RE: Eric Clapton's one-off Ferrari: official photos

RE: Eric Clapton's one-off Ferrari: official photos

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BarbaricAvatar

1,416 posts

148 months

Monday 4th June 2012
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Don't care about the interior, power, what it's based on or the cost.
That is a PROPERLY pretty Ferrari. It's such a pity that Ferrari themselves require their customers to remind them what gorgeous cars look like nowadays.

If the 458 looked like this it would be the best car in the world, there'd simply be no point buying anything else if you had the money.

Having said that though, it is an intriguing scheme that Maranello offers with the one-off options. Perhaps their entire range being vomit-inducing is in order to promote this scheme.

bebee

4,679 posts

225 months

Monday 4th June 2012
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Sorry EC you've made it look like a kit car, I no likey.

cjb1

2,000 posts

151 months

Monday 4th June 2012
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plus one!
BarbaricAvatar said:
Don't care about the interior, power, what it's based on or the cost.
That is a PROPERLY pretty Ferrari. It's such a pity that Ferrari themselves require their customers to remind them what gorgeous cars look like nowadays.

If the 458 looked like this it would be the best car in the world, there'd simply be no point buying anything else if you had the money.

Having said that though, it is an intriguing scheme that Maranello offers with the one-off options. Perhaps their entire range being vomit-inducing is in order to promote this scheme.

Burnham

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3,668 posts

259 months

Monday 4th June 2012
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BarbaricAvatar said:
Don't care about the interior, power, what it's based on or the cost.
That is a PROPERLY pretty Ferrari. It's such a pity that Ferrari themselves require their customers to remind them what gorgeous cars look like nowadays.

If the 458 looked like this it would be the best car in the world, there'd simply be no point buying anything else if you had the money.

Having said that though, it is an intriguing scheme that Maranello offers with the one-off options. Perhaps their entire range being vomit-inducing is in order to promote this scheme.
Ha, I agree, take note of the last sentence Ferrari!

stephen300o

15,464 posts

228 months

Monday 4th June 2012
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Burnham said:
Ha, I agree, take note of the last sentence Ferrari!
Ferrari are doing OK thanks.

Camlet

1,132 posts

149 months

Tuesday 5th June 2012
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emba said:
W111AAM said:
I really quite like it. Calling it the SP12, does that mean this is the 12th Special Edition Ferrari have made. I'm aware of a few of them (first one based on a 430 i think went to China, a 599 Superamerica), but can anyone fill in the gaps?
This?
Ferrari F430 SP1





Ferrari P540 Superfast Aperta (The 599 You mentioned too?) I'm sure this
cost the owner 640k Euros to build back then I could be wrong.




The P540 cost 3m Euro to create. I was at the factory speccing my 599 GTO and it was in the Classiche service area. The figure came from a manager in the department. Up close the car has nothing pleasing about it. Made worse by the collection of astonishing machines around it also in for service. Both Clapton's car and the P540 are unimpressive. Sorry, for that kind of money they should have been beyond jaw dropping.

Guvernator

13,143 posts

165 months

Wednesday 6th June 2012
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Camlet said:
The P540 cost 3m Euro to create. I was at the factory speccing my 599 GTO and it was in the Classiche service area. The figure came from a manager in the department. Up close the car has nothing pleasing about it. Made worse by the collection of astonishing machines around it also in for service. Both Clapton's car and the P540 are unimpressive. Sorry, for that kind of money they should have been beyond jaw dropping.
Absolutely agree, for the money paid, there should be no ambiguity. They should be two of the prettiest cars on the planet, sadly they aren't.

P.S. Also worst "I've just ordered a 599 GTO" post ever tongue out

dom1102

96 posts

210 months

Thursday 7th June 2012
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They undid the last 10 odd years of progress by making it look exactly like a 360

dom1102

96 posts

210 months

Thursday 7th June 2012
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Didn't realise Eric was a Ferrari man, anyone know if he has had any other interesting 'F's?

carinaman

21,284 posts

172 months

Thursday 7th June 2012
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SP12 EC isn't much of a Badge.