In 1995, Alfa Romeo withdrew from the United States, due to poor sales caused by poor quality image. But Alfa has announced plans for getting back in the US and, though the official return won’t happen untin 2009 or 2010, Automotive News reports that, starting this month, a few U.S. Maserati dealers will sell the 8C Competizione. However, even if you have enough dollars to buy the cars, the bad news is that all the 84 units destined for the US market are allready sold out. Yup, all of them.

Automotive News also reports that the 8C Spider will be available in the States starting with 2010, while Alfo also plans on developing a new RWD flagship sedan, for which is in talks with Tata Motors for using a jaguar platform. However, this won’t happen before 2011 or 2012.

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Presented at this year’s Geneva Motor Show, the Alfa Romeo 8C Spider is the cabrio version of the Competizione and is one heck of a beautiful car. We wrote about it a lot in the past, so we’re gonna let you enjoy the video, released by Alfa. Enjoy!

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There are less than two weeks left before the Geneva Motor Show but it seems that Alfo doesn’t want to wait no more, so they’ve officially unveiled the new Alfo Romeo 8C Spider, the convertible version of the Alfa 8C Competizione. Designed by Centro Stile Alfa Romeo, it sure is gorgeous and we can’t wait to feast our eyes on this beautiful Italian cabrio, at the Swiss show, where we’ll be present to report live.

The Alfa 8C Spider, like its coupe brother, will only be produced in 500 units and its very similar with the Competizione, expect for the hooded top fitted with electro-hydraulic automatic control, which is composed of two overlapping sheets: the external one is made with a multi-thread textile which can withstand the elements, whilst the interior has high sound-proofing qualities.

The 8C Spider will be powered by the same 4.7 liter V8 engine, developing 450 hp at 7000?rpm and 480 Nm (354 ft-lb) at 4750?rpm and mated to a 5 speed gearbox. The coupe version accelerates from 0 to 62 mph (100 km/h) in 4.2 seconds and top speed is 181 mph (292 km/h) but we expect the convertible version to be slightly slower.

Check out more photos and the full press release after the jump.

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