Ferrari Mailing List: Pontiac GTO Vs Ferrari GTO

[LarryT (l02turner]

The SPeed channel just showed a program about the P GTO - and of course, the 
famous C&D cover saying the Pontiac was faster than the F GTO was discussed. 
The guy in charge of the advertising program (Jim Wangers - who appears on 
Speed often and always wears a toupee) said there were 2 GTOs present at the 
track on the day the P GTO was being tested - but neither ran against the 
Pontiac - or ran much at all that day.  He also said the 0-100-0 time of 11 
something quoted for the P GTO wouldn;t have happened if it were pushed off 
a cliff!  But when he saw the story he didn't want to correct them ;-) 
American advertising at its best!  Probably *all* advertising execs as it 
goes.  The other comments about the F GTO were of a suspicious nature also.

Anyway - it was an interesting segment.  It's a shame the F GTOs have gone 
to stratospheric prices - the only way to see one is at a place like 
Monterey or a museum.  Sigh.....

Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Todd Walke" <racertod [at] racertodd.com>
To: "Larry Turner" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 12:37 AM
Subject: [Ferrari] Michael retired - or forced out?


>         From the October 2006 issue of Business F1 magazine, this article
> details some of the behind the scenes intrigue surrounding Michael's
> retirement.  Interesting reading, for sure.
>
> http://www.luke-hamilton.com/temp/MSCretirementBF1.pdf
>
>         I've never heard of this magazine before, but at $345 a year I
> won't be subscribing any time soon (http://www.businessf1.com/).
>
>
> Todd
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