[Jesper OH]

Originally Posted by KA

Thanks Jesper- the Fontes GTV6 (and a later 75 Turbo) are still around in Portugal in original condition and livery- think there are some pics of the GTV6 taken at a classic car event in the last couple of years earlier in the thread

Looking at some of the references I've found to it, that South African-spec non-turbo 745 seems to have been a very successful and highly-regarded car on the local racing scene. I do wonder how much the engine choice might have owed to local racing regs, as opposed to the 'official' difficulty of fitting the turbo into the engine bay..

The local saloon racing regs seem to have spawned some very interesting limited-production stuff- IIRC, the South-African market GTV6 might have got the 'big' 3-litre version of the V6 before we did in Europe, and Ford SA built a couple of hundred Sierra XR8s- a 5-door Sierra with the bi-plane rear spoiler from the XR4, a distinctive slotted front panel, Ronal alloys- and a 5-litre Mustang V8 under the bonnet...

I'm quite sure that the V8-treatment was given to the late 1970s Cortina/Taunus as well ...and raced! Was the 3 litre Alfa ever offered on the European market?

Jesper