The Enzo reimagined.... Jim's Ferrari P 4/5 by Pininfarina

and I've just realised that this has already been posted here in the general non-model specific forum!

 

Just came back from a Great drive. She's really very special on the road.

 

Really? I spotted two of those last night...

 

Almost 5000 posts...I love logging on and seeing this thread in bold. Good stuff.

 

Hey Jim

The P4/5 is confirmed for Gran Turismo 5, right?

I can't wait

 

Working on it.

 

I belive you on that point!

 

If that happens, then screw my Wii, I'm getting a PS3.

 

P 4/5 will be at Wide World of Cars Monticello Event on Sunday.

 

Thanks JG, loved watching this happen over the last, what 36 months? Thanks to you for some of my best memories in the last two years. You know what I mean:
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Thank You!!

 

Jim, do you have anymore info on the Monticello club event? I'd like to attend if it isn't invitation only.

 

So how many miles have you put on that thing?

 

Awesome thread on amazing car!

 

It's invite only.

5K + miles and rolling.

 

Interesting thing, I was in Barnes&Noble reading through this over-sized book about "the great auto designers." This book went VERY in depth about designers I had never even heard of as well as the 'big' names.

In the last few dozen pages the authors wrote about the "future" of car design reflecting on the Maserati Birdcage, GG50, and several other designs including the P4/5. The P4/5 has its own two page spread including the conceptual sketches by Castriota. A few pictures of the car were here and there with the largest photo being of Andrea Pininfarina standing over the car in one of the earliest photo shoots. There was no mention - in a very large and detailed book about auto-designers - of Jason Castriota, throughout the entire two pages. Just Andrea.

I thought it was odd, and a bit dismissive.



_J

 

Interesting. Do you have the exact title and author?

Best

 

forgot to post this from a little while back (i was in a rest stop in NJ and saw this)

im sure you have seen it but i thought it was cool
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http://www.graymarketcars.com/

For some bizarre reason this site has a photo of P 4/5 in the corner of their web site. As P 4/5 is 100% World Wide Legal their use of this copyrighted image is extremely misleading and shows a reckless disregard for the truth.

Needless to say my lawyers will be dealing with them.

 

http://www.rizzoliusa.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9788854403376

As far as I read, I could not find any mention of Castriota for P4/5 nor the Birdcage.



_J

 

I look forward to taking her for a spin if it happens!

 

Thanks!

 

I have the book. Except for the photos it is very poorly researched. However, everybody who is anybody knows that Jason did the Birdcage, P4/5, Kalikow's 612, the 599, and the Gran Turismo.

 

I agree. But in a book that talks SO in depth about nearly every name in the auto-design business since the inception of the industry, to "know" is not enough. They should have given him credit, and they did not. Cut and dry.



_J

 

Jason at work.

http://www.youtube.com/user/napolisjmg