Some cars leave a paper trail; the Alfa Romeo Dauphine left a name, a year — 1959 — and a place in Alfa Romeo's list. What follows is what can be said with a source behind it.
Its place in the line
In the Alfa Romeo line-up the Alfa Romeo Dauphine has a clear place: the factory was Alfa Romeo Portello Plant. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Mini Mini, the Nissan Patrol, the Dodge Challenger. Nearby in the Alfa Romeo catalogue sit the A.L.F.A 12 HP and the A.L.F.A 15 HP.
Owning one today
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Alfa Romeo Dauphine has none: too old, too rare, or never sold there. Its value today is a collector's question, decided by provenance and condition rather than by a class average.