Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Le Mans Touring
Long-distance competition engineering and Touring coachwork.
Long-distance competition engineering and Touring coachwork.
The 8C 2300 Le Mans Touring belongs to Alfa Romeo’s early-1930s endurance-racing chapter. The Automobile Club de l’Ouest records four successive Alfa Romeo wins at Le Mans from 1931 through 1934. Those victories establish the type’s historical importance, but individual winning entries and surviving cars still require separate identification.
Engineering and historical context
The Alfa Romeo museum’s Le Mans specification lists a supercharged 2336 cc inline-eight, twin overhead camshafts, a four-speed gearbox and rear-wheel drive. It gives 155 hp at 5200 rpm, a 3100 mm wheelbase and a maximum speed of 200 km/h. These figures are attached to the museum-listed Le Mans configuration.
Production and rarity
The museum reports nine examples for that Le Mans configuration. The production field uses nine, with the scope stated explicitly. It is not a count of every Touring-bodied 8C, all cars entered at Le Mans, or surviving cars. Body maker, race specification and chassis identity remain separate parts of an individual vehicle’s record.
Coachwork and the illustrated car
The image is a modern Goodwood photograph of a car identified as an 8C 2300 Le Mans. Its caption does not identify it as a particular winning chassis. The ACO’s record also shows why entry counts must be handled carefully: five Alfas entered the 1933 race, which is an event statistic rather than a factory production number.
Reading an individual car’s history
Begin with the chassis identification and trace its connection to dated records. Keep engine identity, coachwork and race history as separate lines of evidence. A replacement component may be documented and appropriate without being original to delivery; a restored body may be historically faithful without preserving every original panel.
For this Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Le Mans Touring entry, retain copies of the records that support the precise version being described. Period photographs can establish a configuration at a particular date, while invoices and restoration photographs can explain subsequent changes. A concours award or modern rally appearance belongs in the ownership history, alongside those records, rather than replacing them.
Collector questions
Does the model name identify a particular chassis?
The name identifies the model or configuration. An individual chassis and its body history need their own supporting records.
What does the production figure count?
It counts the museum-listed configuration stated above, rather than current survivors or later conversions.
Related vehicle profiles
Primary references
Photo and credit
Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Le Mans at Goodwood in 2009; no specific winning-chassis identity is asserted. Photo: Brian Snelson / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0. Resized and JPEG-compressed for web display; no content retouching. Website layouts may crop the image.
Why this machine matters
The 8C 2300 Le Mans Touring belongs to Alfa Romeo’s early-1930s endurance-racing chapter. The Automobile Club de l’Ouest records four successive Alfa Romeo wins at Le Mans from 1931 through 1934. Those victories establish the type’s historical importance, but individual winning entries and surviving cars still require separate identification.
Built in limited numbers
The museum reports nine examples for that Le Mans configuration. The production field uses nine, with the scope stated explicitly. It is not a count of every Touring-bodied 8C, all cars entered at Le Mans, or surviving cars. Body maker, race specification and chassis identity remain separate parts of an individual vehicle’s record.
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Specifications
Factory specifications may vary by model year, market and configuration.
Identity & production
- Official model
- Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Le Mans Touring
- Country of manufacture
- Italy
Powertrain & performance
- Engine
- 2336 cc inline-eight
- Horsepower
- 155
- Drivetrain
- Rear-wheel drive
