It appears that I have been wrong all of these years. I could have
sworn that the DeLorean used a Renault engine and transaxle, which was one
it's many flaws. They should have closely at the Pantera to see what
worked, and what needed improving. THEN, they may have had something....
But NO.. They NEVER listen...Now look where John Delorean is.....
Rich
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> From: Alvin and Lucille Johnson[SMTP:johnson@ids.net]
> Reply To: Alvin and Lucille Johnson
> Sent: Monday, February 09, 1998 3:07 PM
> To: Steve Laifman
> Cc: Larry Wright; Tigers Den
> Subject: Re: New kid on the block
>
> 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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