Alfa Romeo 4C Spider priced from $99,000

Losing some bodywork around you may be familiar to older Alfa Romeo owners (ahem) but the 4C Spider has taken it off in all the right places.

The local outlet will sell the open-top version of the hard-top 4C mini-supercar for a $10K premium, from $99,000 plus on-road costs, and Alfa dealers are taking orders now ahead of November 2015 delivery.

The 1035kg 4C Spider can therefore use the same 1.75-litre turbocharged four-cylinder with 177kW and 350Nm mated with a six-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission to achieve a coupe-matching 4.5sec 0-100km/h.

There will be no Launch Edition specification for the 4C Spider as there was with the coupe version, which retailed at $109,000 with special race suspension and exhaust.