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Yep Zeke -they have a rather long production line - the wire harness and a few other things were made in the USA first - flown over to Italy - where the body and the interior were made (alongside a more famous Pininfarina car - the Testarossa), then the bodies were flown back stateside and married to the drive train.

Rather a dumb way to make a car - but the body is all Italian - hand assembled, lots of aluminum (the bumper frames are a work of forged aluminum art) - it is rather nice, plus, I don't have to deal with Italian drive trains or electronics - all of that is made in the USA...

But it does mean the body parts (along with things like headlights) are pretty hard to source any more.





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