An AbFab car sale: Alfa Romeo used by Jennifer Saunders’ character in classic episode going to auction for £30k

A sports car that featured in an episode of the much-loved sitcom Absolutely Fabulous is due to go under the hammer – and experts predict it could make £30,000.

The Alfa Romeo convertible was used by Jennifer Saunders’ character Edina in an episode where she is forced to economise and give up her chauffeur-driven car. But instead she buys the red Italian roadster as it was ‘the smallest car she could find’.

Together, Edina and best friend Patsy Stone, played by Joanna Lumley, cause carnage in the Alfa Romeo as they drunkenly drive through the streets of trendy west London to go to a supermarket.

The car ends up getting clamped when they park on the pavement directly outside Harvey Nichols in the 1994 episode.

Now, the car is on sale for a guide price of £30,000 — 30 years after the episode first aired.

The Alfa Romeo convertible pictured today which is on sale for £30,000

Inside the sports car which is in mint condition 

At the time, the Alfa Romeo Spider was owned by a marketing agency which leant it to the BBC for filming.

It has had three previous owners since then, including the vendor who bought it in 2015.

The car, which has a 2.0-litre engine and has done just 46,000 miles, is heading to the block at Iconics Auctioneers’ Silverstone Festival sale on 24 August.

Arwel Richards, a classic car specialist at Iconics, said: ‘Very few TV comedies feature a specific car as part of the plot, they are more often used as mere props to establish a character’s image.

In the episode, Patsy and Edina drunkenly drive through the streets of trendy west London to go to a supermarket

Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley in Absolutely Fabulous, pictured next to the Alfa Romeo. In the episode the car ends up getting clamped when they park on the pavement directly outside Harvey Nichols

The Romeo has had three previous owners since the episode aired, including the vendor who bought it in 2015

The sports car is being sold with its original registration documents and MOTs

The car is coming up for sale at Iconics Auctioneers of Ashorne, Warwickshire

‘So we are delighted to offer for sale this very special Alfa Romeo that starred in the much-loved Absolutely Fabulous.

‘It is an ideal first time classic or a must-have for any die-hard fan of the show. I’m sure the happy buyer will be cracking the ‘Bolly when the hammer falls..’

The Alfa Romeo was delivered new to Fiat Motor Sales Ltd, of Wembley, on April 1, 1993, with its factory hard-top roof.

The car has a 2 litre engine and has done just 46,000 miles

The car has a few scuffs to the paintwork but it is in otherwise good working order 

It started off life as a left-hand drive which is how it appeared on TV but sometime afterwards it was converted to right-hand drive.

It is being sold with its original registration documents and MOTs.

It has a few scuffs to the paintwork but is in otherwise good working order.