New details have recently emerged about the Alfa Romeo Spider which is expected to go on sale in late 2015.
The car will be based on the next-gen Mazda MX-5 platform and will be made in Japan. In fact the styling is almost completed by Marco Tencone’s team at Fiat’s Centro Stile and a satellite studio based in Japan.
If the insiders are to be believed, the production version will be a follow-up of the 2010 concept and would not be a retro in design as it has to be contemporary and must fit into the range with the modern 4C. The Spider is most likely to receive more conventional headlights rather than the much criticized clusters of the 4C. The car is rumored to come with the firm’s “shield” grille flanked by lower air intake “whiskers” but in a more subtle approach compared to the 4C.
Another insider confirmed that the cars come with different bodies while the Spider will get its own engines. Upon launch we should expect a turbocharged 1.4-liter TB MultiAir available in the Giulietta with output capacity of 119 hp (89 kW) or 168 hp (125 kW), but in the Spider it should offer more power. This engine will be connected to a dual-clutch six-speed automatic transmission.
