> As I recall, The beauty of the Spitfire was *not* a British design at all.
> Michelotti's styling is, as is to be expected, entirely Italian.
I think of Michelotti's style as being modern and without boundries. If one
didn't know that the Herald, the Spitfire, the TR4, TR6 etc. were designed by
an Italian, would that be their first guess? (I omit the Italia because it's so
remeniscent of Italian sportscars of that period.)He had the ability to take
his vision and incorporate it with "British" style (as well as with "Japanese"
style or whoever he was designing for at the moment.)
As for
> Germans... The TR-6 body was designed by Karmann.
The TR6 was designed by Michelotti-but built by Karmann. The company found it
cheaper to do it this way rather then to build it themselves.
>
> I myself would kill for a retro-designed Spit with 21st century engineering,
> even if the profits went to buy Helmut Kohl a new swimming pool.
Not me. I love the idea, the essence of the Triumph Spitfire too much to see
it become another Z3! (Read, ugly, over-priced, male mid-life crisis who can't
afford something *bigger* "sportscar".) Just call me a purist!
Laura G.
Vita brevis est: rapide agite, vigore strigate!
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