The First-ever Mainstream SUV From Italy is Named After a Wind From the East. To the Emirates With the Levante Then.
And it happened. I could see frantic activity in my rear view mirror as the convoy of Maserati Levantes was broken. The lead car ahead of me took a U-turn to rush to the spot I was looking at through my rear view mirror. Sunset was a couple of hours away and we were amongst sand dunes on the outskirts of Dubai. And one of the Levantes in a bunch of about eight got stranded in the sand. I was surprised it didn’t happen earlier. Because this isn’t a Land Cruiser or a Land Rover or a Wrangler. This is a Maserati SUV. A company that’s never made SUVs before. Its parent company, Fiat, has never made SUVs before. Its home country – Italy – has never made SUVs before. There have been attempts. By Lamborghini no less. But that first attempt was a failed military prototype called the Cheetah which couldn’t climb up inclines because of a 5.9-litre V8 mounted at the rear and that lead to the LM002, a civilian abomination reeking of power and a 290-litre fuel tank that’d empty out an Arab oil well before you could say Arab oil well.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة January 2017 من BBC TopGear India.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة January 2017 من BBC TopGear India.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.
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