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The latest version of the Alfa Romeo Spider sports car was shown at the Geneva Auto Show on March 5. Dustin Hoffman drove a 1600 Duetto Spider model in the film "The Graduate."

The latest version of the Alfa Romeo Spider sports car was shown at the Geneva Auto Show on March 5. Dustin Hoffman drove a 1600 Duetto Spider model in the film “The Graduate.”  (Uli Deck/ EPA)

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Italian job: Fiat Group’s Alfa Romeo company plans to sell the Alfa 8C Competizione in the United States, before eventually adding in new models such as the Spider and Brera. Alfa Romeo ceased U.S. sales in 1995.

Norm Silverman, Alfa Romeo-Spider Veloce.

“I turned the engine on and it was love at first sound,” says Norm Silverman, president of the 400-member Alfa Romeo Owners of Southern California, referring to the Alfa’s distinctive growl. Silverman owns a 1965 Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce -- a European model with side markers.  (Irfan Khan/ Los Angeles Times)

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