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Spyder or Spider is a term for a convertible car body style. Saab 900 Convertible Convertible can also refer to a convertible (security) A convertible (sometimes called cabriolet in British English) is a car body style with a folding or retracting roof. ...
Cars can come in a large variety of different body styles. ...
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The term derives from horse-drawn carriages, as do other automotive terms. A spider was a lighter version of a phaeton, having narrower, spindly wheels and two-seat accommodation. This term was subsequently applied to cars. Cars can come in a large variety of different body styles. ...
A Phaeton is a car body style in which the passengers sit in one to three rows of open seats. ...
Porsche Contrary to popular belief, the first car to be officially called a "spyder" was not the Porsche 550 Spyder. Aston Martin produced a spyder in the same year. Spyder is found on a wide assortment of car names since the advent of the automobile -- for example: the Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Spyder that won the Mille Miglia in 1938, before Porsche existed, by Biondetti of the Scuderia Ferrari team-- and arguably did not receive particular notoriety or significance until the popularity of James Dean's 1955 Porsche 550 spyder, 'Lil Bastard, which he was driving when he infamously died. Porsche 550 Spyder Porsche 550 RS Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Porsche 550 Spyder The Porsche 550 Spyder was a sports car automobile produced by Porsche during the 1950s. ...
The name implied an extremely rudimentary top mechanism originating from a small two-seat horse-cart with a folding sunshade made of four bows; with its black cloth top and exposed sides for air circulation it resembled an eight-legged spider
Later years Other later spyders include Mitsubishi, numerous Ferraris and later Porsches. However, the most significant and known model to wear this name was the Fiat 124 Spider / Pininfarina Spider, manufactured in approx. 200.000 exemplars from which 75% were sold in United States. Ferrari is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. ...
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Spyders The following cars are examples of Spyder models: The Toyota MR2 was a two-seat, mid-engined, rear wheel drive sports car produced by Toyota from 1984 to 2005, in three different design series. ...
Front view of the sedan version Rear view of the sedan version The Fiat 850 was a small rear-engined rear wheel drive sedan in the tradition of the Renault Dauphine and was produced starting from 1964. ...
The Chevrolet Corvair was a rear-engined automobile produced by the Chevrolet division of General Motors from 1960 to 1969. ...
The Triumph TR7 was a sports car manufactured from 1975 to 1981 by the Triumph Motor Company, then part of British Leyland (and subsequently, BL Ltd. ...
Spyder in name only In more recent times, the term has been erroneously used by many automakers as a synonym for convertible. The following cars' names include Spyder or Spider but do not meet the basic Spyder criteria as illustrated above: Look up Synonym in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Saab 900 Convertible Convertible can also refer to a convertible (security) A convertible (sometimes called cabriolet in British English) is a car body style with a folding or retracting roof. ...
The Mitsubishi Eclipse is a two-door, four-seat sport compact automobile that has been in production since 1989 for left hand drive markets including the United States, Canada, and Taiwan. ...
Lamborghini Gallardo coupe The Lamborghini Gallardo is the Italian supercar maker Lamborghinis entry-level car, sitting beneath the Murciélago. ...
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2002 Maserati Coupe GT 2002 Maserati Spyder GT In 2002, Maserati launched the Coupe and Spyder, based on the 3200 GT, which is not sold in the United States. ...
The Alfa Romeo Spider was a 2-seater roadster sports car produced by the Italian manufacturer Alfa Romeo from 1966 to 1993. ...
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