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Can someone explain this Maserati reference by Jay Leno to the Mistral

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  1. staatsof

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    #1 staatsof, Jul 27, 2022
    He has a couple of vintage Maserati's so I don't think it's a case of tala ignorance but WTH? I advanced to the spot where he talks about the coach makers of the day. It's an otherwise OK one of his videos. I do like this car.

    Time advance is get clipped off so go to the 25 minute mark.



    Perhaps he's thinking of another model of Maserati?
     
  2. FastFreddie

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    #2 FastFreddie, Jul 27, 2022
    The Mistral was designed by Pietro Frua as was the first Monteverdis.
     
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    #4 italiancars, Jul 27, 2022
    Leno while being a true “car guy” is often wrong about things he proclaims on his show. Very few will says he wrong, he’s Jay Leno
     
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    #5 emsiegel13, Jul 27, 2022
    He was probably referencing to the earlier body made by Frua which does have similarities to the Mistral. Fissore made bodies later and since Jay wanted a stick shift he may have gone from owning an earlier automatic car to owning a later stick shift car with the different body manufacturer.
     
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    #6 DWR46, Jul 27, 2022
    "Italian Cars" is correct. Jay has a lot of car activity on his plate and every so often gets things wrong. He is correct in that Monteverdi's are truly great cars to own and drive. He totally missed it when he described the drivetrain as all Chrysler. The rear suspension is de dion, that is very similar to the Iso design, but just enough different that parts do not interchange. The rear axle is Salisbury limited-slip from England. There are no Chrysler parts anywhere to the rear of the transmission.
     
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    Frua does not get enough respect IMO. The Monteverdi 375 with the quad headlights is an elegant car--better than the comparable Ferrari and Lamborghini offerings.
     
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    #8 staatsof, Jul 28, 2022
    I was watching another documentary on Bugatti and mostly about the revival in the late 80's and early 90's and how all of that fell apart and somehow they mentioned the Pantera and attributed it's design to Gandini and not Tjaarda. Then they mentioned Tjaarda for some other reason. I think people just make mistakes no matter who they are. There are no common stampings between the Mistral and this car, design elements yes. I think they were discussing so many automotive stylists because they had such a difficult time settling on a body design ... never really did IMHO as what resulted was horrible inside and out. Too many cooks in the kitchen?
     
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    #9 italiancars, Jul 28, 2022
    As we know Tom (Tjaarda) designed the original Pantera thru it modifications in the 80s. In the late 80s early 90s Gandini became DeTomaso’s favorite designer, updating the Pantera (90), the Biturbos, and designing the Chubasco.

    tom opened his own studio in Torino in Frua’s old studio
     
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    #10 staatsof, Jul 28, 2022
    What they quickly showed was an original Pantera. Apparently almost everyone got a crack at the Bugatti body design. It's an interesting "documentary" ... I kind of like his pronunciation too ;)



    One of the SF bay area Maserati club old timer's whom I knew pretty well because we both had connections to the Oakland A's, he went over to Italy and got a big tour of that new factory at it's peak and came back just glowing about what he'd seen. He's the one who always gave away umbrellas at Concourso Italiano to his favorite Maserati of the show. Erwin. I never got one though ... :( LOL.
     
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