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

[LarryT (l02turner]

Hey Dan - is it me or you?  I get 8 copies of each email you send - has
happened a few times.

Sincerely,
Larry T  (74 911, 91 300D 2.5T)
www.youroil.net Oil Analysis Kits &
Porsche Posters/Weber parts
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Warlick" <edwf430 [at] att.net>
To: "Larry Turner" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
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Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 7:55 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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