The real reason it is called a 906. . .

micklm · **Posted:** Sat Aug 10, 2013 10:19 am

. . . . according to Alan Cathcart in 1988 :

lane1feathers · **Posted:** Sat Aug 10, 2013 12:17 pm

I don't know why they didn't just call it a 900 Paso and be done with it. They didn't call the 750 a 748 Paso....even tho it has 748cc :wacko:

JWilliam · **Posted:** Sat Aug 10, 2013 3:43 pm

Series 90 - 6 speed

persempre907 · **Posted:** Sat Aug 10, 2013 4:25 pm

I fully agree!!!
906 sounds better than 907, too!!!
Ciao

Mc tool · **Posted:** Sun Aug 11, 2013 5:22 am

ducinthebay · **Posted:** Sun Aug 11, 2013 3:56 pm

Its Italian, and its an Italian designer talking, so logic is out the window straight away. Then add in the marketing department and all bets are off. Not that either department has ever been accused of partaking in mood altering devices, but imagination runs strong there. You would do well to sit back and enjoy the show and not ask why.

I have worked with Industrial Designers for 20 years now, and I am always amazed at things that they find critical to the design. Things the common consumer hardly cares about, or notices, much less makes a purchasing decision on it. But they will fight to the end of the project for it.

So how many of you bought the 906 because the logo is nice and symmetrical?

Nice story though.

Cheers,
Phil

Giscard · **Posted:** Wed Aug 21, 2013 10:27 am

I thought it was called the 906 so that if you ended in a ditch upside down they would still be able to recognise that it was a 906 :lol:

ducapaso · **Posted:** Wed Aug 21, 2013 9:43 pm

bmw851 · **Posted:** Thu Aug 22, 2013 12:23 am

[quote="micklm"]. . . . according to Alan Cathcart in 1988 :

Totally off topic but thought I'd share anyways.

There was an expression for Sir Cathcart that was often used by AMCN (Ken Wotton RIP) here in Australia over the years,

"It's either illegal, immoral or Cathcart has already ridden it..............."

micklm · **Posted:** Wed Aug 28, 2013 10:22 am

Hi,

I'll try and scan the whole article tomorrow. Not all of it is an interview with Massimo Bordi, but it does make good reading!

Cheers,

Mick

micklm · **Posted:** Wed Sep 18, 2013 1:01 am

ducatidaddy · **Posted:** Tue Apr 08, 2014 3:41 am

Amazing, and just when you thought you'd heard it all. haha It's cool trivia like this that I love to break out during deployments or field exercises and listen to the responses I get.....so, thanks for the ammunition. ;-)

Spaggy · **Posted:** Mon Oct 29, 2018 12:48 pm

I always thought that it was so that when they put the decals on upside down after the Chianti break it wouldn't matter.

The real reason it is called a 906. . .

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