03/07/2008 07:50. That is, if Ferrari's executives in Maranello approve it.  Second to performance, the Ferrari brand emphasizes exclusivity, and the firm may not okay an Alfa-bodied variant.  Sergio Cravero, Alfa's global marketing director, told Autocar magazine the California would serve as an ideal basis, but wasn't overtly hopeful.

"It would be great if Ferrari let us do it," he said, "but they are very hard to convince."

Perhaps easier to convince would be Alfa's board of directors.  Although the 8C's... // Automobile Magazine