Friday 23rd August 2013

Ferrari 275 N.A.R.T Spyder: Pic of the Week

You've read the story and watched the video; now enjoy the 275 N.A.R.T Spyder on your desktop

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There's one car that has completely captured all our hearts this week at PH. It's dramatic and fast whilst also being a really milestone for the company that made it. Yep, the YarisHybrid-R really is some vehicle...

Speciale's stripe pays homage to N.A.R.T too

Of course, the real object of our unhealthy affection over the past few days has been the Ferrari 275 GTB/4*S N.A.R.T Spyder, sold by RM Auctions last weekend for $27.5 million. Whilst that brought the car to PH's attention, it was the stunning video of it by Petrolicious that really captivated us. And since when can you feature too much of a 60s Ferrari V12 in a week?

Moreover, featuring the N.A.R.T 275 as POTW is particularly apt this week given the recent unveiling of the 458 Speciale. You see, those fetching stripes for the 458 are directly inspired by another North American Racing Team car, the 1957 250 Testa Rossa. So our picture choice even has some news validity, even if it probably would have been chosen without the 458 Speciale!

Traditional (4:3)
Computer widescreen (16:10)
TV widescreen (16:9)
Portrait (smartphone, etc)

Photos RM Auctions/Darin Schnabel

[Matt Bird]

Sorry for any issues experienced with a dodgy link just now; it was a case of too many cooks spoiling the broth and trying to publish this all at the same time! Everything should be tickety-boo now and ready for your downloads.

Cheers,


Matt

[jamespink]

Delightful Video about this car, such a beauty, utterly gorgeous lines, finish and sound. If any car is worth £27M it must be this!

[jamespink]

Delightful Video about this car, such a beauty, utterly gorgeous lines, finish and sound. If any car is worth £27M it must be this!

[T.K]

Really, really, really nice photo. Really.

[kambites]

A window back to the days when Ferrari (and indeed everyone else) could design pretty cars...

[UltimaCH]

It seems that the new owner is in Switzerland. I hope it doesn't end up in a bank safe!

[sisu]

Í found this whole story heart breaking, if the old man had wanted to sell his Ferrari and give it to charity then he would have done that in the 50 years when he was alive and owned the car.
The whole background to this car is that his Dad didn't sell it he just drove it. Even when it was blessed with American automotive royalty Steve McQueen. Saldy just like Chad McQueen he saw this not for a link to his father, but for the material cost of it. Even if he is wealthy, possibly why he decided to give this to charity.
His wish was that the car be driven so that others could see it on the road as his father did.
Sadly the new owner is no where near him and he has no real control over what happens to the car now.

Sometimes just taking a car for a drive for no reason is good for the mind.

[Caviar]

carlo cinetti influenced to remove the top? turning a beauty into something so sexy. how many original's? just think, open top, fine body line and six twin choke's just a windscreen away