Alfa Romeo Duetto Spider 1600 - The best looking Alfa ever made ?

The Alfa Romeo 1600 Spider 55 years latter has too be 1 of the best looking cars Alfa Romeo has ever made. It became famous after Dustin Hoffman drove the car in the Graduate and Steve McQueen said it was a beautiful looking car.
As the successor to the Giulia Spider, the Spider remained in production for almost three decades. The first three Series were assembled by Pininfarina in Grugliasco and the fourth Series in San Giorgio Canavese. The last Spider of that series was manufactured in April 1993 - the last rear wheel drive Alfa Romeo before the Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione of 2007

[@johntechwriter]

This is the exact twin of my Dad’s 1966 Duetto Spider 1600, the car I learned to shift stick on at age 16. It was many years before I found a manual transmission as rewarding to operate as the Alfa’s long-throw five-speed with featherweight clutch. In fact, everything about this car is featherweight, which for a sports car is a top priority, because it enables the car to manage rapid transitions - braking, cornering, powering out of corners - without the burden of overcoming the inertia of, say, the 900 pounds of additional mass the driver of a Porsche Boxster would have to wrestle with in every turn. His cornering speed might be as high as or higher than the Alfa’s, but the intoxicating delight of driving a car that disappears around you to make you feel one with the road is the ultimate in real-world driver engagement in any segment, including exotics. The only sports car available today in this classic 1960s roadster configuration is today’s Mazda’s MX-5, which is an entirely different animal compared with early generation Miatas. Within 100 lb of the Alfa’s weight, the Miata makes 70 additional horsepower out of its 2L naturally-aspirated four and is much faster. But more importantly, it is able to give its driver the sheer joy of driving an open-air sports car on rural two-lanes, much the same as with the Alfa. I own a 2019 ND2 Miata, and I can attribute my love for it to my early driving experiences in this little Alfa. Driving took on a whole new meaning for me after my first encounter with a classic lightweight sports car.

[@henryhol8538]

I love the 105 Series Alfa Romeos. The Saloon, Coupe and Spider all look gorgeous! I saw (and filmed) several Coupes at an Alfaholics open day a few years ago. The car featured here really drives well.

[@DamoDrives]

It was fantastic and especially in nice weather

[@faridomar4450]

Nice car

[@DamoDrives]

It’s stunning

[@crazybaker1]

Mate love the classics 👌 over all that new stuff, ok you will always get the views from new stuff, like you sometimes you don't have a clue on what the Subscriber wants 😉 currently I have started a 2nd channel to split up my life style and cars, so it's like starting all over 😀 keep up the great work mate, ok Peter is well up there 👍 Laters Steve 😅

[@DamoDrives]

Thanks mate , just variety I suppose on the channel and loving the classics , the TVR T350 was amazing and got a Tuscan S next week and in next month my 1st car from Mazda MX-30. I don’t have the time or access to enough cars to create a 2nd channel , I struggle to film weekly let alone 2 different cars a week lol

[@crazybaker1]

@@DamoDrives I take Monday off work now Just to get things done, ok I am covering the day, and you may have to think about what's next work or youtube 🤔 some day 😀😀 laters