All of a sudden it seems remarkable – and as history flows it will inevitably become more so – that a big-selling family model was styled to echo the best points of the Ferrari Daytona by a French designer (Gerard Welter) who simply could not disguise his admiration for the Italian supercar. But then, Welter
was very special himself. He was the only chief designer in history ever to run his own, private Le Mans team – Welter Racing – from workshops in
his own back yard.