{"id":216727,"date":"2010-01-23T14:33:16","date_gmt":"2010-01-23T19:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/?p=34425"},"modified":"2010-01-23T14:33:16","modified_gmt":"2010-01-23T19:33:16","slug":"affordable-italian-yup%e2%80%99%e2%80%a6-it-does-exist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/216727","title":{"rendered":"Affordable Italian? Yup\u2019\u2026 it does exist."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/affordable-italian-yup-it-does-exist\/romeoseries1022000spyderredfvl-vi\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34426\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/RomeoSeries1022000Spyderredfvl-vi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The words \u201caffordable\u201d and \u201cItalian\u201d generally don\u2019t play well in the same sandbox. Italian sports cars as a whole bring up thoughts of big dollars, big repair bills and big ego&#8217;s, that is, until now. I recently had the opportunity to view one of these rare Italian beasties in person and was pleasantly surprised by what I found out, that being, that most anyone whose employed can own one.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/affordable-italian-yup-it-does-exist\/omeoseries1022000spyderredint2-vi-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34428\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/omeoSeries1022000Spyderredint2-vi1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34428\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What you see here is a 1960 Alfa Romeo 2000 and it is a beauty. Think of it as the Mazda Miata&#8217;s illegitimate great grandfather. These cars, although rare are actually quite affordable with the price spectrum ranging from about 20k-40k which really isn&#8217;t that bad when you consider this car was designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro&#8230; never heard of him? Well, he&#8217;s the guy who also designed the Ferrari 250 Berlinetta Bertone, De Tomaso Mangusta, Iso Grifo and Maserati Ghibli, so in short&#8230; he&#8217;s got mad skills.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/affordable-italian-yup-it-does-exist\/romeoseries1022000spyderredrvr-vi\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34429\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/RomeoSeries1022000Spyderredrvr-vi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34429\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Performance wise the little Alfa is no pavement shredder. It&#8217;s little four cylinder cast iron mill churns out about 105 HP @ 5300  RPM and sounds glorious, not to bad for a car that weighs less than 2300 lbs. Although, if you want to get really crazy the later 2600 models did have an 2.3L inline-6 that produced 145 HP&#8230; BOOYA!! Make no mistake, these little Alfa&#8217;s are all Italian, all sports car and everything you&#8217;d need to fit in to any car show anywhere in the world. So before you go out and spend that 30k on some new pasta rocket or strudel wagon, take a look around and think outside the box, because if you do, you may just be amazed at what you&#8217;ll find.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/ND8DqEtRqKEF5BrsC-iTji9mJRY\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/ND8DqEtRqKEF5BrsC-iTji9mJRY\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/ND8DqEtRqKEF5BrsC-iTji9mJRY\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/ND8DqEtRqKEF5BrsC-iTji9mJRY\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The words \u201caffordable\u201d and \u201cItalian\u201d generally don\u2019t play well in the same sandbox. Italian sports cars as a whole bring up thoughts of big dollars, big repair bills and big ego&#8217;s, that is, until now. 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