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Original Alfa Spider (Original Series)

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This book is not only inaccurate but it contains virtually some of the same text originally published in "Alfa Romeo Spiders" by David Owen in 1982. The similarity of certain passages is just too similar to be coincidence.

One would expect a book with this title to be written by someone who is an Alfa expert. But twice in the opening chapter Mr. Rees states unequivocally that the original Alfa spider was designed by Bertone. This is, of course, ridiculous. All Alfa spiders have been designed by Pinifarina.

The photos are good, and Mr. Rees appears to be thorough. It is just that the error about such a fundamental fact undermines my confidence in the rest of his work.

There's no question that the production Alfa Giulietta Spider was by Pininfarina. But what about the photo of the Bertone prototype at page 18 of David Hodge's "Essential Alfa Romeo" (1995 ed.)?