Alfa Spyder

A great car much maligned by a tedious motor press

Advantages: Great Perfomance/Engine/Handling
Disadvantages: Thirsty and Expensive to Insure

The Alfa Romeo Spider 3.0 V6 24 valve breathes a breath of fresh air into the Spider. This car goes ! no turbo is required above 3500 revs it just keeps on accelerating until you have to change gear at 7000 rpm. The car has real Italian flair, the handling is excellent although with some scuttle on rough roads and a little torque steer if you put your foot down in low gears. The steering is very direct through the power steering, but the turning ...
...is very poor, come on Alfa fit it with a proper multi changer. I looked at a lot of cars of this type before committing to the Alfa. Any two seater convertible is not a practical car, so comparing the practicalities between them as the motoring press do is in my opinion rather senseless. The boot is quite small (It’s a convertible) but is very deep and I have no problem at all fitting a large golf bag and trolley into it with room to spare. You ...

Bigjet 27.09.2002 · Read full review
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