Spider is one of the most famous models in the history of Alfa Romeo. Now his return is looming, in electric form.
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Alfa Romeo has always been a sports-tuned carmaker, so from the logic of the matter it also belongs to a pure sports car. After last year’s end of the 4C model, however, Alfa’s offer includes only a sporty version of the original Quadrifoglio models, or a purely sharp Giulia GTA sedan. Now, however, the return of an orthodox sports car is looming, although of course at Alfa we have to take it with a grain of salt. Given the recent history …
As part of the merger of the PSA Group and the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Group, Jean-Philippe Imparato, the current head of Peugeot and, above all, a great sports car lover, took the lead. Immediately after his arrival, he made it clear that he would like to see the former GTV in Alfa’s offer again. After a few months, however, the return of another sports model from Alfa’s history is beginning to take shape.
Imparato confirmed that he had Alfa Romeo Spider’s modern vision developed. It was a legendary model, a convertible, which lasted in several series for 27 long years, was produced between 1966 and 1993. Then it replaced it Spider derived from the GTV coupefollowed by Spider sharing technique with model Brera. It ceased production in 2010.
“I have a car, I showed it to dealers. But I don’t dare show it to Carlos Tavares (CEO of Stellantis) until I’m absolutely sure of the goal of market share,” says Imparato, indicating that his main task lies elsewhere. Before Alfa can build sports cars again, it must have a strong position and sell more cars than today.
At the same time, Alfa’s boss reckons that if the open model were actually implemented, it would be electrically powered. This would be related to the future plans of the brand, which from 2027 intends to present exclusively electric models in Europe. In addition, with a spider, an electric drive would actually make sense – such a “toy” does not matter low range, a quiet electric drive can bring interesting driving experiences. And thanks to the batteries in the floor, even an open body could be stiff enough.
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So far, however, we do not have high hopes for the return of Spider. At the moment, such a project is very far away, first it must be shown that the planned models will be commercially successful and Alfa will also benefit from “more interesting” projects.
In addition, the return of Spider was already discussed at the beginning of the last decade. At that time, it was to be created on the same basis as the Mazda MX-5, but due to fears about the brand image, the project was canceled and instead of Alfa Romeo Spider, the Fiat 124 Spider was created.
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