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AutoCAR says it has got american 4,2-liter V8 :confused:
[url="http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle/AllCars/256790/"]Zagato unveils TZ3 Stradale - Autocar.co.uk
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[quote]Despite its Alfa looks, the special edition Stradale is based on a Dodge Viper ACR, with power sourced from the American’s 4.2-litre V8 engine, which is mated to a six-speed sequential gearbox.[/quote]
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So why is Alfa using an American engine and chassis when they can so easily get one from Ferrari?
Seems weird.
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Well, these days they could get a Viper just as easily...
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[quote=Ferrer;965744]Well, these days they could get a Viper just as easily...[/quote]
That's not the point! :rolleyes: I can easily cut off the mufflers on a Civic or put on a fartcan, it doesn't make it better. It feels unholy to me for some odd reason.
So which one (from the last 2 photos) in Ecnelis' post is the Viper? I'm thinking the car to the right on the last photo.
So what's the other car based on?
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[quote=NSXType-R;965790]
So which one (from the last 2 photos) in Ecnelis' post is the Viper? I'm thinking the car to the right on the last photo.
So what's the other car based on?[/quote]
Perhaps some obscure website could provide you with an answer...
[url="http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/4836/Alfa-Romeo-TZ3-Stradale.html"]2011 Alfa Romeo TZ3 Stradale - Images, Specifications and Information[/url]
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[quote=NSXType-R;965790]So what's the other car based on?[/quote]
It's the last year's one-off TZ3 Corsa bades on 8C Competizione, and it's the car to the right (to the left if Viper-based TZ3 Stradale). ;)
[url="http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/4506/Alfa-Romeo-TZ3-Corsa.html"]2010 Alfa Romeo TZ3 Corsa - Images, Specifications and Information[/url]
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[quote=Ecnelis;965794]It's the last year's one-off TZ3 Corsa bades on 8C Competizione, and it's the car to the right (to the left if Viper-based TZ3 Stradale). ;)
[url="http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/4506/Alfa-Romeo-TZ3-Corsa.html"]2010 Alfa Romeo TZ3 Corsa - Images, Specifications and Information[/url][/quote]
Wrong, last year's car was based on the Gillet Vertigo, NOT communicated by Zagato. There was not a single Alfa component in the whole car.
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I'd add that it was using a Maserati V8 just becase the Vertigo uses one.
Incidentally, if it was an older model it would have had an Alfa engine.
I even took a picture of the VIN to get an evidence of the Belgian-ness of this car.
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[quote=henk4;965792]Perhaps some obscure website could provide you with an answer...
[url="http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/4836/Alfa-Romeo-TZ3-Stradale.html"]2011 Alfa Romeo TZ3 Stradale - Images, Specifications and Information[/url][/quote]
Never heard of that site...it is indeed pretty obscure...
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[quote=LeonOfTheDead;965829]I'd add that it was using a Maserati V8 just becase the Vertigo uses one.
Incidentally, if it was an older model it would have had an Alfa engine.
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the GM V6?
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[quote=henk4;965836]the GM V6?[/quote]
Too old for that one... it was one of the last Busso V6, turbocharged in its last applications, iirc.
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[quote=NSXType-R;965790]That's not the point! :rolleyes: I can easily cut off the mufflers on a Civic or put on a fartcan, it doesn't make it better. It feels unholy to me for some odd reason.[/quote]
I mean they own Chrysler...
[quote=henk4;965836]the GM V6?[/quote]
No, the proper one.
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It seems weird they'd use a Viper chassis but then not the Viper engine (Viper's have a V10, you may recall, not a V8)
Either way though, that is one good looking car.
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[quote=Ferrer;965853]I mean they own Chrysler...
No, the proper one.[/quote]
In that case the Viper is very much a slut, it's been around other car makers too.
[quote=ScionDriver;965869]It seems weird they'd use a Viper chassis but then not the Viper engine (Viper's have a V10, you may recall, not a V8)
Either way though, that is one good looking car.[/quote]
The panel gaps are odd- I think it's because they're adopting a body to a current car. If you get past the panel gap issue, it is very good looking indeed.
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Reading Zagato's own press release there is no mention to a V8 engine, and given how they stress the word "mechanical" chassis when referring to the Viper's, I get it's using the same V10, gearbox, suspensions and so on.
Definitely offtopic, but I wonder if now that they are both under the same property (again) the Spyker C12 Zagato will eventually see the light of the day.