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  1. velocetwo

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    First shown at the 1963 Geneva motor show the ATS is considered the first mid engined exotic. The Miura P400 debuted in 1966.

    Chassis 2006 does anyone know where the other 7 are?
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    unmistakably Michelotti!

    and really cool :)

    love the 'Mangusta wannabe' engine lids :D
     
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    Disegno di Aldo Allemano, not Michelotti...
     
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    doh! well it reminds me of a certain F-car from the era that I thought was a Michelotti design...
     
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    I like the 'front end' treatment on the last photo, is it a prototype?...VERY cool cars!
     
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    my favorite classic car by a long long LONG shot.
     
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    Just the opposite. The Mangusta was the "wannabe" as it postdates the ATS by several years. Too bad the Mangusta, which isn't bad looking, had such bad engineering in every other way- I tried one and thought the car was almost undrivable- very crude and underdeveloped. The ATS on the other hand, is a spectacular car- there was one here in Denver for years, not sure where it is now.
     
  12. velocetwo

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    Still there I believe, Joe Sackey posted a picture of it while discussing Miura's a few months back, it was red.

    http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showpost.php?p=138239351&postcount=5425

    I spoke to a number of people that have driven ATS's and unlike many other early mid engine exotics they say the experience is fantastic. The car handles well and is very comfortable.
     
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    Mark Sassak's Bizzarrini Stile Italia Spider. Great car! There was only one built in this configuration.
     
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    alright you exotic car 'know it alls' 'joke' thanks for correcting me - AGAIN...I think the "Mangusta, which isn't bad looking" is more like "one of the most beautiful car designs ever"...all you guys know so much, but your eye for AUTOMOTIVE ART is sorely lacking! lol

    I acknowledge that the ATS is a screaming cool ride anyway, bud don't go dissing on 'goose's', some of us don't drive our garage queen's, so the engineering, which is kind of a disaster :D, does not apply, but Mangusta's LOOKS are TOP NOTCH!

    now back to the ATS.....
     
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    one of the most beautiful cars of all time!

    I have an original brochure in english... I might sell it, if someone can tell me what I can ask
    I'm not so in brochures... preferably ->PM
     
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    Wow thats rare nice post!
     
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