Blue 348s - do they exist?

[burriana500]

Can't see any on Auto Trader or FOC classifieds - is there any way of telling if there are in fact any Royal Blue (sorry, don't know the correct name) 348 Spiders in the UK?

[trackdemon]

They do exist, I think the colour is called 'Chiarro Blue' although I'm sure some of our Feraristi would be better placed to confirm that....

[maranellouk]

Sorry, quick edit.

www.ferrariforum.net/register/

>> Edited by maranellouk on Tuesday 29th June 18:21

[raftom]

Saw one recently in mobile.de. Looked rather cheap.

Edited to say: sorry it's black afterall! And it's no spyder nor in the uk

(looked dark blue in the pic)

http://uk.mobile.de/SID2NXrK2Af-mMh3o8-Q83EOQ-t-vaNexlCsAsCsK%F3P%F3R~BmSB10LsearchPublicJ1088535109A2LsearchPublicD1100CCarX-t-vctpLtt~BmPA1A1B20B63x-t-vCaMkMoSm_X_Y_x_ysO~BSRA6D1100D8600C348C348A2A0A0A0A0/cgi-bin/da.pl?sprache=2&bereich=pkw&id=11111111138553205&top=6&

>> Edited by raftom on Tuesday 29th June 18:56

[bobfrance]

Yes, here...

www.aruncars.co.uk/viewdetails.asp?id=709

nice and cheap too.

Edited to say: Although it's not a Spider - sorry!

>> Edited by bobfrance on Tuesday 29th June 18:57

[dmaci38293]

The 348 at Arun is lovely - had a quick look on passing through to Goodwood on Sunday! Nice price too ;-)

[burriana500]

Thanks for the link Maranello.

Got quite excited when I saw the "paint colours" section... until I discovered that there weren't any actual pictures of the colours!

I have registered anyway, so at least it's another source of info thanks.

Bob - sorry, but that's not the blue I'm after. The blue I'm thinking of is a bright royal blue.

[lotusinlove]

burriana500 said:

Can't see any on Auto Trader or FOC classifieds - is there any way of telling if there are in fact any Royal Blue (sorry, don't know the correct name) 348 Spiders in the UK?

there was a blue 348 last year il 24h le mans, i've got pics of it but not at work.
this car come with an orange murcielago (young guys drove them)

[pdavison]

I've been tempted to look at the 348 at Arun, anyone know the mileage or any other details about the car?

[shnozz]

seems a lot of us do, I was due to go and have a look last saturday after dropping the TVR off for some work not too far away from there. Ended up going for lunch instead but may be tempted back soon.

[tonyhopkins]

I have a link to some pics of US blue 348 spider, so you can have a look at the colour.It's from Fchat , tho' so you might have to be reg'd to view. Unless someone else can host the pics?

[lotusinlove]

[tonyhopkins]

Here are figures on RHD 348's from Maranello...as you can see, only 68 RHD Spider's were officially imported ;-)


348tb 130 - total factory production 2895
348ts 261 - " " " 4230
348spider 68 - " " " 1090
348GTB 14 - " " " 252
348GTS 15 - " " " 137
348GTC 8 - " " " 50

[mr_tony]

if you do see the one at arun- then let me know the reg - I have a full inspection report on a 1993 348 tb in dark blue (tan interior) that I ahd done for a potential purchase a couple of years back - it may be the same car..

Also Arun had a LHD blue 348 stolen about 2 years ago (think it was a 1990 car) that I was going to look at until it dissapeared.

(So when checking out any blue 348 (tb) potential purchase make sure you get a full HPI on it - it could be stolen recovered - unlikely I suppose - but there are only a limited number in the UK so best to be safe...)

[burriana500]

Thanks for the pics but I'm afraid it remains as frustrating as ever. The best I can do, short of actually finding a picture of it, is say it is same shade as Pantone 299 if that means anything to anyone out there, or, at a push Pantone process Blue (not Cyan)

It's lighter and brighter than the above pics and flat, not metallic. They have done M3s in it and also the Fiat Coupe.

What I think all this does do, is confirm that I don't think I'm going to find one in that colour. I've also been informed that they didn't produce Giallo yellow with Crema interior... so it looks like black or red it is then

[burriana500]

Sorry to be ignorant, but what does the 'G' in GTS v TS or GTB v TB mean?

Are they a higher performance, as that is the one thing that worries me. 'On paper' I am losing a lot of performance coming from my 5 litre Griff. The Ferrari 348 is quoted at 5.6 0-60 against the Griff's 4.1, and 156 top end against 176.

I know these are paper figures, and put against my ability these times will be slower, but pro rata the Ferrari will still be 36% slower on that initial acceleration. Is it noticeable in real life

or, how easy/expensive is it to get them tweaked?

[tonyhopkins]

Bit of light reading for you ;-)

www.qv500.com/ferrari348mr.htm
www.qv500.com/ferrari348p1.htm

www.qv500.com/ferrari348p2.htm

www.qv500.com/ferrari348p3.htm

>> Edited by tonyhopkins on Wednesday 30th June 18:29

[maranellouk]

Quite like this site www.ferrari-enthusiastic.com/fe_contents/reference/reference.html

[burriana500]

Thanks Tony - that stopped me going home for a few minutes!

So basically, the GTB, GTS & Spider all have the same spec yes?

At least I now know which model means what


I've tried that link Maranello and it doesn't seem to work... I'll have another go in the morning.

Thanks for all the help so far guys.

al.

[maranellouk]

No? Just clicked it and all is well. Or are we just rushing home to be fed?