IN THE case of Alfa Romeo’s latest Spider, the company’s styling department has given birth to yet another design masterpiece dripping with Latino sex appeal. This we cannot deny. So why is it then, like many Alfas, that the Spider’s driving experience is such a bitter disappointment, even in range-topping $95,990 3.2 V6 Q4 all-wheel drive form? There's no doubt the new Spider is a quantum leap over its predecessor in terms of dynamics, but it seems Alfa's engineers need to drive this Italian beauty back-to-back with its array of formidable competitors much, much more.