Ferrari Mailing List: Re: "What car produced today??? ( Martin Stark)

[Jim Brown (barchetta]

Are we talking mass produced like the Viper or mass produced like an MC12? I've 
thought about this too. Yeah the givens are the one offs or near one offs. 
Seeing how lacking in general imagination most the of the cars that have been 
designed for our market in the 20 years have been I tend to pay special 
attention to cars we can't easily get on our shores. I like the thought of some 
of the european cottage industry cars that focus more on style and content than 
marketing demographics. Our own Panoz and Saleen could also fall into this 
category. Some of the Japanese supercars like the Skylines or NSXs could also 
be worthwhile. 

--- On Fri, 12/5/08, philville dejazzd.com <philville [at] dejazzd.com> wrote:

From: philville dejazzd.com <philville [at] dejazzd.com>
Subject: [Ferrari] "What car produced today??? ( Martin Stark)
To: "JB" <barchetta [at] verizon.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Date: Friday, December 5, 2008, 9:54 AM

Not knowing how other listers define "today" and
"contemporary", I would personally look at the past 20 years and ask
what car (s) might embody those qualities that historically created a desire for
restoration........Design, aesthetic appeal, inovative ideas, and of course
quality.....If you look at the late 20's and into the late 30's, one
thing that you see is the use of color both eaterior and interior. When you go
to any major show, you will see a handfull of cars that are absolute stand outs
due to color alone. Size, I doubt that we will see many Subaru Justys........but
we may, may, just see some Dodge Viper GTS's. I am not a great Viper fan,
how ever if you take a hard look at what 
Chrysler has done it may just turn out to be a long term winner. 
 
I am certainly not leaving Ferrari out, but maybe that is due to the fact that
I am not as familiar with the contemporary Ferrari as I once was.........but
there will always be room in my garage for any Ferrari esp. a 288 or an F40.
 
But of course for style, there are always the French coachbuilders, ( but what
have they done for us recently?).......Any other opinions?
 
Philip A Tegtmeier
Chief Judge, Radnor Hunt Concours d'Elegance     www.radnorconcours.org 
"The 100 Motor Cars of Radnor Hunt"

Philip "Phil" Tegtmeier 
39 Churchill Drive 
Elverson Pa 19520 

610.525.8949 
And, go to: ... www.PhilvilleUSA.com
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