Newbie posting a question for the vets.

Unless it's proceeded by Bentley, then it means Bentley Continental GT.

 

What makes the 288GTO acceptable to me is that it was, I believe, intended for homologation in a class of racing (though it never materialized), as was the original. It did, however, open the door to a naming trend that smacks of blatant marketing. Nicknames have been used for Ferrari models in the past--Tour de France, Mexico, Daytona, California, Lusso, Dino--but had a significance for the model named that was topical.

 

Quite a courteous reply, n00b.

IGNORE>seung<IGNORE

 

Steve - Are you excluding the 250 GTO from the category of road cars? I believe it was designed by Bizzarrini.

 

Scuderia literaly means stable. Ferrari stables.

 

That's correct. The corporate name at the time was 'SEFAC Ferarrari'--SF.

 

Yes, the 250GTO wasn't really intended as a road car.

-steve

 

SF, Scuderia Ferrari.

 

With seven posts I am not sure you are in a place here to represent this community with this one.

 

SEFAC:
Societa Escercizio Fabbriche Automobili e Corse A joint stock company. Mr. Ferrari converted to this corporate structure in July of '60.

 

Try posting this question in the California section. Maybe they have a spotter's thread to list the car you mention. It is unlikely that that particular car owner would be found reading this thread.

BT

 

...And only about a third of it patently false, not too bad for the internet these
days.

 

IIRC the Pontiac GTO is a rebadged Holden and imported from OZ.

Steve

 

Oh yes, and "flame war" is when someone decides to puff up his own ego by putting down another poster, and then a snippy response serves to escalate hostilities.

We all fall into that one, once in a while.

 

Pininfarina is a designer of cars

Scaglietti would take these designs and build the actual bodies from metal based on P's designs

 

The person who responded to your post in NOT a Ferrari owner. Assuming their profile is correct.

John

 

john is correct.
i'm not a ferrari owner.
i bet i know even less about ferraris than you do, too.

... but here's what you can find by simply typing in
"ferrari names" on google.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari

so your choice.
ignore my sarcasm and spend some time reading
my link and what other members wrote here.
or, take it seriously and start whining and moaning
about me being "*******"...

of course,
you can always write me a nice msg.
like this retarded kid did-

http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/1753/picture15gh1.jpg

 

With all due respect for the effort, Wikipedia is to scholarship, as Fox is to news.

 

right.
as 1/ 18 diecasts are to cars.

but still helps beginners.
and i'm not suggesting to go to wikipedia only.

 

...Relevance? At the very least, my profile is truthful and honest.

Not at all when it is incorrect, as it all too often is.

Wikipedia, for all its bluster, is almost completely unvetted.

You have better odds of finding verity amongst the drunks in any random pub.