http://shows.autospies.com/gallery/a...1&galleryId=42

....I guess when you've convinced yourself wealth equals taste anything
is justifiable.

The side scoop and faux beltline are hideous, just god awful.
--

"...Luigi follow only the Ferraris."

"Luigi Topolino" <tifoso (AT) mindspring (DOT) com> wrote

I'd have one.

Not sure I could get it into a French hotel undergound car-park...
....but I'd be willing to give it a go.

-MCPD
(...Just 6 days before the Pyranees and 10 before the Alps :-)

I think that car looks fantastic. I've been raving about it ever since
I first heard about it. Though you might sniff and say there's no
accounting for taste, this is one time I will happily disagree. You
might want to go to Pininfarina's web site and see what went into
designing and building that car before you dismiss it completely.

Luigi Topolino wrote:

On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 22:35:53 -0700, thc test graduate
<user (AT) example (DOT) net> wrote:
Meaning you'd 'staked out an opinion' in the absence of facts.

Who has previously described the 333SP nose as graceful or elegant?
What's the deal with the beltline? My HVAC guy could do a better job
of the intakes and my plumber with the exhausts...

Why does it have SF badges?

How does the effort that may have put into it mitigate the reality
that they got so much of it just bloody wrong?

Parts of the thing are inspired, some parts were just tacked on.

If that's how PininFarina fritters away $4M they surely won't be doing
it again any time soon.

--

"...Luigi follow only the Ferraris."

Luigi Topolino wrote:
<<Why does it have SF badges?>>

Because Enzo is dead.

C.

He was still alive when the 288 GTO was introduced. A car that he was very
proud of and the first road car to sport the shields. "Let's put some proper
badges there.", Fioravanti.

"Tiger Racing" <TigerRace1 (AT) aol (DOT) com> schreef in bericht
news:1156355474.390282.268790 (AT) p79g2000cwp (DOT) googlegroups.com...

On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 20:34:41 +0200, "Bert Kanters"
<bert308 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:
It was supposed to be a racecar.

--

"...Luigi follow only the Ferraris."

On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 19:20:53 GMT, "Paul Duffin"
<someone (AT) somewhere (DOT) com> wrote:
Finally, something to relate just how, if brutally, the Enzo really
is.

It's a dog's breakfast of ego and myopia.

--

"...Luigi follow only the Ferraris."

On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 19:20:53 GMT, "Paul Duffin"
<someone (AT) somewhere (DOT) com> wrote:
Finally, something to relate just how, if brutally, beautiful the Enzo
really is.

It's a dog's breakfast of ego and myopia.

--

"...Luigi follow only the Ferraris."

Luigi Topolino wrote:

Supposedly the decision to put shields on it went down to the last
minute. I don't like them.

I don't agree, but that's cool. It wasn't your design. Though, as much
of a fan as you are of the 330 P3/4, it would be interesting to see a
sketch of what you would consider to be an "update" or "homage".
Feeling what I do about the 330, part of me felt they should just build
the exact same car with updated mechanicals. But this was a private
individual's idea, and his money. They designed it according to his
desires and his ideas.

OK, see? Getting that out of you was justification enough for lighting
the burner underneath you, after all.

some parts were just tacked on.

I don't know ... I'm still wondering about the exhaust and also the
educting in the front, but overall I respect it and the work that went
into it, and how it looks.

It wasn't their money. I mean, I think the 599, which is their design,
is not a very good looking car. But I said that about many other
Ferrari cars, and then later warmed up to them. The 612 Scaglietti
re-do they designed (Kappa?) I think is hideous. And, everybody raves
about the Maserati Birdcage concept, and I have to admit watching it
drive at Goodwood was pretty chilling, BUT - it's fugly.