Can anyone tell me what a Berlinetta is...?

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I like this definition. It just makes it difficult to classify some cars. What about the Lusso? Some of them (I know at least one) were fit to race, when at the first sight it would seem like a GT. But those are very specific examples, the definition does fit most of the production, in my opinion.

 

Wasn't she once married to Eddie van Halen?

 

A Barchetta would be a roadster in American-English.

 

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I was brought up to believe that there was a difference between a Convertible and a Cabriolet in that the Cabriolet retained some sort of door frames and/or rollover hoop. Certainly that distinction is used in the UK when describing the open versions of the Jaguar XJS.

 

Funny you should mention that. This has always been my (mis)undertanding also?

 

New user, but have followed Ferrari through the years.
I googled my question what is a berlinetta, and in the list found this sight so I read, and I'm sorry but it doesn't clear anything up cuz right above this sight I see another article about a possible new F12 Berlinetta spider. You can see my puzzlement

 

It is perhaps a nod to the 275GTB4/NART Spider of 1968, which has a "GTB" in its designation (= Grand Turismo Berlinetta) but was indeed an open-top (and a ragtop at that) spider; this because the ten 275GTB4/NART Spider were originally ordered as closed cars, and their roof was cut-out later...Ferrari loves nods to its own history.

Rgds

 

We haven't even gotten to discussing Aperta yet.

This thread is just getting started.
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Apeta means "open"...

 

This is my all-time favorite Berlinetta.
http://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Brochure-1982-Berlinetta-1.png

 

Huh. So my 1991 Miata isn't a Roadster unless I put on the tonneau cover? Interesting.

 

That's exactly the color scheme I pictured when the Camaro Berlinetta was brought up. Did they come in other colors?

 

Great thread.

Italian does have a Y but it is used infrequently. It is said "oopsilon" spelled "ypsilon" from the Greek. It was used in the Lancia Y10 "Ypsilon Dieci." This was a tiny subcompact hatchback. It was smaller than a Modern Mini and had that cutoff-flat rear window on the hatch-door. I drove around Northern Italy in one with my brother in 1991. We got our doors blown off my a yellow Lamborghini on an autostrada somewhere between Milan and Viareggio.

"OO-psi-lon di-EH-chi"

As far as I know, Ferrari has NEVER used the spelling "Spyder." My 348 and now 360 are both Spider.

I was wondering recently (especially with the 360) if Berlinettas might specify hard-roofed cars with a FLAT vertical rear window, and Coupes with an angled window following the "cut line." 308, 328, 348, 355, Dino, 512BB all had flat vertical rear windows. This may have improved ventilation on the rear engine due to the turbulence created. Also add the 250 LM. Am I off base here? Or just over specializing? I can see how Berlinetta and Coupe can be interchangeable, especially with the good definitions above. But is there any intended difference in use?

 

The Y10.
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LOL. Old thread but this is genius.

 

Ferrari's numbering / naming scheme changes on a whim, parts match or don't match depending on the day, sometimes the tail lights are installed in reverse order, and here we have dozens of posts nitpicking over a specific definition, on a forum with people who think "prolly" is a word.

Sorry, but I find that terribly amusing.