RE: ALFA or Lancia or Mazda or FORD?

[Godfrey DiGiorgi <ramarren@domain.elided>]

>> manufacturer. ALFA came into the FIAT fold and developed the 164 from the
>> same basic design. The FIAT group used a lot of common components, I
>
>one minor nit - my understanding is that alfa was one of the four
>participants in the original shared design (the other three being fiat,
>lancia, and saab, as you mentioned).  the point being that alfa didn't use a
>fiat design after they were purchased by fiat, it was a design they
>participated in from the beginning, prior to the purchase of fiat.

Don't forget that Peugeot was also in on this chassis design from the 
beginning.

Godfrey

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