[alfa] Re: gtv6 & maserati khamsin

[George Graves <gmgraves@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

They look vaguely similar in pictures, but in the flesh, they look 
nothing alike. First of all the Khamsin is a MUCH larger car. It has a 
big 4.9 liter V-8 in it and weighes more than a 1000 pounds more! The 
Maser was also made during the Citroen era, and has that quirky 
hydro-pneumatic suspension and braking system. I understand that those 
are a nightmare to service and if it fails while your driving it.... 
good luck. Yes, it is swoopier than the GTV-6, but It's no faster 
(certainly no faster than a good 3-liter GTV-6 conversion), doesn't 
handle as well, and is tres cher to maintain. Count your blessings.

George Graves
'86 GTV-6 3.0 'S'




On Jul 27, 2004, at 2:38 PM, alfa-digest wrote:

>
> Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 11:35:50 -0700 (PDT)
> From: danny P <robustful@domain.elided>
> Subject: [alfa] gtv6 & maserati khamsin
>
> I saw a picture of the Maserati Khamsin on the web
> today.  It looks a lot like my gtv6.  Has anyone ever
> driven or seen one in real life?  Although it shares a
> lot of the lines as my gtv6, it looks more exotic and
> seems to have aged better.  What do you all think?
>
> Danny
> dallas texas
> 91 164L
> 83 gtv6 3.0
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