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Longchamp was never officially sold in the United States, although a number of cars found their way into the US as gray-market imports. The Maserati Kyalami and Maserati Quattroporte III were both developed using the Longchamp chassis and conceived just as Alejandro de Tomaso took over Maserati.
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A total of 409 cars were built (395 coupés and 14 spyders) between 1972 and 1989, with only a couple of cars per year built during the last years. The vast majority are of Series 1 specifications. Some claim that production actually came to an end in 1986, with later cars being sold from stock. From
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equipped with coil springs. Steering was power assisted rack and pinion and the car came with vented disc brakes all around with the rear brake discs being positioned inboard. The interior of the car was quite luxurious and it was almost fully upholstered in leather, although the use of Ford sourced
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American-built 351 V8s dried up, De Tomaso began sourcing their engines from Australia, to where the production line had been transferred. The engines were tuned in Switzerland before being installed, and were available with power outputs of 270, 300, or 330 PS (199, 221, or
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Kyalami was also superficially very similar to the Longchamp, although no body panels were actually shared. The Maserati derivatives used a Maserati V8, however, rather than the Ford unit favoured by De Tomaso.
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243 kW). In the eighties another version also appeared, the GTS/E. This was the top-of-the-line version, fitted with twin round headlights and extra spoilers, skirts, and a rear wing.
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and was influenced by his previous Lancia Marica prototype. The taillights were the same units as were used for the
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parts (steering wheel, gear shift) somewhat diminished the luxurious impression.
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production cars produced by De Tomaso. The
Longchamp was first exhibited at the
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variant ("Spyder") was also introduced alongside the GTS. It was made by
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1979 on, bodyshells for the
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Braunschweig, Robert; BĂĽschi, Hans-Ulrich, eds. (6 March 1980),
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702:Heitz, Rudolf, ed. (1986-08-01).
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626:"For $ 39,995, go long-champ"
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653:"Other Makes/De Tomaso"
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401:P7 tyres. A Longchamp
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433:De Tomaso Longchamp
371:manual transmission
330:Ford Consul/Granada
295:De Tomaso Deauville
277:from 1972 to 1989.
268:De Tomaso Longchamp
160:De Tomaso Deauville
22:De Tomaso Longchamp
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102:Grand tourer
59:409 produced
44:Manufacturer
682:"Longchamp"
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419:Embo S.p.A.
382:Development
353:muscle cars
179:5.8 L
125:convertible
81:Tom Tjaarda
1116:1980s cars
1095:Categories
991:Vallelunga
662:2007-06-26
635:2019-07-05
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566:2011-08-04
537:2007-06-26
395:Campagnolo
216:Dimensions
169:Powertrain
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357:Pantera
281:History
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118:2-door
70:, Italy
1106:Coupés
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784:2000s
781:1990s
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775:1970s
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1008:GuarĂ
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266:The
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