Alfa Romeo
8C 2300 Le Mans (long chassis, Zagato/Touring)

Why it matters

The long-chassis ("lungo") 8C 2300 is the version associated with Le Mans: its 3,100 mm wheelbase complied with the endurance-race rules, and Alfa Romeo won the 24 Hours four times from 1931 to 1934. Such cars are often called 8C 2300 "Le Mans".

How rare is it?

Six separate kinds of rarity – never combined into one number.

Each kind of rarity is rated separately and never combined.

Photos

Exterior, interior and detail photos with their licences.

• Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Le Mans (long chassis, Zagato/Touring) (Wikimedia Commons search)
  Photo: Calreyn88 · CC BY-SA 4.0
• Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Le Mans (long chassis, Zagato/Touring) (Wikimedia Commons search)
  Photo: Calreyn88 · CC BY-SA 4.0
• Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Le Mans (long chassis, Zagato/Touring) (Wikimedia Commons search)
  Photo: Calreyn88 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Production

Every figure says what it counts.

Independent counts (e.g. engine and colour) are never combined into a calculated figure. Surviving examples are never presented as original production.

History

The Museo Storico lists an 8C 2300 Le Mans with torpedo body, 3100 mm wheelbase, 200 km/h and nine cars built. The long chassis carried varied coachwork: a Gooding lot describes a 1932 long-chassis car, number 2211086, delivered new to Naples with one-off open Zagato coachwork that has since been recreated, and RM Sotheby's describes long-chassis car 2211075 with Pinin Farina cabriolet coachwork, first registered in Turin in November 1932 to a member of the House of Savoy.

RM Sotheby's says only 188 8C cars were built between 1931 and 1933, nearly all destined for immediate competition or exhibition.

Technical specifications

Engine

Transmission & drivetrain

Chassis, body & dimensions

Performance

“Not yet verified” means no source has been checked for that value yet. Nothing is estimated to fill a gap.

Identification guide

How to tell an original from a replica or later conversion.

The cached examples are long-chassis cars with chassis numbers 2211086 (engine also 2211086) and 2211075, against the 3100 mm wheelbase given by the museum for the Le Mans type. Gooding notes that the Zagato-style body on its car was recreated, and RM Sotheby's notes the Pinin Farina car was later modified (waterfall grille, reprofiled wings) and restored with original parts where possible, so body originality needs checking against Anselmi, Moore and Cherrett records and the Archivio Targhe research.

Sources

Each number links to the exact facts it supports.

1. 1
   Museo Storico Alfa Romeo, collection: 8C 2300 Le Mans Level A Museo Storico Alfa Romeo (Arese)

   • Vetture Prodotte 9
   • 8 cilindri in linea, biblocco e testa in lega leggera (Dettagli vettura)
   • 8 cilindri in linea (Dettagli vettura)
   • 2336 cc (65x88 mm) (Dettagli vettura)
   • 2 alberi a camme in testa con comando ad ingranaggi (Dettagli vettura)
   • Alimentazione a carburatore (Dettagli vettura)
   • compressore volumetrico a lobi (Dettagli vettura)
   • 155 CV a 5200 giri/min. (Dettagli vettura)
   • 4 marce + RM (Dettagli vettura)
   • Trazione posteriore (Dettagli vettura)
   • Longheroni e traverse in lamiera di acciaio (Dettagli vettura)
   • Anteriore: assale rigido, balestre longitudinali semiellittiche (Dettagli vettura)
   • Posteriore: assale rigido, balestre longitudinali semiellittiche (Dettagli vettura)
   • A tamburo, meccanici (Dettagli vettura)
   • Carrozzeria Torpedo (Dettagli vettura)
   • Passo: 3100 mm, lunghezza: 4400 mm (Dettagli vettura)
   • lunghezza: 4400 mm (Dettagli vettura)
   • altezza: 1350 mm (Dettagli vettura)
   • Peso 1000 kg (Dettagli vettura)
   • Massima velocità 200 km/h (Dettagli vettura)

   Accessed 2026-11-12
2. 2
   1931-1939 Alfa Romeo 8C - Vittorio Jano's Swan Song Level B supercars.net

   • Both chassis shared a 1,380-mm track

   Accessed 2026-11-12