Re: Are Ferraris Losing Their Good Looks?
From: LS (lashdeepyahoo.com)
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:52:11 -0800 (PST)
Everyone has once...owned an overweight sports car.



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Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Are Ferraris Losing Their Good Looks?

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Scottie

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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