Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider Touring - comfort instead of sport

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider Touring - comfort instead of sport

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Created on April 23, 2015

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider Touring (1958) - was one of the faster cars at the time

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider Touring (1958) - radiates a lot of overtaking prestige

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider Touring (1958) - also allows high travel averages

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider Touring (1958) - you couldn't wish for much more all-round visibility

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider Touring (1958) - the Touring Spider ran at around 180 km/h

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider Touring (1958) - spring fever is on its way

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider Touring (1958) - the subsequent 2600 was largely similar to the 2000

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider Touring (1958) - the door cut-out already shows it, you sit relatively high in the Spider

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider Touring (1958) - relatively large overhangs

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider Touring (1958) - a large trunk is also suitable for longer journeys

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider Touring (1958) - radiates a lot of Italianita

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider Touring (1958) - thin windshield frame without sun visors

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider Touring (1958) - invites you to drive

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider Touring (1958) - instruments combined in one unit

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider Touring (1958) - classic fittings, six ads in total

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider Touring (1958) - built-in Becker Europa Kurier

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider Touring (1958) - practical grab handle and the Touring emblem on the glove compartment

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider Touring (1958) - Four-cylinder with two overhead camshafts

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider Touring (1958) - the cylinder head is made of aluminum

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider Touring (1958) - the two-liter engine produced around 115 hp

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider Touring (1958) - Notes under the hood

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider Touring (1958) - classic Alfa face

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider Touring (1958) - ornate front indicators

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider Touring (1958) - classic Alfa front architecture

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider Touring (1958) - sporty air intakes on the hood

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider Touring (1958) - Headlights, parking lights and indicators

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider Touring (1958) - Decorative elements on the flank

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider Touring (1958) - correct door handles

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider Touring (1958) - beautiful wheel covers

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider Touring (1958) - chrome-plated trim elements on the flank

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider Touring (1958) - upright rear lights

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider Touring (1958) - the Alfa lettering

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider Touring (1958) - Alfa lettering on the boot lid

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Alfa Romeo 2600 (1962) - Sprint, Spider and Berlina

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider (1962) - View into the trunk

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Alfa Romeo 2600 Spider (1962) - elegantly presented

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Alfa Romeo 2600 Touring Spider (1963) - successor to the 2000 Spider, seen in Turin in the fall of 1963

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Alfa Romeo 2600 Spider (1963) - the visible differences to the 2000 Spider are small

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Alfa Romeo 2600 Touring Spider (1964) - the more powerful version with a six-cylinder engine

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Alfa Romeo 2600 Spider (1962) - visually very similar to its predecessor with two-liter engine

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Alfa Romeo 2600 Spider (1963) - it had to do without the chrome elements on the sides

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Alfa Romeo 2600 Spider (1963) - the cockpit has been gently retouched compared to the 2000 Spider

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Alfa Romeo 2600 Berlina (1962) - already with a four-eyed face

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Alfa Romeo 2600 Berlina (1964) - looks like an enlarged Giulietta

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Alfa Romeo 2600 (1962) at the Geneva Motor Show - not the new face, but above all the new six-cylinder engine is noteworthy

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Sprint - the Bertone coupé impresses at the 1961 Geneva Motor Show

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Alfa Romeo Sprint 2000 - Premiere at the 1961 Geneva Motor Show

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Alfa Romeo 2600 Sprint (1963) - elegant lines

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Alfa Romeo 2600 Sprint (1964) - you are well dressed with this coupé

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Alfa Romeo 2600 Sprint (1962) - Bertone creation - Giugiaro was at the drawing board

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Alfa Romeo 2600 Spider Touring (1963) - under the hammer as lot 106 at the RM Auction in Monterey on August 15/16, 2014

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Alfa Romeo 2600 Spider Touring (1962) - offered as lot 15 at the RM Auction Paris on February 5, 2014

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Touring Spider (1962) - offered as lot 34 at the RM auction on January 16/17, 2014 in Arizona

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Alfa Romeo 2600 Touring Spider (1964) at the Gaisbergrennen 2010

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Alfa Romeo 2600 Sprint - magnificent Alfa coupé - Oldtimermesse St. Gallen 2014

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Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider Touring (1958) - the design was by Bianchi Anderloni

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Summary

From 1957 to 1962, Alfa Romeo built the 2000 Spider with a Touring body. The elegant touring car impressed with its smooth-running and powerful four-cylinder engine as well as its captivating body line. However, it remained comparatively rare due to its high price. This vehicle report looks at the design features of the 2000 Spider and shows an early example in many pictures, supplemented by historical photographs and a sound sample.

This article contains the following chapters

Successor to the Alfa Romeo 1900
Anderloni and Touring
Dual personality
A Swiss for America
More is more
Classic from head to toe
Further information

Estimated reading time: 5min

Preview (beginning of the article)

In the 1950s, Alfa Romeo was primarily known for its sporty vehicles; the engines were considered to be powerful, but at the same time rough companions. The Milan-based company broke new ground with the Alfa Romeo 2000. And with the convertible, they inspired the Americans. The 1900 model was the first newly designed Alfa Romeo after the war. It was mainly available as a saloon, but also as a coupé and with many special bodies from well-known Italian coachbuilders. In 1957, the Alfa Romeo 2000 was presented at the Turin Motor Show as the successor with the body variants Berlina (model number 102.00) and Spider (102.04).

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