The new Alfa Romeo Spider could be the car to rekindle the public’s like affair with Alfa Romeo, as it’ll bring unique styling cues from the 4C and 8C sports cars, more powerful engines and Hollywood heritage from sixties movie The Graduate.
The Spider will be developed together with the Mazda MX-5 in Japan. It will share the basic steel structure with the MX-5, but will shun that car’s smaller engines in favour of the 4C’s 1.75-litre turbo, detuned to around 200bhp. expect a softer chassis than the stripped-out, lightweight 4C.
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Alfa’s newest TCT twin-clutch transmission will also be offered, integrating with a more elegant interior to raise the Spider above the top-value Mazda. costs are set to begin at around £25,000 when the car shows up late 2015.
