Alfa Romeo Spider: The Official Car of Summer - The Cheat Sheet
And it’s impossible to talk about roadsters without focusing on the Alfa Romeo Spider. When it was introduced in 1966, it hit American showrooms as the roadster craze was in full-swing. The muscle car wars were heating up in Detroit, but thousands of young buyers were still flocking to import shops and having their pick of Triumphs, MGs, Austin-Healeys, Fiats, and Volkswagen Karmann-Ghias – and the Alfa offered far more than its... Priced above its competition, but far below more formidable Jaguars, Porsches, and Corvettes, it was a true exotic sports car for buyers on a budget. Few automakers have as much performance in its DNA as Alfa Romeo. Founded in 1910, the company went racing almost immediately, and by the 1920s, had developed into an international racing powerhouse under the direction of its team manager, Enzo Ferrari. In the decade leading up to World War II, it continued to win races, while produced impossibly beautiful coach-built sports cars that rivaled anything else coming out of Europe. As the company struggled to find its footing in the postwar years, American importer Max Hoffman saw the potential for American success in the Italian automaker. Source: www.cheatsheet.com
