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

[Grahame Reinthal (grahame]

308 GT4 - now you're talking!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: LS [mailto:lashdeep [at] yahoo.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, 11 November 2008 7:42 PM
> To: Grahame
> Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Are Ferraris Losing Their Good Looks?
> 
> I agree totally!
> GT4s do not get the respect they deserve...beautiful!
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----From: "rolindsay [at] yahoo.com" 
> <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com>To: LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com>Cc: 
> ferrari [at] ferrarilist.comSent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 
> 2:17:20 AMSubject: Re: [Ferrari] Are Ferraris Losing Their Good Looks?
> 
> Oops!  Make that, "308GT4"
> 
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> -----Original Message-----From: rolindsay [at] yahoo.com
> Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:16:23 To: 
> rolindsay<rolindsay [at] yahoo.com>Cc: 
> <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Are Ferraris 
> Losing Their Good Looks?
> 
> 
> ...but Jim's 308GTB is freakin' beautiful!
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> -----Original Message-----From: LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com>
> Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:12:28 To: 
> rolindsay<rolindsay [at] yahoo.com>Cc: 
> <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Are Ferraris 
> Losing Their Good Looks?
> 
> 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.comSent: Monday, November 10, 2008 
> 7:55:46 PMSubject: 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 PMSubject: [Ferrari] Are Ferraris Losing Their 
> Good Looks?
> 
> 
> NYT article (sans pictures), for those who might be interested.
> November 10, 2008, 3:37 pmAre 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 
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