfa Romeo 8C Spider:

Even though Alfa Romeo has delayed their return to the U.S. until 2011, it has delivered its first Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione made for the U.S. to its rightful owner. In fact, three 8Cs were lined up last week at Miller Motorcars in Greenwich, Connecticut as Alfa’s Project Manager, Renzo Barbirato, and the development test driver, Domenico Martino, eagerly awaited the arrival of their first clients to take delivery.

Well known owner of the Pininfarina Ferrari P4/5 Jim Glickenhaus was first to take delivery and had his 8C custom painted in the same color as his unique Ferrari. After Martino walked Jim through the car, and the checkout was done, Jim went for a 15 mile ride through Greenwich county.

Following Glickenhaus’s ceremony, the two other owners arrived to receive individual introductions to their Alfa 8Cs. Out of the total 500 Alfa 8C coupes produce only 80 were allocated for the U.S. and all have been sold out.

Source: VeloceToday.com (via motivemag.com)

Alfa Romeo will be making its return to the U.S. in late 2009 or early 2010 (no official date has been set), but has already sold out its first U.S. model prior to its return. Of the 500 produced only 84 8C Competizione coupes were set aside for the U.S. and all 84 have been accounted for. Next in line is the Alfa Romeo 8C Spider which is also going to have a limited production run of 500 units. Sales in the U.S. will kick off in 2010 but Alfa has not yet said how many it plans on allocating for the U.S.

Following that, Alfa will introduce an exclusive 500-hp Alfa Romeo 8C GTA. Only 100 units are planned to coincide with Alfa’s 100th birthday.

Alfa is also said to be working on a large rear-wheel-drive sedan that will use the chassis of the Jaguar XF. The large sedan will arrive on the market by 2011-2012. Already confirmed is an Alfa compact crossover that will compete with the BMW X3. It will come to European markets by 2010 followed by the U.S. a year later.

Follow the jump for high-res images of the 8C Competizione and the 8C Spider.

Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione:

Alfa Romeo 8C Spider:

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Yes, the Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione is one of the most beautiful cars we’ve ever laid eyes on – and with a 450-hp engine under the hood, the 8C has performance bragging rights. But CEO, Luca de Meo wants something faster and more special. He’s been pushing the executives to approve a special-edition GTA version of the 8C Competizione to celebrate Alfa’s centenary in 2010.

Well it seems like he got what he wanted. The 8C Competizione GTA was recently spotted heading to Nurburgring for some high-speed testing. The GTA version will be 1,450 kg lighter than the standard 8C and will extract an extra 50-hp from the 4.7 V8 for a total of 500-hp.

Alfa Romeo is planning to build only 100 units of the 8C GTA to coincide with Alfa’s 100th birthday.

Head over to AUTOGESPOT to see more shots.