How about this Alfa Spider! Its the really undervalue S4 Model and has had a few really worthwhile upgrades! This is a 1992 Alfa Romeo Spider S4, finished in Classic Alfa Red with Black Interior. This car has covered about 92k Miles from new and had over £5k recently spent upgrading the wheels, brakes, Shocks and Springs, Suspension and Headlights!

The 105 Series Alfa Romeos were the company’s mainstays throughout the 1960s and well into the late 1970s, building on the foundations laid with the 750/101 Series Giulietta and ultimately Giulia back in the 1950s. The everyday but far from mundane 105 Giulia saloon donated its floor-pan (shortened) and running gear to the range of sports coupes and the open topped Spider which was penned by Battista Pininfarina and Franco Martinengo when employed by the former’s eponymous styling house.

Launched in 1966 as the 1600 ‘boat tailed’ Duetto, the Spider was successfully developed over the next twenty-five years, initially having its tail chopped off to create what has become known as the Series 2 in 1969 and its engine capacity increased (and decreased for the Junior entry level version) via 1750 ultimately to two litres for the early 1970’s onwards 2000 Veloce. By 1982 Alfa’s bank balance was severely in the rosso, the company lacked the lira to comprehensively bring the Spider up to date and the Series 3 of that year had to make do with various undignified rubber bumpers and spoilers – an appropriate word if ever there was one – for its middle aged face-lift.

In 1990, a remarkable twenty-four years after its launch, the Spider’s 4th Series arrived and it was arguably the most resolved of the Spider siblings. Powered by the largest version of Alfa’s evergreen all aluminium twin overhead cam engine sporting sophisticated Bosch Motronic fuel injection, it boasted an honest 124 bhp and 122 lb/ft of torque. Already blessed with a five speed gearbox, disc brakes front and rear and a properly located, coil sprung, limited slip differential equipped rear axle to compliment the independent coils, double wishbones and anti-roll bar up front, the rest of the car’s mechanical bits and bobs were able to be carried through virtually unchanged though it did sprout a rear anti-roll bar.

With such minimal development required on the nuts and bolts side Alfa were at last able to give the beautiful Pininfarina body a mild update. The back street botox rubber additions of the Series 3 were rightly consigned to the bin and the bumpers were re-designed to work with rather than against the existing metal work, while the first alteration to the body-shell since it swapped its ‘longa’ tail for a ‘tronca’ version in the late 1960s saw this gain a very subtle integrated aerodynamic lip and full width rear lights, both of which managed to look as though they had been part of the original design. Other than that there was just a general ‘tightening up’ of the car’s lines in one or two place without dismissing its ancestry.

Our car has led an interesting life! She was sold new in Germany and spent her first 5 years there, in July 1997 the car was imported to the UK showing just 39k Kms on the clock. Over the following 18 years in the UK the mileage crept up to the 72k Kms mark, where the car was purchase and exported to Japan! after 4 years over there she was re-imported back to the UK and the clock was finally changed to a MPH version. The car is now showing  49k Kms, which if we add to the 72k Kms it left with shows a total of about 121k Kms, or 92k Miles from new. We have the original service book for the car and many invoices over the course of its life. Most importantly over £3k was spent in 2023 at Classic Alfa on parts alone for a period of upgrades including Alfa GTA 15" Alloy Wheels, a Big Brake Conversion, Chrome Door Mirrors, Crystal Headlights, Eibach Spring Set, Koni Adjustable Shocks Front and Rear with new Sport Anti Roll Bars. As a result of this, she looks amazing and drives better than new! She is HPI Clear and has an MOT until May 2027 and is ready for daily use! This is a great value Spider at this price point!