Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider Fastback - 'O sole mio

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider Fastback - 'O sole mio

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Created on January 27, 2014

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Bruno von Rotz

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Wolfgang Wilhelm / Archiv Daniel Reinhard

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - built almost unchanged between 1966 and 1983

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - for the beautiful days in life

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - it warms the heart even in late fall temperatures

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - of beguiling openness

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - the seemingly low-hanging rear was characteristic of the Alfa Spider

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - sympathetic front, the headlight covers are missing on this example

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - low waistline, elongated shape

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - the rear end of the fastback Spider

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - the two-liter was the engine's crowning glory

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - makes open ...

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - ... and a good figure when closed

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - the soft top can be opened or closed in seconds

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - only the truncated rear essentially distinguishes it from the Duetto Spider

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - ideal for a weekend outing

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - even in beige the Spider looks attractive, although red certainly suits it better

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - the Spider looks dynamic even when stationary

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - immediately recognizable as an Alfa

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - with the characteristic beading in the flank

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - heavily cupped steering wheel

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - driver-oriented cockpit design

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - the dashboards are not completely mirror-free

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - Steering wheel and gearshift are close together

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - the main Jaeger instruments sit in deep caves

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - the additional instruments on the center console

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - important - always check the oil pressure and warm up the engine carefully

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - the gearshift moves directly in the gearbox

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - lots of chrome on the center console

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - Inner door lining

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - the classic Alfa Romeo engine

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - the four-cylinder with two overhead camshafts

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - the manufacturer proudly immortalized itself on the cylinder head

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - Nameplate

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - Door handle and lock

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - Fuel filler cap

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - Alfa lettering on the rear

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - the coachbuilder Pininfarina is documented on the flank

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Alfa Romeo 1600 Spider Pininfarina (1966) - the lines were designed by Pininfarina

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Alfa Romeo 1600 Spider Pininfarina (1966) - called Duetto or round rear storage unit

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Alfa Romeo 1600 Spider Pininfarina (1966) - elegant silhouette, 13 centimeters longer than its successor

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Alfa Romeo 1750 Spider Veloce (1969) - at the 1969 Geneva Motor Show

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Alfa Romeo Duetto (1966) - the round-tail spider from Pininfarina

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Alfa Romeo 1600 Spider Pininfarina (1966) - at the 1966 Geneva Motor Show

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Alfa Romeo Spider Duetto (1967) - Dashboard of the Fastback Spider predecessor

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Alfa Romeo Duetto 1750 Spider Veloce (1969) - the shape of the rear was reminiscent of an octopus

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Alfa Romeo 1750 Spider (1969) - first shown in Turin in 1969

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Alfa Romeo 1750 Spider (1970) - the original round rear by Pininfarina later gave way to a straight rear end

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Alfa Romeo 1750 Spider Veloce (1970) - "Coda Tronca" was the name given to the fastback rear of the successor to the "Duetto"

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Alfa Romeo 1750 Spider Veloce (1972) - the most powerful engine until 2000

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Alfa Romeo 1750 Spider Veloce (1970) - the open Alfa was one of the longest-produced Pininfarina designs

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Alfa Romeo 1750 Spider Veloce (1970) - the Duetto successor with fastback rear was built longer than its predecessor

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Alfa Romeo 1750 Spider Veloce (1970) - one of the most popular Alfas of all time

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Alfa Romeo 1750 Spider Veloce (1971) - early version of the fastback Spider

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Alfa Romeo 1750 Spider Veloce (1970) - the interior of the Duetto successor featured a clearly shaped center console

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Alfa Romeo 1750 Spider Veloce (1970) - the Duetto successor also remained the dream of many a young woman

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - when steel wheels were still chic

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - the Alfa looks pretty even when closed

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - on the tennis court

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - at the racecourse

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - the roof can be opened in seconds

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - ideal for picking fruit

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - the earlier years had the plexi lamp covers

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - classic and elegant

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - Interior of a new car

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Alfa Romeo 1300 Spider (1970) - still with the old hubcaps

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Alfa Romeo 1750 Spider (1970) - elegant and graceful

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1981) - at speed

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Alfa Romeo 1300 Junior Spider (1972) - with the cheaper engine

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Alfa Romeo 1750 Spider Veloce (1972) - only the fast models had Plexiglas headlight covers

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1972) - fun to drive

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1972) - with the original filigree aluminum wheels

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1978) - with factory aluminum wheels

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Alfa Romeo Junior Spider (1973) - the Junior Spider was available with a 1.3- or 1.6-liter engine

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Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce (1976) - on the Pininfarina stand at the Geneva Motor Show

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1981) - last rear-wheel drive Alfa at the IAA in 1981

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Alfa Romeo Spider Aerodinamica (1983) - with contemporary rubber ornaments and spoiler work

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Alfa Romeo Spider Aerodinamica (1985) - the successor to the fastback Spider was also known as the "rubber lip"

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Alfa Romeo Spider Aerodinamica (1985) - front and rear areas were "modernized" compared to its predecessor

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Alfa Romeo Spider Aerodinamic (1986) - Cockpit of the fastback successor

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Alfa Romeo Spider Series IV (1991) - the last edition, here in beautiful lemon yellow paintwork

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Summary

It is regarded as the ideal entry-level classic car, its beauty and its melodious twin-camshaft engine earning the Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider many fans around the world. Around 31,000 fastback Spiders left the Alfa factory between 1970 and 1983. Hardly any other car has the soft top lowered faster, so that every second of sunlight can be enjoyed. This report portrays an Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider from 1978 and tells the story of the popular model, supplemented by archive photos and the original brochure from the time.

This article contains the following chapters

The brown one with the beige top
Cut off
Proven technology
The two-liter evolution
"Aeroflot"
Almost the last of the Mohicans
Unfiltered convertible pleasure
Durable
Further information

Estimated reading time: 6min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The temperatures are almost freezing, and the onset of winter is not exactly conducive to a good mood. The beige color of the vehicle is also not at all cheerful. But as soon as the engine of the Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider is started, the corners of the mouth turn upwards and the cold and the surroundings are forgotten. Bella Italia! O sole mio! And memories of long-suppressed childhood wishes return ... Back then it had been a brown Alfa Spider and I had adored it. Not in real life, but in the sales brochure that I had got hold of when I was young. I had watched the sleek lady with her short black hairstyle hundreds of times during her leisure activities - golf, horse riding, tennis and, of course, driving a Spider.

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