The body is then smoothed down ready for the paint to be applied as selected by the customer. Once the body is completed, the experienced craftsmen move on to the interior fitting hand cutting, forming, welding and bonding each element to the body. The elite craftsmen form, by hand, the panels using traditional metal working techniques that were employed by Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera back in 1926. Work begins on preparing the chassis to accept its new body formed of aluminium and carbon fibre panels.
The 4.7 litre 450bhp Ferrari designed V8 with six-speed sequential paddle-shift gearbox also remains. The excellent donor 8C Competizione is completely disassembled the rolling chassis and drivetrain with the electrics and electronics systems are kept and put into storage for later use. They are only built to order, as each car will be commissioned to the exact personal specification of the collector. From the delivery of the donor Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione, it takes the craftsmen 4,000 man hours over six months to create a new Disco Volante. Sixty years on from the first ‘Disco Volante’, the Alfa Romeo C52, the latest Disco Volante still carried that stylish and futuristic look, which naturally separates the Disco Volantes from everything else which can be bought. Carrozzeria Touring returned a year later with the first production car which impressed the crowds yet again.
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The successful 2012 Geneva Motor Show displayed the full scale model of the Alfa Romeo Disco Volante. Offered from a private connoisseur’s collection Only Disco Volante with bespoke woodwork – a “Road Yacht”
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