Re: [MBZ] Allante was Re: Gotta love MB

2007-12-19 Thread Rory
IMHO, Their main downfall, besides utilizing the tried and tested consumer development team to ultimately perfect the car just before discontinuing the model, was that it appeared to have been designed to compete with the 107 which was designed in the sixties and completed it's very full lifetime j

[MBZ] Allante was Re: Gotta love MB

2007-12-19 Thread Donald Snook
Larry T wrote: "IIRC, the Allante was built in an odd way - chassis were built by GM in US then they were shipped to Italy to have the body fitted by one of the body guys there - Giguario perhaps?" I think it was pinnafarina (spelling?) The later Allantes were pretty cool cars. They had