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Re: New kid on the block

To: Steve Laifman <laifman@flash.net>
Subject: Re: New kid on the block
From: Alvin and Lucille Johnson <johnson@ids.net>
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 1998 18:07:08 -0500
Steve Laifman wrote:
> 
> Larry,
> 
> The Maserati Quattroporte is one of the best looking sedans I've ever
> seen. In the '60's, as well as today, it is quite a lovely piece of
> work. As I dimly recall, it used the V-6 designed by a three country
> consortium and used in Volvos (sic), the Citroen "Maserati,a Maserati
> (Quattroporte?),
No, the quattroposte(4-door in Italian) had a V-8, and it was in its
time the fastest 4-door in the world. It precedes the shared engine
design (a loser), which was between Renault and Volvo in the mid 70s.
Volvo later supplied DeLorean with V-6s. You may be thinking of when
Saab, Alfa, and Renault shared development costs for a chassis in the
early 80s. 
This showed up under that ugly fastback Saab & the Alfa 164. the Renault
version was never exported stateside.
Al J.

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