[DeTomaso] How cars are assembled in Italy

[Bill Lewis]

Dear Roland,  Ignorance is bliss!     ---Bill Lewis



> From: pantera874 at t-online.de
> To: lotus0005 at hotmail.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] How cars are assembled in Italy
> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:50:34 +0100
> 
> What does wonder you??
> Did you ever look into the internals of an american car?
> My best guess is, the italiens learned a lot from the american car 
> manufactures.
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill Lewis" <lotus0005 at hotmail.com>
> To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 5:02 AM
> Subject: [DeTomaso] How cars are assembled in Italy
> 
> 
> >
> >
> > I was surfing and got into a Lamborghin website, and was reading the 
> > following paragraph, and was amazed at how exotic cars are often 
> > (apparently) cobbled together.  So, it's not only Panteras, where Luigi 
> > grabs the first part handy and slaps it on.  This car below is over $500K.
> >
> >
> >
> > A Diablo VT-R used the same chassis and drivetrain as a standard VT but 
> > received a few modifications to the bodywork, apparently Automobili 
> > Lamborghini SpA had some leftover Diablo SE30 parts, therefore they 
> > mounted the complete bodywork of a Diablo SE30 on the VT chassis, 
> > everything except the side windows was actualy Diablo SE30 specifications, 
> > the side windows however remained the normal Diablo, single piece ones, 
> > they could still be opened all the way instead of the small part found in 
> > the SE30 doors.
> >
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