Supercars spotted, some rarities (vol 6)
Discussion
Blown2CV said:
DannyScene said:
B1G GK said:
What is it with the funky wrap, It makes them stand out more than if they were plainly painted, Or is that the plan?
It's designed to hide certain lines and features on photographs I believehide the design features my arse, take the blue pill FFS!
Ferrari Berlinetta Boxer
I've always found it curious how as the world goes round and round, and some things change enormously, other aspects just drift on as if nothing has really evolved.
In 1977, ExxonMobil was the largest company in the world (Fortune 500). Chevron, Ford, GM, IBM etc filled the other top slots. Switch to 2005, and the same names are still in the top 10. No real change there. Consonance!
However, in other spheres of life technology has disrupted beyond expectation. In 1977, the height of 'digitalism' would have been a Compuchron watch with a snazzy 25mm LED screen. However, even in the year of 'Star Wars', I don't think many would have expected that by 2007, for instance, we'd be using things like M-Pesa and moving money around on devices not much larger than that LED watch, which also had the facility to allow you to call your mum from any corner of the globe. Dissonance!
Switching to the world of cars, really, it's been a bit glacial. From all these supposed 'advances', cars don't suddenly get from 0-60mph in 1.3 seconds or anything, all have an unchanged seat layout, the combustion engine is alive and well, and we still have to regas the aircon. In fact you could take someone from 1957 and they'd still be able to turn over a P1. Sure, gramps would probably end up dinging it in the carpark like TED the talking, naughty bear, but I'm sure the point doesn't need to be laboured.
In fact you could say that in regards an automobile's most obvious facet - it's styling - things have fallen off a cliff and may have actually gone backwards! A Ferrari BB or a Tiguan? Hmmm, not really a tough choice if both were in a Miss World contest is it? Maybe I'm being unfair.
Whatever.
The Ferrari BB. 'Road & Track' magazine, have always been big fans of the car. Once they reckoned the NART version was, "...better than coffee..."; R&T propositioned that it was good for 188mph, bested a Countach in any meaningful contest, and ultimately there wasn't another grand routier out there a sane man would rather buy.
And it's rather beautiful too. One guy even maintains his as a piece of art, seen here in another excellent Petrolicious study.
NRS said:
Blown2CV said:
DannyScene said:
B1G GK said:
What is it with the funky wrap, It makes them stand out more than if they were plainly painted, Or is that the plan?
It's designed to hide certain lines and features on photographs I believehide the design features my arse, take the blue pill FFS!
Need some help with this one:
Sorry for the poor phone picture, this was next to me in traffic a few days ago.
Now the side of it read 'Bleu Noir' which got me initially excited... but then I couldn't specifically find reference to it as a special edition. There are lots of similar variations...
Any ideas:
Sorry for the poor phone picture, this was next to me in traffic a few days ago.
Now the side of it read 'Bleu Noir' which got me initially excited... but then I couldn't specifically find reference to it as a special edition. There are lots of similar variations...
Any ideas:
MattHall91]oberty said:
Today in Monaco
That's Paul Hasby's.
His car collection is ridiculous! FF, Panamera Turbo etc etc etc
Well that's the driver stood behind the car facing away in the last picture. He said he only picked it up two days ago and had just driven it from Switzerland.That's Paul Hasby's.
His car collection is ridiculous! FF, Panamera Turbo etc etc etc
Edited by Roberty on Friday 30th January 22:49
Blayney said:
I think it is to disguise the details of the design.
Also did no one tell jaguar they don't need to display tax any more?
Quite surprising how well it does make it to see the lines of the car, plus the wrap goes over most of the lights and other features too.Also did no one tell jaguar they don't need to display tax any more?
As for the tax disk, pretty much redundant in the USA too, the uncovered one was on Michigan manufacturer plates
ReaperCushions said:
Need some help with this one:
Sorry for the poor phone picture, this was next to me in traffic a few days ago.
Now the side of it read 'Bleu Noir' which got me initially excited... but then I couldn't specifically find reference to it as a special edition. There are lots of similar variations...
Any ideas:
It's a genuine special edtion, based on the Grand Sport. Very good spot!Sorry for the poor phone picture, this was next to me in traffic a few days ago.
Now the side of it read 'Bleu Noir' which got me initially excited... but then I couldn't specifically find reference to it as a special edition. There are lots of similar variations...
Any ideas:
Roberty said:
MattHall91]oberty said:
Today in Monaco
That's Paul Hasby's.
His car collection is ridiculous! FF, Panamera Turbo etc etc etc
Well that's the driver stood behind the car facing away in the last picture. He said he only picked it up two days ago and had just driven it from Switzerland.That's Paul Hasby's.
His car collection is ridiculous! FF, Panamera Turbo etc etc etc
Edited by Roberty on Friday 30th January 22:49
pinkstigsupercar]attHall91 said:
Few I've spotted from the last 12 months...
(See reg - before it was released)
Owner could of put on a older plate he/she liked. I have seen that done before
Hmmm... sounds kind of odd, considering what the DVLA website says (See reg - before it was released)
Owner could of put on a older plate he/she liked. I have seen that done before
"Depending on the age of your vehicle, there may be restrictions to what registrations can go on to your vehicle. This is very important to note before making your choice.
Where the personalised registration number has an age identifier (i.e. current style, prefix and suffix numbers see What style of registration number do you offer for sale?) , you can only put that number onto a vehicle of equal age or newer. For example, if you purchase a 58 current style registration, it can only go onto a vehicle that was first registered as new on or after 1st September 2008."
michael243 said:
Hmmm... sounds kind of odd, considering what the DVLA website says
"Depending on the age of your vehicle, there may be restrictions to what registrations can go on to your vehicle. This is very important to note before making your choice.
Where the personalised registration number has an age identifier (i.e. current style, prefix and suffix numbers see What style of registration number do you offer for sale?) , you can only put that number onto a vehicle of equal age or newer. For example, if you purchase a 58 current style registration, it can only go onto a vehicle that was first registered as new on or after 1st September 2008."
So it's saying you can put older plates on a car but not newer. Doubt anyone would bother putting a 62 plate on the car and suspect it's a pre-production test vehicle."Depending on the age of your vehicle, there may be restrictions to what registrations can go on to your vehicle. This is very important to note before making your choice.
Where the personalised registration number has an age identifier (i.e. current style, prefix and suffix numbers see What style of registration number do you offer for sale?) , you can only put that number onto a vehicle of equal age or newer. For example, if you purchase a 58 current style registration, it can only go onto a vehicle that was first registered as new on or after 1st September 2008."
michael243 said:
I've read that backwards f
k, although I do think its a pre production car
It's possible, a lot of the earlier F Type mules were on VX62F-- plates. Depends what JLR does with them once they launch the finalised model, I don't think it's uncommon for the testers to get scrapped at the end of their cycle.k, although I do think its a pre production car Fabric said:
michael243 said:
I've read that backwards fk, although I do think its a pre production car
It's possible, a lot of the earlier F Type mules were on VX62F-- plates. Depends what JLR does with them once they launch the finalised model, I don't think it's uncommon for the testers to get scrapped at the end of their cycle.k, although I do think its a pre production car Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff