Sommi
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I have a small and slowly growing collection of videos which I upload to youtube for general comment and appreciation. shameless plug: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm4wFvBUDU0gY96vLnkeP_w
This morning, a QP enthusiast by the look of his/her profile and uploads, left the below comment on one of my videos:
"Also it's there complete Ferrari 4 that's never been. Even though it has the same transaxle as the Gallardo it carries the same with balance as Ferrari's front engine Gran Tourer's the same era 612 Scaglietti is also 47/53 f/r and this wad no accident as it shares many chassis components with the 612. Ferrari owned Maserati when they penned car so it was their designers and engineers who's input went into it. The entire car... the chassis, the engine, the body (Pininfarina) were built by Ferrari then shipped to the Maserati factory where they put it all together and added there interior. The Mark V Quattroporte was Ferrari's idea of what a 4 door Grantourer should be. But this didn't gel with Journalist and owners trading in their S Class Mercedes so they decided to soften it up with the automatic but they were slower.. much slower. So, they changed the configuration from the glorious 4.2L to the not so much 4.7L but the 4.2's are still quicker. I used to think Ferrari should have given it a V12 but 612's although more powerful actually doesn't sound as good. Get them while they're cheap because once collectors start figuring this out and realising how much of a steal these are they'll start scooping them up and they will quadruple in price. It's one of the cheapest "Ferrari" you can get on the market and its almost bullet proof."
I personally did not know the QP shares much with 612. May be the knowledgeable folks that reside here could comment whether above is factual?
This morning, a QP enthusiast by the look of his/her profile and uploads, left the below comment on one of my videos:
"Also it's there complete Ferrari 4 that's never been. Even though it has the same transaxle as the Gallardo it carries the same with balance as Ferrari's front engine Gran Tourer's the same era 612 Scaglietti is also 47/53 f/r and this wad no accident as it shares many chassis components with the 612. Ferrari owned Maserati when they penned car so it was their designers and engineers who's input went into it. The entire car... the chassis, the engine, the body (Pininfarina) were built by Ferrari then shipped to the Maserati factory where they put it all together and added there interior. The Mark V Quattroporte was Ferrari's idea of what a 4 door Grantourer should be. But this didn't gel with Journalist and owners trading in their S Class Mercedes so they decided to soften it up with the automatic but they were slower.. much slower. So, they changed the configuration from the glorious 4.2L to the not so much 4.7L but the 4.2's are still quicker. I used to think Ferrari should have given it a V12 but 612's although more powerful actually doesn't sound as good. Get them while they're cheap because once collectors start figuring this out and realising how much of a steal these are they'll start scooping them up and they will quadruple in price. It's one of the cheapest "Ferrari" you can get on the market and its almost bullet proof."
I personally did not know the QP shares much with 612. May be the knowledgeable folks that reside here could comment whether above is factual?