No Representation for our beloved 400/412

Thanks for posting the show. Quite an impressive display. Even a Mondial, and there wasn't a 365 GT4 2+2, 400GT, 400i, or a 412 at the event. That's just not right.

 

It remains a mystery whether no owner of our cars asked to be included in the show, or they were simply denied... There has to be several forum members in the area who may have gotten wind of the show beforehand?

 

This reminds me of a photo that a professional shot of my car at a show. Maybe the invite was lost in the mail?
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The organisers probably didn't want to overshadow all of the other more common Ferrari models.

I don't mean to be elitist but we're obviously very special !

 

Does anyone really believe that any Ferrari show would exclude a front engined V12? Heck, they even had a Mondial there!

 

Mondials are great cars, especially the later ones. It is rather ridiculous that the 400 series wasn’t represented as it had the longest production run of any Ferrari. Rusty is probably correct, it wouldn’t have been fair on the other cars.

 

I'm pretty shocked that no one on the 365-400-400i-412 forum knew about this since it was widely publicized by the factory, by Ferrari North America and by the Ferrari Club of America. Also a thread right here on FChat with 27 pages and over 500 posts. A big brou-haha since the invitations seemed to imply that anyone bringing his/her Ferrari would be a real participant. What happened was that only owners of 'special cars' got to do the parade, the banquet and other 'in' stuff.

 

I visited the Ferrari exhibition for the 30-year celebration of the marque in Hong Kong some time ago and not even a single 400-412 was there (and there were hundreds of cars of all times, old and contemporary).

 

How many 944's are on display in Stuttgart?

 

Which is exactly the reason why I can't be bothered with one marque events of any kind.

These are just cars, if you're lucky enough to have bucket loads of money you can buy really expensive cars and use them to show how off wealthy you are - big deal ! Most of these people wouldn't know a 13mm spanner from a toilet brush and probably swap their new £350,000 cars yearly but where's the passion in that ?

Give me a mixed meet car show any day - real enthusiasts ranging from poor to rich but everyone shares one thing in common - they can appreciate cars of all sorts and don't get too highbrow about how much it cost (usually it's the opposite !).

Ok, rant over. Sorry but I've had a tough day and needed to let off steam !

 

Well, there are a few. The 924 Carrera GT was in the basement museum parking area. The 924 Carrera GTS was in the display area and the prototype 924 (hideously ugly for sure) was also on display.

Porsche tends to display many prototypes and cars that never really saw the light of day--they don't seem to ever shy away from their history. I'm not saying that Ferrari does--usually it's the owners that shy away from their history--but Porsche certainly celebrates everything they do and have always done.
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So did the organizers turn down a 400 series or did no one apply?

While I didn't keep specific track, I don't think I saw any pictures of 355s or 348s there either, no 250 GTE, 330 GT 2+2, no 365 GT 2+2, 612....

 

I went to the porsche museum this year and remember seeing the 924.
Mercedes museum much better though if you find yourself at a loose end in stuttgart

 

Nathan, I agree. The Mercedes museum is fantastic. However, the Porsche museum is a function of Porsche being a much smaller and much more focused automaker throughout most of its history. Mercedes made EVERYTHING.....Porsche just made sportscars until a few years ago. Thus, the museum is smaller.

If you're in Stuttgart, go to both of them....you really must.