American culture: did Magnum PI drive a V8 or V12?
Self-tutoring about 80s TV: the tutor mentions a discovery about Magnum PI’s car.
Famously, PI Thomas Magnum drove a red Ferrari on the hit hour-long crime-drama Magnum PI (1980-88). It’s hard to separate the car from the show; both propelled each other’s fame. Whether you watched Magnum PI, or not, you heard about it all the time back then.
Apparently, the car itself was a Ferrari 308 GTS, which had a V8 (rather than a V12). The one used in ’84-85 was around 3.0L and produced around 230hp.
Interesting, eh?
Source:
Jack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane, Campbell River, BC.
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