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RE: [VintageLambo] Re: Ghibli vs Lambo |
Robinson, Aaron |
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| The Ghibli or any Maserati for that matter during that era were the most useable, and had better overall quality when compared with either Ferrari or Lamborghini. As Ray would say, bo-o-oo-gus!! My co-worker has a very nicely restored "67 Ghibli and compared to the Espada the thing is a pickup truck. Let us recount the ways: *A crude live-axle/leaf spring suspension offering a much rougher ride. *A very heavy shifter with (if you can imagine) even slower syncros. *Less space in the back and accessed only between the seats or through the mail-slot trunk. *Brakes that are an on/off switch; the worst example of early power brakes. *All kinds of engineering silliness under the hood (a steel-cable driven water pump with a pretension so precisely set that it will fly apart if you don"t have it done by one of the three people in the country who know how to set them up?). No wonder Citroen was attracted to Maserati. What the Ghibli has on the Espada is low-end torque. That and styling that is generally accepted as more classically beautiful than the avant garde Lamborghini. Oh, and driver-selectable fuel tanks. That"s kinda cool. AR |
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