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Discussion in '456/550/575' started by BillyD, Feb 22, 2025.

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  1. BillyD

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    #1 BillyD, Feb 22, 2025
    So the 550/575M was called the modern day Daytona when it was new, now that it’s over 1/4 century old and Ferrari has a new Daytona what is it? Daytona V2? The old Modern day Daytona? Y2K Daytona?

    Shifting the F1 ? Lift the accelerator on light acceleration but leave it floored when running from the law? ;)
     
  2. pkl03

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    #2 pkl03, Feb 23, 2025
    It’s a Maranello :)

    Ferrari have gone down this path of using old names to rename new models as part of a sales pitch which just doesn’t work and in my opinion is an insult to the original model.
     
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  3. Ffre92

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    #3 Ffre92, Feb 23, 2025
    New Daytona has as much in common with old one as the Maserati ghibli with the original
     
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  4. Ferrarienthusiast71

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    #4 Ferrarienthusiast71, Feb 23, 2025
    The 550 maranello is the modern 275gtb.
     
  5. tazandjan

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    #5 tazandjan, Feb 23, 2025
    Not even close.
     
  6. Auraraptor

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    #6 Auraraptor, Feb 24, 2025
    I agree the 550 borrows more heavily from the 275GTB then the Daytona but even that is a bit of mashing square peg into a round hole.

    The 90s car that borrowed most heavily from the Daytona (and even more so the 365 GTC/4) was the 456GT, IMHO.

    That said, neither the 550 or 456 are retro redux / revivals ala the 2000s era thunderbird, mustang, Ford GT, etc. More they have select design elements that were inspired at best.
     
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