ALFA ROMEO SPIDER 2.2 JTS 2dr (2007)

Alfa Romeo Spider - Good on petrol for the power

I have had people sniff at the boot space in this, but it's fine as far as I'm concerned. The only trouble I had was when we were away for a week and couldn't get two large suitcases in the boot. We didn't have the kids with us though so we just put one in the back seat. It'll be a bit more of the problem with the kids are older and we're taking them away with us, but fine for now.

Anyway forget about the boot. The power in the Alfa Spider is fantastic, huge fun, love it. Best part about the Spider though is that it doesn't break every few yards like I've had with certain other performance cars before.

I like the start/stop button, engine roars into life when you hit it, love that. Now, the one warning is that you won't be beating anyone away from the lights in this thing. I was a bit disappointed to be pootling up to 60 in what felt like quite a long time - I think it's around 9 seconds, not fast. But it always feels hungry, the power to weight is good, and whatever it might lack in power I'm always compensated for in how little fuel it gets through. If I ever see someone filling up a BMW or whatever, I just smile to myself about that. I suppose the gearbox could be a little easier.

There's some handy little features in the Alfa Romeo Spider like the system that blips to guide you into parking spaces. I actually still find that a bit patronising, but at least it means I won't kerb the wheels. It's pretty hard to see out the back actually so those do come in hand. I got the 8 speaker Bose stereo upgrade and never regretted it, really does completely surround you in sound. I didn't get the V6 engine after all, so I'm not missing all that much!

Little fridge box in the compartment between the front seats, yes thankyou Alfa, I will have a nice cold beverage, too kind. It's pretty comfortable too, like you can change the height and even the back support in the seats, all good. I'm pretty tall too and I fit in just fine.