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The Spyder Corsa was a British kit car project that originated in the early 1990s as the Lindy Type 48 Spyder, created by the Lindy Motor Services of South Norwood, London. It was designed to capture the look of the 1947 Ferrari 166 Spider Corsa while using Triumph Spitfire or GT6 mechanicals. The car was sold as a hand-laid GRP body-and-chassis kit with period-style detailing, offered with engines up to 2.0 litres, and marketed as an inexpensive and simple-to-assemble sports car.

In 2000 the design was taken over by DG Engineering in Charlton, London, which marketed the car as the Spyder Corsa. It continued to be offered mainly as a kit based on Triumph Spitfire or Ford Sierra running gear, with engine options from a 1.3-litre four-cylinder to a 2.0-litre Ford unit. The kit price started from about £1750. By 2004 the project was represented by Rob Askew of Reed Automotive Engineering.

Though promoted in the kit car press and offered for several years, the Spyder Corsa remained a niche, small-scale operation with no evidence of wider production beyond the kit market.