Vehicle Description
This 1985 Alfa Romeo Spider Graduate is Carfax certified and
presented in Signal Red exterior and Black cloth interior. The
carfax shows the last reported mileage was 44,850 on April 20,2012
and has 44,872 on it right now.The radio has been upgraded to a
Kenwood sound system. The Woodgrain steering allows you to control
the 2.0L engine back by a 5-speed manual transmission. The Series 3
Alfa Romeo Spiders were generally dismissed as the bottom of the
barrel when it came to classic Alfa convertibles. Generally
regarded as the most beautiful iteration of Pininfarina's design,
these Spiders also were the most basic in spec, the rarest, and the
most expensive, On the other hand, many of us who loved our cars
and grew up in the 80s fondly remember these cars as vintage
roadsters available brand new at the dealership. There were very
few convertible sports cars even available in 1985.The Graduate was
a dumbed-down version of the Spider which came out in 1985. Another
unique feature was that 1985 was the last year for the classic Alfa
Spider "pod" gauges - two big ones aimed directly at the driver,
and three smaller ones over the center console stack also pointed
at the driver. The Series 3 had "duck tails" The new trim level
called the Graduate was introduced to capitalize on Alfa's brief
moment of stardom nearly twenty years prior in the movie with
Dustin Hoffman called ' The Graduate'.For most of the Series 3
years, Spiders were sold in three trim levels: the basic Graduate
(steel wheels, vinyl seats, crank windows), the more deluxe Veloce
(leather upholstery, power windows and mirrors, aluminum wheels,
air-conditioning), and the flashy Quadrifoglio (two-tone interior
with gray leather and red carpets, side skirts, removable hard
top). Mechanically, the three versions are identical, with a
2.0-liter four-cylinder rated at 115 hp , a five-speed manual
transmission, and four disc brakes. The Spider Graduate slotted
below the Spider Veloce and was the entry-level model, w