When The World’s Fastest FWD Sport Sedans Were Secretly The Same Car — Revelations w/ Jason Cammisa

The Alfa Romeo 164, Lancia Thema 8.32, and Saab 9000 Aero looked various– however were the same auto below. The Fiat Tipo Quattro platform led to 4 autos overall (including the Fiat Croma) that included 3 of the quickest, fastest, and a lot of powerful front-drive sedans in the world.

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In this docudrama episode, professional vehicle journalist Jason Cammisa dives deep into the history of the interesting development of not likely triplets – 3 sport sedans with significantly various individualities.

The 1987-1992 Lancia Thema 8.32 utilized a 2.9-liter, 4-cam, 32-valve Ferrari V-8 (with a cross-plane crankshaft) to make 215 hp. It was the world’s most powerful front-drive auto when it debuted, with an incredible rate and even a lot more excellent efficiency.

The 1987-1998 Alfa Romeo 164 was the devoted sport-sedan of the lot. The most powerful version was the 164Q (in the U.S., Quadrifoglio Verde elsewhere) utilized the quad-cam, 3.0-liter, 24-valve Busso V-6, that made 230 hp. And afterwards there’s the 164 Q4, which featured that engine hooked up only to a 6-speed handbook and Viscomatic: Alfa Romeo’s all-wheel drive system that was a joint venture with Steyr-Daimler-Puch.

The 1984-1998 Saab 9000 Turbo was a giant beater– a large hatchback that can swallow an entire IKEA. For lovers, the interesting one was the 2.3-liter Aero, which flaunted a turbocharged, 16-valve engine making an outrageous 225 hp.

Fiat’s very own variation, the Croma, was never ever offered in an efficiency version, yet with each other, these four vehicles show that platform design can result in vehicles with noticeably different individualities– though that may eliminate any kind of economic advantage to their makers.

Wondering why Nissan and Honda remain in talks to merge now? You’ll discover that background is repeating itself, in this enjoyable and interesting tale regarding what happens when the automobile market is afraid difficulty is coming.

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