Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Are Ferraris Losing Their Good Looks?

[Dan Warlick (edwf430]

I am inclined to agree with the author. I do think the 360 is far more 
graceful than the 430 and I love the old stuff.

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From: "Larry B" <larrybard [at] hotmail.com>
To: "Daniel" <edwf430 [at] att.net>
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Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 7:35 PM
Subject: [Ferrari] Are Ferraris Losing Their Good Looks?



NYT article (sans pictures), for those who might be interested.

November 10, 2008, 3:37 pm
Are Ferraris Losing Their Good Looks?
By Richard Chang

Gavin Green of Car magazine in Britain raised an issue I’ve thought about 
quite a bit lately: that Ferraris “aren’t gorgeous anymore.”
Mr. Green took issue with the fat rear end of the new California model, but 
didn’t stop there. “The 612 is fussy and ill-proportioned,” he said. “The 
Enzo is more bug than bird. Even the F430 lacks the visual grace and profile 
poetry of the old F355, the last lovely Ferrari.”
Mr. Green points to its recent Formula One drivers, Michael Schumacher and 
Kimi Raikkonen, both staid individuals, and asks: Has Ferrari lost that 
innate Italian coolness?
More likely, it has to do with aerodynamics. And Mr. Green recounts a recent 
conversation with Luca di Montezemolo, president of Ferrari. “He said the 
styling was dictated by aerodynamics and the need to keep a Ferrari glued to 
the road at 180-plus,” Mr. Green writes. “That’s why the Enzo is all wedge 
and scoops and slats and chunky lines. That big fat rump of the California — 
more bustle bum than bikini bottom — helps aero performance, or so Luca 
says.”
It hasn’t helped that a whole slew of beautiful vintage Ferraris were on the 
auction block this year, including Steve McQueen’s 1963 250 GT/L Berlinetta 
Lusso and this 1961 250 California Spyder once owned by James Coburn:They 
don’t design them like the 1961 Ferrari 250 California Spyder anymore.
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