il cuneo I Alfa Romeo Spider Lusso 2.0 T.S. I 1996

Design by Enrico Fumia @ Pininfarina

Walter de Silva @ Centro Stile was responsible for the completion of the detail work and also for the design of the interiors

It is a typical Italian design, with the Alfa Romeo grille with dual round headlights, recalling the Alfa Romeo Proteo from 1991, it is low-slung, wedge-shaped with a low nose and high kicked up tail. The back of the car is with Kamm tail giving improved aerodynamics.

 

* Colour: nero carbonio metallizzato

* Four cylinder DOHC engine crosswise

* Capacity: 2-litres

* Achievement: 150 PS

* Front-wheel drive

* Auxiliary frames

* front-suspension: McPherson suspension struts

* rear-axle: all new multilink rear suspension

* Drag coefficient: 0.38

* Wheel base: 2540 mm

* Built from 1994 to 2005

* Top model: Busso Arese 3.2-Liter-V6-24V with 240 PS

Number of tipo 916: 81799 (all versions: Spider ~ 39000 units I GTV: 42799 units)

 

A w a r d s

* Autocar Magazine: 1995 Car of the Year.

* 1995: Car Magazine: Best Designed .

* 1995: Car Magazine: Best Design Detail in production.

* 1995: The World's most Beautiful Automobile award.

* 1995. Bild: Goldenes Lenkrad.

* 1995. Automobilia: Auto più bella del mondo.

* 1995. Autocar Magazine: Best Sport Car.

* 1995. Auto Zeitung: Best car to drive.

* 1995. Engineer of the Year for chief Alfa Romeo engineer, Bruno Cena.

* 1995 Trofeu do Automovel Categoria Deportivo di Ano

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