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

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On Nov 11, 2008, at 12:12 AM, LS wrote:

> 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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