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Hello.
Please note I am not advocating VW acquire any part of
Ferrari from Fiat
or Alfa Romeo or Maserati either. I was
commenting on the magazine article referenced in another
post.
I also am not stating an opinion regarding Maserati's recent
business history;
I just was more interested in Maserati when
they made pure racing cars.
I occassionally read road tests of the "L" word cars but am
not particularly interested in any outside the Countertach
(styling) and first 3599 and 5000GTs.
I am not familar with their defects or remedies
applied to improve them.
However no manufacturer or car is perfect.
Witness
the recent number of issues with fires in
458s.
Whether "German" enginerring would have caught the cause of
the problem any ear;ier than Ferrari did is
unknown.
I
also do not advocate Ferrari needs German or any other
outside of Italy enginerring assistance.
What
I would like to see is a F1 team with Italian drivers and
more return to the Enzo Ferrari philosophy for F1 and street
car design.
Ciao
Dale
--- On Fri, 11/12/10, Michael James
<cavallino_rapante [at] yahoo.com>
wrote:
From:
Michael James
<cavallino_rapante [at] yahoo.com>
Subject: Re:
[Ferrari] SAY IT AIN'T SO
To: "dale sailors"
<sailorsdaleedward [at] yahoo.com>
Cc:
ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com
Date: Friday, November 12,
2010, 3:22 PM
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Dale-
If it wasn't for the Ferrari infustion of cash
and Ferrari-engineered/built drivetrains, Maserati
would no longer exist. Who provided Showroom
floor-space for the Maser re-introduction into the
US? Whose cash STILL keeps the company
afloat? I rest my case.
Unlike Lambo, whose independence-demise could
be directly tagged to their quality issues,
Ferrari doesn't have that problem. Ferrari
could probably teach VW a thing or two about quality
these days - all the German brands are suffering,
limping-by on their 'prestige'. Ferrari is not
vulnerable, nor is there a need for new ideas at
Maranello that German engineering would be
welcome.
M
--- On Thu, 11/11/10, dale sailors
<sailorsdaleedward [at] yahoo.com>
wrote:
From:
dale sailors
<sailorsdaleedward [at] yahoo.com>
Subject:
[Ferrari] SAY IT AIN'T SO
To: "Michael"
<Cavallino_Rapante [at] yahoo.com>
Cc:
ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com
Date: Thursday,
November 11, 2010, 3:47 PM
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Hello,
VW buying FERRARI in part? Wow!
I've owned two VW Things (Type 181) and known
several advanced VW tuners of the air cooled
flat 4 motors. Interesting but quality conttrol
and finish was iffy. Parts get high quick too.
Just try pricing a set of side curtains whose
windows yellow in 24 months, a wiper motor or
anything for the 1973 gas heater! I had some
negative experience too with the early diesel
RABBIT (admittedly on Mexico sourced diesel
fuel). The Mexico made HORMIGA heavy truck based
on the RABBIT was durable if bog
slow though.
BUGGATI and LAMBORGHINI have survived VW
ownership fairly well it seems? I can't see
FERRARI and LAMBO with the same owner though. I
would even hate to see VW get MASERATI, the
"trident" has suffered enough under FIATand
FERRARI (of course my idea of MASERATI is a TYPO
60/61/6364/65 or
151 or 450S. FIAT should keep ALFA
ROMEO too, it complements FERRARI and MASERATI
nicely. If anything FIAT should dump CHRYSLER on
VW.
Just my ideas,
Dale |
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