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While the Italian motor industry produces many fine saloons, it is their glamorous sports cars that grab the attention. Few cars illustrate this point better than the Alfa Romeo Spider. Launched in 1955, the 1300cc twin-cam powered Guilietta Spiders were hailed as better than state-of-the art, and placed high-performance handling and exotic Pininfarina styling within the reach of regular enthusiasts. Faster twin-carb Veloce versions soon followed, and a rise in engine capacity to . 1600cc ushered in the Guilia Spider in 1962. Alongside the Guilietta Spiders were the slightly larger 2000 and 2500 Spiders which featured bodywork by Touring of Milan, and were more like gentlemen's sports cars. In 1966 Spider styling changed with the Duetto, again designed by Pininfarina. This was the car everyone remembers Dustin Hoffman driving in The Graduate, and as a consequence the Alfa's reputation was set in stone. The US market was crucial to sports car producers and during the 1970s the Spider suffered numerous indignities in order to comply with environmental protection legislation. In 1983 matters improved and the facelifted Spider appeared at the Geneva Show. In 1986 came the Quadrifoglio

Author

Tipler, John

Publisher

Crowood; The Crowood Press UK

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9781861261229

Subjects

Engineering, History, Stem

Rating

4.1 / 5 (19 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14