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

[LS (lashdeep]

Most of everything new is plain ugly...only the Astons and maybe the shape of 
the Murci are "attractive".

The 430? No thanks. The 612 and 599 are atrocious.

The 997 TT? What is that thing?

The new M3? Looks like a fat chick I dated for 3 days in 1992. The M6 looks 
like her mother.

The Skyline GTR is one of the ugliest "sporty" cars I've seen in a long time.

While at the Ferrari dealership recently, there was a 430 Scuderia parked next 
to a 365 GTC/4. 

While the Scuderia was being mobbed by 14 yr olds, I pulled my pants down and 
attempted to mount the Azzuro California C4 with polished Borranis.

It's definitely not a case of the "good old days"...as I wasn't even born when 
the C4 came out. 

LS


 


----- Original Message ----
From: Dan Warlick <edwf430 [at] att.net>
To: LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com>
Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 7:55:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Are Ferraris Losing Their Good Looks?

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.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry B" <larrybard [at] hotmail.com>
To: "Daniel" <edwf430 [at] att.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
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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