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Charles Barton (Airbarton)
Junior Member
Username: Airbarton
Post Number: 164
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 04, 2003 - 9:23 am: | |
It sounds better that way! You wouldn't say "Berlinetta Boxer 512", you would say "512 Berlinetta Boxer" it just sounds better! |
ross koller (Ross)
Member
Username: Ross
Post Number: 652
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 04, 2003 - 7:58 am: | |
i've lived in europe for 30 years and always knew them and called them bb512, coz thats what it says on the back of the car..........
just like mercedes used to be 500sl, until they changed it around and now you call it sl500.... |
Dave Penhale (Dapper)
Member
Username: Dapper
Post Number: 546
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 04, 2003 - 7:55 am: | |
I'm European and have always thought of them as 512BB and 512BBi, from as far back as I can remember |
TomD (Tifosi)
Advanced Member
Username: Tifosi
Post Number: 2542
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 04, 2003 - 6:59 am: | |
l wayne - that is kind of what I meant |
L. Wayne Ausbrooks (Lwausbrooks)
Member
Username: Lwausbrooks
Post Number: 757
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Monday, February 03, 2003 - 10:45 pm: | |
It has nothing to do with the 512TR. I've been referring to these cars as the 512BB or 512BBi since way before the 512TR ever existed. I think it's just because the numbers have always come before the letters in Ferrari nomenclature. 250GT, 250GTO, 275GTB, 330GTC, and on and on and on through the 308GTB, 348tb, etc. |
TomD (Tifosi)
Advanced Member
Username: Tifosi
Post Number: 2539
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 03, 2003 - 3:27 pm: | |
prob to caught up in the 512TR nomenclature |
Frank Parker (Parkerfe)
Intermediate Member
Username: Parkerfe
Post Number: 1709
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 03, 2003 - 3:21 pm: | |
Why do you think most people in the USA refer to the Boxer as a 512BB or 512BBi ? All the factory literature/manual/warranty book on the car uses BB512 or BB512i and that is also what the emblems on both the dash and rear of the car indicate. I note in Europe and Asia BB512 or BB512i is properly used . Just wondering why most of us yanks use the wrong nomenclature for the car. |