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Mike Dunn (Madferraristi)
Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2001 - 9:52 pm:   

To my way of thinking, many Ferraris look their best in a color other than red. On some, such as the Lusso, it detracts from the sensuous lines. On other larger, more luxurious models, it looks too garish.

Check out my two sites, www.madenterprise.com and click on my 'Gallery', the other is www.500superfast.com. Many of you will agree, I am sure.
James (Jim_Red308)
Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2001 - 9:14 pm:   

David. Your black 348 is absolutely stunning. I have to admit that before I ever saw a 348 in person, I acquired a 1/18th scale model of a (sorry) "red" one, and I have to admit to you that I wasn't exactly enamored with the car(body style, shape or color). But I have since seen the real thing both at an exotic car repair shop locally as well as a recent car show. I am totally convinced that the 348 is absolutely awesome for real and that these models simply do not do the car justice. This picture of your "black is beautiful" version is testament to the fact of the true 3rd dimension these cars possess that is not as evident in model form in my totally unbiased opinion of course.
Dina (Ferrarigirl)
Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2001 - 4:36 pm:   

A Ferrari is a beautiful machine regardless of the colour ! I love red on the older 2 seater GT cars, but the 2+2's have a more sophisticated air when in darker or metalic colours other then red.
William H (Countachxx)
Posted on Monday, November 05, 2001 - 9:45 pm:   

Dave repainting a Ferrari can cost u $$ at resale
Steve Magnusson (91tr)
Posted on Monday, November 05, 2001 - 9:33 pm:   

I don't think you guys can ever find out "how many -- what color", but it's interesting to review the color make-up of the 200+ Fs listed on Edvar's site:

http://red-headed.com/ferrarilist/stats.htm
Chris_N_Chicago (Chris_N_Chicago)
Posted on Monday, November 05, 2001 - 9:13 pm:   

I am one of the non-conformists out there with a non-red F car. How can I find out how many cars for that year were produced in my colour for the model I drive?
Arnaldo Torres (Caribe)
Posted on Monday, November 05, 2001 - 7:22 pm:   

Like William said, this is silly! For my part, I personally dislike the red. I like a Ferrari in any color as long as I don't have to pay for it. My Testarossa is Black/Tan (a gorgeous combination IMHO). As far as the name meaning "Red Head", I believe they were talking about the heads between its legs! Color is as personal as what car you ultimately end up getting. Have fun, be happy!
Peter S�derlund/328 GTB -88 (Corsa)
Posted on Monday, November 05, 2001 - 1:57 pm:   

A list of international racing colours.

Belgium Yellow
Canada Red with a white stripe
Germany Silver
Finland White with blue latin cross
France Blue
GB Green
Holland Orange
Italy Red
Spain Yellow and red
Sweden Yellow and blue with three blue stripes
USA White and blue

And dont forget the Gulf- Martini- Newman-Haas, Petronas- Marlboro, JPS- etc-paintings. I saw a Lotus Europa in JPS-painting, very nice.

Another question is which colour is the best looking on specific design. That could be any colour, even on a Ferrari. But for historical reasons, I prefer red and I have those SF-shields on my fenders for the same reason, even if my 328 is a production car. I admit that Ferraris do look good ín other colours than red.

Ciao
Peter
BretM (Bretm)
Posted on Monday, November 05, 2001 - 11:02 am:   

Does anyone know what percentage of Ferraris are red including all the race and street ones?
Dave Wapinski (Davewapinski)
Posted on Monday, November 05, 2001 - 10:29 am:   

One thought I had from an earlier thread:

If one likes a different Ferrari color and cannot find it, therefore has the Ferrari painted to the standard Ferrari color he likes, how does that affect resale value?
Frank Parker (Parkerfe)
Posted on Monday, November 05, 2001 - 9:35 am:   

Enzo's own personal 330GTC was blue, not red !
Frank Parker (Parkerfe)
Posted on Monday, November 05, 2001 - 9:32 am:   

Enzos own personal 330GTC was blue, not red !
1989 328 GTS (Vilamoura2002)
Posted on Monday, November 05, 2001 - 1:52 am:   

David, your 348 looks fantastic.
The 348 looks better in black/tan than in other colour.
Ernesto Sgroi (T88power)
Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2001 - 9:33 pm:   

That 348 looks great!! Congratulations.

The "red" in Testarossa refers to the cylinder heads of the engine, not color of the cars body.

Ernesto
Randy (Schatten)
Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2001 - 8:46 pm:   

What about Ferrari Testarossas must be RED? After all, Testarossa means red head, right?
martin J weiner,M.D. (Mw360)
Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2001 - 8:40 pm:   

David,
The car looks great but I especially love the RED
lights.!!!
stu cordova (Balataboy)
Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2001 - 7:51 pm:   

I never met a Ferrari I didn't like - regardless of color - I just like some more than others! At first I wanted a red car, but when I saw the Sera blue/Tan color (which I bought) I really fell in love with it.

In a way I feel the red is a bit too much a "look at me" color - which goes against my personality. Although some would suggest that anyone who doesn't want to stand out shouldn't be driving a Ferrari! ...fair enough!

Those in the "know" suggest that a color other than red is worth about 10% less. What do you guys think about that?
David Albright (Dalbright)
Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2001 - 7:47 pm:   

Tell me my car looks bad!

rear 348
Todd Arnold (Exoticars)
Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2001 - 7:17 pm:   

Red is the ONLY color that I can't stand on a Ferrari!!!!!!!!! YUCK!!!!!!!!!! Or any other exotic for that matter......... Yellow, Black, Silver, Blue..... NO RED!!! Anything but red! :)
William H (Countachxx)
Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2001 - 6:22 pm:   

my 308QV & 512TR r black, the 512TR race car will be silver. I was originally looking for a 512TR in azzuro blue, sort of a very light silvery blue, its just gorgeous
magoo (Magoo)
Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2001 - 6:14 pm:   

Najib, What you mentioned about the red cars being originally painted yellow was the color of the primer sealer used prior to the final color coat.
BretM (Bretm)
Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2001 - 5:54 pm:   

I like red, every Ferrari I get will be red. Therefore I must be shallow and have no clue what I'm talking about....Some people just like red cause it has history and is a hot color for a sports car plain and simple.
Frank Parker (Parkerfe)
Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2001 - 12:30 pm:   

While used in most race cars, red was not the most used color for Ferrari road cars until the mid 1970s. Just look at magazine tests from that time period.
Michael A. Niles (Man90tr)
Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2001 - 11:28 am:   

Definitely a retardard concept. I have a red car because I like red. Plain and simple. Buy the color you want and drive happily.
Paul Sloan (Sloan83qv)
Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2001 - 11:21 am:   

As far as I am concerned William is 100 percent correct.

It should be noted that Pinnfarina has stated that his designs look best in the color of metal, silver or gray. Is it still a "no-no"?
William H (Countachxx)
Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2001 - 11:04 am:   

Its 100% Silly, from the 50s through till the late 70s race Ferraris came in all colors. Red was the most popular but u cant seriously say a 250 GTO or 330 P4 or 512M in silver, blue, yellow, white or green is a lesser car

This trash is spouted by people who dont have a clue & by dealers who find it easier to sell red cars
Ernesto Sgroi (T88power)
Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2001 - 10:36 am:   

I view a red Ferrari as such a cliche that I don't think I will ever own a red Ferrari. There are just too many of them out there in that color.

Ernesto
Frederick Thomas (Fred)
Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2001 - 10:36 am:   

For me I think red is the best color for a Ferrari. That being said I think they also look fantastic in black, yellow and silver. I know that may seem wishy washy but for me its red but when I see one in another color my jaw still drops.
Peter S�derlund/328 GTB -88 (Corsa)
Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2001 - 9:21 am:   

Red is the competition/racing colour of Italy. All racing Alfas, Maseratis etc and Ferraris were painted in some kind of red colour, at least if the were run by an Italian team. With such a racing heritage those great marques have it is common that you want your production car painted red. Therefore a lot of Italian cars are red.

Yellow is the colour of the Italian town Modena. The yellow on the SF-shield symbolise Modena as hometown of Ferrari.

Silver is the racing colour for Germany, which, from my point of view is a big NO-NO-colour on an Italian car unless you are a German competing with the car.

(British Racing) Green is the colour of UK. Nobody used #13 on theirs racing cars for obvious reasons until a race in Germany (I'm not sure but I think it was there) when a British driver was ordered to use #13 (Ordnung muss sein). To compensate this the British driver painted his car green, which was considered as a "luck-colour".

I have owned 7 Italian cars, 5 red, 1 blue and 1 silver (bought it for about 10 cent, couldn�t complain on the colour)

Ciao
Peter
Edward Gault (Irfgt)
Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2001 - 5:55 am:   

Red is the dominent color and most people seem to think the only color you can get is red. I do like some of the other colors on some models, but the term "resale red" has merit.
Najib Amanullah (Najib)
Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2001 - 5:23 am:   

There was a previous thread on this site which suggested, not without justification, that all red Ferraris are originally painted yellow and that the original colours of Modena are yellow. Red was a colour given to Ferrari for their F1 and other racing cars.

Be that as it may, I for one believe that most of the older generation Ferraris and even up to the 355 looked better in red than in any other colour (no offence to those guys with cars in other colours). Those who do buy other colour do so for individuality or they have loads of money (different colour for each day of the week).

The current models 360, 550 and 456 look much better in other colour like silver (titanium), yellow or even black.
1989 328 GTS (Vilamoura2002)
Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2001 - 2:03 am:   

Will you please comment this subject.
I have heard this sentence from many people.
Is it just because of the racing history of ferrari?
Owners of non red Ferraris, do you feel discriminated or hear any unpleasant comments from strangers?
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