Mention of the Austin Maxi above reminded me of my brief flirtation with a Maestro, which I had fortunately forgotten about until now. A truly dreadful car. The transmission system included a plastic ball joint that was prone to coming apart!
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You might be right there. I can concur that an Alfa V6 Busso is a peach of an engine and one of the best sounding engine's in a car I've owned.
Trouble is I've been blessed to own some of the best sounding engine's made. I still have a few on the bucket list and working my socks off to see if I can tick those off! I think a few might be out of reach but I'll give it my best shot!!
The wife's Alfa Spider (with factory sports suspension) 1996 that was a German import so had the 3.0 V6 12V that was never sold in the UK - only the 24V version. It was then converted to RHD by the Germans so they also fixed a few inherent issues. Fitted a straight through exhaust. The engine with that exhaust made the most wonderful sound and my wife just seemed to drive everywhere in 2nd or 3rd just for the sound. Being 12V the torque from low speed was so much better than the 24V. Somehow it always cost £500 every MOT. Finally died when a rodent destroyed the wiring loom - decided to say goodbye (sadly) tough the wallet was better off.
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