Retro looks, easy to use, simple to own, fun to drive. One of a scant few options if you wish to buy something small, affordable and rear-wheel drive. Fiat has done a reasonably convincing job of making the its own, too. There are loads of colour choices, too. While the MX-5 comes with soft- and hard-top options, the sticks with a nice simple, manual soft-top. No electronic gubbins to go wrong — or force what speed you operate the roof at — you simply unclip the roof at the rear-view mirror position then fling it back behind you as quick as you can.

The Fiat Sport Spider is a convertible sports car marketed by Fiat for model years Designed by and manufactured at the Italian carrozzeria Pininfarina factory, the monocoque , front-engine, rear drive Sport Spider debuted at the November Turin Auto Show with styling by Tom Tjaarda. Fiat later marketed the car as the Spider After being retired by FIAT, Pininfarina continued the production of the model under his own brand as Pininfarina Spider Azzurra for the North American market and Pininfarina Spidereuropa for the European market for three more years, from August until AS models had a torque tube transmitting power to the rear wheels; this crack-prone design was replaced by a trailing-arm rear axle with the second series BS during — which was manufactured alongside the AS for the first six months of

The Fiat Spider is a glamorous-looking roadster that competes with the most popular convertible of all time, the Mazda MX Fiat got into bed with Mazda to produce the new Spider. Has the love child been worth the charm offensive? The spiritual successor to the company's classic s roadster will go on sale next year, thanks to some help from Mazda.