It’s about time the Italians get off their collective backsides and knock out a competitor to the BMW 1-Series coupe. Something a bit like the Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint of the 1960s in that it should be a two-door, three-box Bavarian-killer with a sweet-as-silk motor and looks to die for. Romanian industrial designer Prodan Dragos no doubt agrees.His Alfa Romeo Giulia Concept packs a 180 hp (134 kW) petrol engine mated to an 80 kW electric motor and a 6spd manual transmission. It also has a lightweight body crafted out of aluminium and carbon fibre-reinforced polymer, with polycarbonate windows to further save on weight.
The very aesthetically pleasing Alfa Romeo Spider, which is also sometimes referred to as "Spyder", shared many competent of the Giulia. With four wheel assisted disc brakes, independent suspension to the front, and coil suspended to the back in the same fashion as the Giulia. The Alfa Romeo Spider is considered a classic which has been successfully produced for a long run, with only minor cosmetic and mechanical alterations made to the car.Powered with the same 1600cc engine as in the Sprint GTV, producing 109bh with four cylinders, the Alfa Romeo Spider Duetto (as it was commonly known) had a five speed transmission and disc brakes. The framework was lifted from the Giulia 105 series, sporting crumple zones, an innovation for the time. After two years of production of the Alfa Romeo Spider Duetto the car was revised and the 1800cc 1750 Veloce was born and was passed the baton from the Duetto.
The new Alfa Romeo Spider 1750 Veloce had no notable cosmetic changes from previous variations of the Spider, due to the aesthetics being (and remaining) very popular. The main alterations to the 1750 Veloce were to the electronics, suspension and braking system. Just like the 1750 Veloce proceeded the Duetto, the 1750 Veloce was finally superseded by the 2000.
