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Frank Richard Noodleman (R_noodle)
New member
Username: R_noodle
Post Number: 4
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Monday, November 11, 2002 - 11:57 pm: | |
Dan,
Would you consider a 1999 550 Maranello Euro with Azzure blue exterior, Crema interior, Tubi and 13,500 miles? The car is like new and would cost about half the price of a 575M with 95%+ the performance. The car is in San Jose. Let me know if you have any interest. |
ross koller (Ross)
Member
Username: Ross
Post Number: 535
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Monday, November 11, 2002 - 6:14 am: | |
i would be suspicious of any answers given by fna dealers re the 360 replacement. from a standard business perspective, ferrari should obviously use the cheapest block etc to come up with the new engine. they can disguise the provenance all they like, but in the end it doesn't even really matter since ferrari designed the maser engine anyway - so who is borrowing from whom?
fwiw, the 575 info contradicts most of what i have read in mags but then again we have seen that a lot of these people don't know what they are talking about either....... |
Willis Huang (Willis360)
Intermediate Member
Username: Willis360
Post Number: 1005
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Monday, November 11, 2002 - 12:42 am: | |
Truth is, nobody really know what the 360 replacement will be like. A lot of speculation and very little facts at this point.
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Dan (Bobafett)
Junior Member
Username: Bobafett
Post Number: 68
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, November 10, 2002 - 4:38 pm: | |
Well, I went by the local dealer yesterday to check out the 575 (which looks quite handsome in person, moreso, I dare say, than the 550 - shocking!). Well, he (Brad at FoSF) is saying that the 575, despite the silhouette, is an '85%' new/different car from the 550. Supposedly it's a new block that was originally 6 litres, etc. etc. Any truth to this?
Of course the topic of the 360 replacement/variation comes up, and he is convinced that the next iteration will not be based on the Maser block, but instead on the current 360 block, which he claims is 'fresh' for the 360. What is the history on this engine, and does that make sense? I don't know, but personally from a development point of view, using the M=block has to be more cost effective. One comment that threw me off was the suggestion that they would never use technology originally from the Maser cars in the F-brand, but wasn't Skyhook developed for the 3200GT first? His suggestion is that Ferrari would rather increase the cost of a car and keep a separate development team going than 'share' certain aspects.
I don't know what to make of it, beyond the fact that the 575 really, *really* does it for me. ;) Pity that wait list is two years long... pozzi blue, perhaps? ;)
--Dan |
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