Re: alfa-digest V9 #679

[George Graves <gmgraves@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's not a replica, because nothing was replicated. At best it 
"suggests" a 6C1750 Zagato, at worst it's just a retro-styled car. In 
my previous post, I said that it has the effect of reminding one of an 
MG TD, but I misspoke. What I should have said was that it's more 
reminiscent of an MG TF. I.E. It is to a real 6C1750 Zagato what an MG 
-TF is to a pre-war MG-TA. It has a few of the styling cues from the 
original mixed with more modern mechanicals such as independent front 
suspension, small wheels, etc but the end result is, ultimately, 
unsatisying. If I'm not mistaken, Jaguar built some replicas of the 
pre-war (and still stunningly beautiful) SS-100 in the 1960s too. These 
used the then current XK DOHC straight six but looked a lot more like 
the original car than the 4R Zagato looked like a 6C1750.

 George Graves
'86 GTV-6 3.0S



On Friday, Aug 1, 2003, at 11:26 US/Pacific, alfa-digest wrote:


> Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 07:45:39 +0200
> From: Zak McGregor <zak@domain.elided>
> Subject: Re: Alfa 4R
>
> George Graves wrote:
>
> >  The Spider 4R Zagato came from an idea put forth in an article in an
> >  Italian magazine named "Quattroruote."
> And at once illustrated why motoring journalists should not be 
> designers or
> engineers ;-)
>
> This is the only road-going Alfa (yes, _including_ the Arna!) that I 
> refuse to
> add to my database - that should give you some idea of how little the 
> concept or
> execution appeals to me. But now I have to ask: is it a replica in the 
> worst
> sense of that word? It apes and imitates yes, but only something this 
> very
> manufacturer made previously. Anyway, my vote's in - what do others 
> think?
>
> Ciao
>
> Zak
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