[alfa] Re: gtv6 & maserati khamsin

[Joe Elliott <jee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

While I think the similarity is more Alfetta coupe than GTV-6, I too 
have been struck by the similarity.  I'd agree that the Maserati 
looks more exotic, but I'm not sure if it's aged better.  I've always 
thought that it looked just like a squashed Alfetta GT, at least in 
profile.  (I think it even uses the same exterior door handles as the 
Alfetta coupe.)  I saw one in a museum, but there are two versions of 
the rear end, and I've never seen both side-by-side, nor do I know 
which came first.  I believe the Khamsin came out a couple years 
before the Alfetta, and that it was a Bertone design.  I have to 
wonder (I'm sure someone less lazy could move beyond wondering and 
actually look it up) if Giugiaro was still working at Bertone when 
the Khamsin was penned.

-Joe


At 9:38 PM +0000 7/27/04, 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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