Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Please

[Peter Rychel (dino308gt4]

There was an article in Hagerty’s magazine recently about the Karmann Ghia. Luigi Segre from Ghia admired Virgil Exner’s designs, especially the 1952 Chrysler D’Elegance show car which they teamed up on. This car was a primary influence for the little VW.

 

We all can appreciate the varied coachbuilders/designers from this era as there certainly were a great mix of different kind of cars one could buy. Today, I have a hard time trying to distinguish between a domestic, European, or Asian vehicle (which can only be categorized between small trucks/SUVs or large trucks/SUVs).

 

Peter

 

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From: Anthony Bauco
Sent: August 31, 2021 4:44 PM
To: PeterGT4
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Please

 

I thought Ghia had some cool cars along the way.  The DeTomaso Pantera is an interesting beast.  The Karmann Ghia was too good looking for its engine.  It was actually the first car I ever drove.  Had a Porsche 912 engine in it.  Yellow.  My father loved that car.  I totaled it. 

 

Giugiaro at Italdesign also had some funky but cool designs.  The Alfa Romeo GTV, the Lotus Esprit, the Maserati Bora and Merak, the BMW M1, the DeTomaso Mangusta, the DeLorean, the Subaru SVX and even the VW Sciracco.

 

After Pininfarina, I like Giugiaro.  But, honestly, Pininfarina and Ferrari were far and above everyone else.  It is like putting an engine designed by Enzo into a car sculpted by Michelangelo.

 

On Tue, Aug 31, 2021, 7:00 PM Erik Nielsen <judge4re [at] gmail.com> wrote:

Give it time, GenX hasn’t gone nuts yet thinking they need one before the pass on to that great autostrada in the sky. 

On Aug 31, 2021, at 2:49 PM, Robert Garven <rgarven [at] gmail.com> wrote:

I cant believe the GT4 is still a fraction of the price of a 246...

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On Aug 31, 2021, at 10:52 AM, Peter Rychel <dino308gt4 [at] hotmail.com> wrote:

 

Indeed. Also forgot Nembo too (and Rob Garven posted pics of that lovely example about a month or two ago).

 

There was also Ghia-Aigle of Switzerland. I think two or three cars were bodied by them.

 

Sbarro did a series of funky concept cars based on modern chassis.

 

Peter

 

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From: Dick Petrick
Sent: August 30, 2021 2:11 PM
To: PeterGT4
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: [Ferrari] Please

 

Don’t forget Scaglietti…..

 

Regards,

Dick Petrick

 

 

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