Re: quote without comment

["John Paradiso" <johnp@domain.elided>]

In Italian, Quadrifoglio means four leaf clover. How the four leaved clover
became associated with Alfa, I don't know. I seem to remember reading that
it is associated with the company's racing heritage. I'm sure a more
historically astute alfista will embellish.

John Paradiso

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tessie McMillan" <tessmc@domain.elided>
To: <alfa-digest@domain.elided>
Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 5:39 PM
Subject: re: quote without comment


> OK, I'll be the one to ask a dumb question. I missed the original NYT
> article since I've been on vacation a week and not going onto the Net
> much.
>
> What does "Quadrifoglio" really stand for? There is a Quad Spider, but
> that's just a glorified Veloce with ground effects, fancy skirts, hardtop,
> and 16" wheels. How does that differ from, say, a 164 Quad?
>
> Aside from that, here's another dumb question: when someone says
> "four-valve", do they mean two intake and two exhaust, or four intake and
> four exhaust (which would really be eight)?
>
> Tess
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