The Italian Sports Car that Stayed Old...

Today we're looking at the story behind the incredible Alfa Romeo Spider and how it basically never changed

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[reddwarf]

Please do the Fiat 124 Spider! I’m mostly through my first resto—a ‘72–and it’s really a great car. The styling, the Lampredi engine, the rally heritage, Abarth etc make this an awesome choice for those who want to restore a classic but maybe don’t have tens of thousands of dollars.

Thanks for another great video!

[myrmeko]

The Alfa Spider really showed the world that you don't buy an Alfa with your brain. It costs more, it does less, but it sure as hell feels a lot better to have it.

[MsAston]

Every time I drive my 1990 Alfa I get “ thumbs up” and I can see kids peering out the back windows in awe!

[superchargerone]

alfa introduced a 1.8L engine version in 1967 and called that the 1750 veloce. the early spiders have to be driven to really appreciate the magic of the handling. it goes round corners better than most cars at that time. Its fluid and reassuringly fun.

[marcmera]

I had a yellow 1984 spider and loved it. Just a fun little second car for top down beach trips and cruising.

[pkash]

I had a 1983 Spider Veloce and they are twin cam, but only two valves per cylinder.

[p.michael]

I don't know how it is in the rest of the world, but in Italy everyone calls it "Duetto", even if it's not the official name

[Cirrus]

I own a 3rd gen Spider. It’s the favorite car I own. Even more than my V8 AMG. It’s the femininity that I love + the driving experience. Cruising through the countryside of West Virginia and Pennsylvania. I think it makes me look happy! Which I am!

[elleris]

I've been absolutely loving your videos, they're structured very well and keep me interested from start to finish. I can't wait to watch this channel grow.
PS - A video on the history of Honda would be amazing (I drive a 2013 fb6)

[MEYERMOTORS]

The C8 corvette is a good looking car in my opinion

[daveallen]

The best thing about the Alfa and its contemporary Italian competition, is that they beg you to flog them. As the revs go up, they become more and more happy and willing. So responsive - so fun! One of the weaknesses of the Alfa, though, is that I think the oil sump on these things was typically about 3 inches off the pavement - Watch those speed bumps!

[BigDumbMeRC]

theres just something so beautiful about classic roadster designs. some strange mechanical sexyness

[simonvancoevorden]

Boy does it look great in dark green! Never seen one in that color.

[jd-pynm]

it was perfect no need to mess with it

[catriona_drummond]

There was a new Alfa Spider in 1994, right after the 4th gen of the old one. It was built until 2005. 2006 another Spider came out, based on the Alfa 159 Platform. It stopped production 2010 and there has not been another Spider ever since.
The 4C Spider isn't really a cabriolet, its just a 4C with a Targa roof.
Of course being in the US you missed half of that and Wikipedia is so much work to read.

[NikoKyunKyun]

the reason today's car design are more angular and "masculine" is because today's men have fragile masculinity, i always loved mazda's car because they have a cute face like the nc miata or rx8 and their 2010s line up

[insertgoodname]

thumbs up for that quick shot at the C8. lol!

[schwifty]

There were actually 2 Alfa Spiders you missed before the 4c from the 2000s. There was a Spider based on the Alfa Brera (the Final just "Spider"), and another on the 8c, if you're counting the 4c Spider. I'm speaking from the UK though

[mattiasmehta]

I work at the Pininfarina wind tunnel as an aerodynamicist, I can ask around to see if we have anything in the archives about the ossso di seppia doing wind tunnel testing. Any testing would have been done with a scale model as the full scale wind tunnel didn’t open until 1972. We have a bunch of scale aerodynamic models of other cars from the sixties laying around so it’s definitely possible.
The third and fourth generations were almost certainly tested int he full scale tunnel which is evident from the modifications that were made.

[isaksjodin]

I have always thought that these Alfas where really hideous, but man is that glass roofed-concept good looking!