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The Glas V8 is a V8-engined coupé produced by Hans Glas GmbH at Dingolfing. The car was first presented in September 1965 at the Frankfurt Motor Show, where it became nicknamed the “Glaserati”. The V8 shared its wheelbase with the company’s existing Glas 1700 sedan, resulting in long overhangs at each end which some commentators felt compromised the aesthetics of the striking design and the car’s road holding. ==Development== The manufacturer took the decision in 1964 to built on the popularity of the existing Glas GT and produce a 6 cylinder GT coupé. The intention was later to add a sports saloon to the range based on the new coupé. However, the company’s finances were already precarious and in order to save on development costs it was decided instead to use the manufacturer’s 1,290cc 4 cylinder engine as the basis for a new V8 engine which is why the size of the new engine, at 2,580 cc, was precisely twice that of the existing engine. The engine had two overhead camshafts – one for each bank of cylinders – and these were driven using two cam belts. The contract for the car’s design again went to Frua of Moncalieri, with the proviso that as far as possible they should avoid the requirement to design new components where existing parts might be obtained from other manufacturers. The resulting design therefore featured, among its many “borrowed” components headlights from a Setra bus, window winder mechanisms from a Mercedes-Benz 230SL and the door locks of a Porsche 911. The design presented at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 1965 was seen as sensational, its similarity to the Maserati Quattroporte (another Frua design) earning the new Glas coupé the soubriquet “the Glaserati”. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Glas V8」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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