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  1. Eilig

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    #1901 Eilig, Sep 4, 2015
    I did a factory tour today. They were NOT able to take us to the 12 cylinder production line. They said it was shut down for maintenance. Later in the day, I asked our tour guide when production would begin for the new special version of the F12 - she said: "I can tell you for sure that it will begin before the end of this year, but that is all I am allowed to tell you... I am sorry...."
     
  2. sjwshiraz

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    #1902 sjwshiraz, Sep 4, 2015

    I attended a private viewing in late July and then configured my car. The triple yellow certainly had a massive impact on the eyes and showed off all the extra bodywork beautifully.

    At that time, the lady in the Atelier said that triple yellow had been the most popular choice follwed by metallic reds (there was a 'regular' Rosso Maranello F12 in the Atelier that day that looked wonderful). She was advising against very dark colours because detail would be lost. Whilst I'm a big Fuoco fan, I felt history of the car that they were trying to create needed a more classic 1960s colour so I opted for GFM with a predominantly Cuoio interior.
     
  3. dcmetro

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    #1903 dcmetro, Sep 4, 2015
    A grigio ferro F12 VS.... How marvellous...

    Can you promise to post pictures Once delivered ? :) (Like you did with your stunning GTO)

    BTW do you still have it ?
     
  4. sjwshiraz

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    #1904 sjwshiraz, Sep 4, 2015
    Yes, I still have the GTO. The car is absolutely wonderful and I can't see myself selling her. My matching LF should arrive soon too 😀😀😀
     
  5. Nelsonc275

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    #1905 Nelsonc275, Sep 4, 2015
    Wow. Please make sure to post some pictures!
     
  6. F2003-GA

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    #1906 F2003-GA, Sep 4, 2015
    Congrats :)
     
  7. skinguy23

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    #1907 skinguy23, Sep 4, 2015

    Man, I'm jealous. I should have been a neurosurgeon or better money manager. Congrats! Can't wait to see pics of your new beauties.


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
     
  8. Traveller

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    #1908 Traveller, Sep 4, 2015
    Congratulations - That will likely make two of us although I may go for the beige alcantara.
     
  9. M-individual

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    #1909 M-individual, Sep 4, 2015
    :) Spot on.
     
  10. Mbn

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    #1910 Mbn, Sep 4, 2015
    Great news !

    I'm looking forward for such tour soon, may I ask how long the tour takes ?

    and is there any other places to visit ?

    Mbn
     
  11. of2worlds

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  13. Caeruleus11

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    #1913 Caeruleus11, Sep 4, 2015
    Triple congratulations!
     
  14. MisterMaranello

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    #1914 MisterMaranello, Sep 5, 2015
    I saw a mule similar to this one two days ago between Modena and Maranello. The front was plain but the rear was covered and you could spot the air outtakes.
     
  15. maha

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    #1915 maha, Sep 11, 2015
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  16. Traveller

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    #1916 Traveller, Sep 11, 2015
    From those that have seen the car and from what we see here, question marks have been raised about the aesthetics, not all positive.

    I raised this with someone from the design team and received an interesting reply. When they designed the 599, they started with a relatively soft looking car. To turn it into the GTO ,they therefore had ample scope to add aggression. However, starting with the F12, they already began with an aggressive looking car and thus it was very difficult to add to it and they were consequently forced to take a different route with a different language.
     
  17. SRRY4RE

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    #1917 SRRY4RE, Sep 11, 2015
    In my opinion any complaints about the aesthetics can be resolved by choosing a color that either mutes the objectionable elements or accentuates them. I would choose to accentuate them.
     
  18. treynor

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    #1918 treynor, Sep 11, 2015
    Yup. I for one really like the aesthetic changes in the VS, and went the route of making the car even more aggressive with the livery.
     
  19. Traveller

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    #1919 Traveller, Sep 11, 2015
    Would you tell us the scheme you went with? Your traditional livery?
     
  20. treynor

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    #1920 treynor, Sep 11, 2015
    Mostly: Triple yellow, blue carbon inside and out, blue metal grilles, and a blue scuderia-style stripe from hood to trunklid. I didn't initially think a stripe would work with the VS design, but when we mocked it up at Tailor Made, I loved it.
     
  21. Traveller

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    #1921 Traveller, Sep 11, 2015
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    Thank you Ben. Having been keen on Grigio F and no stripe, I am very interested to hear your comments about the stripe's suitability which has me thinking going back to a metallic Pozzi or a very dark blue and contrasting stripe. Hopefully I get to see the configurator in 2 weeks.
     
  22. Solid State

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    #1922 Solid State, Sep 11, 2015
    That photo of the red F12 VS looks like it is lowered to the same level as my F12. Not sure but I thought someone reported that it was at stock height. That was kind of confusing because the F12 performs way better being lowered a certain amount.
     
  23. maha

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    #1923 maha, Sep 12, 2015
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    #1924 Caeruleus11, Sep 12, 2015
    The special/ limited models usually get lowered a little bit.

    Treynor that is a very bold and as I am imagining it, beautiful spec for this car! Congratulations!

    Mahmud thank you for the pictures. My goodness I really love (what I know of) this car!
     
  25. Garretto

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    #1925 Garretto, Sep 12, 2015
    Interesting how they don't bother to use proper camouflage - they know that we know the definitive looks of the car at a 99% :D
     
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