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575 Spider pic!!!!

Discussion in '456/550/575' started by SrfCity, Aug 25, 2004.

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  1. SrfCity

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    Saw this over on the "other" board. Is this what they showed in Monterey? What's with the circle deals? If this has already been posted, tough ;)
     
  2. Chiaro_Slag

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  3. SrfCity

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    Is it the "frisbee golf equiped" option?
     
  4. EVartanian

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    What in the world is going on there? I remember people mentioning the glass roof and the "innovative" design, but can someone explain this? That is better than the Barchetta how?
     
  5. Texas Forever

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    In a word -- no.
     
  6. exoticalex

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    Um, I dont know about those circular disks.....!
     
  7. rockminster

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    That is not what the car shown at Pebble Beach looked like. Instead of those "circles", there is bodywork that extends up from the rear quarters to the roof line. The roof panel shown in this pic looks very similar to the car shown at PB. I like lines of the car I saw better than this rendering.
     
  8. triXXXter

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    I'm thinking poor picture. Bad angle and all that. Just a bad teaser pic. A wider look should, I bet, reveal beauty.
     
  9. ronsupercar

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    Oh Hell No!

    This better be one of those teasers to throw us off.
     
  10. SrfCity

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  11. AEHaas

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    It looked more like this, like a 308 B pillar area. It was very pretty, well done:
     
  12. Doody

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    now i REALLY understand the process they were going through at monterey. this is definitely non-standard stuff, so trying to ascertain customer interest would be key.

    i can't say i like the concept or implementation (what little i know of it thus far), unfortunately.

    interesting, for sure. but the 550 is all about elegant design and in my book this doesn't make that grade. why they don't just do a nice softtop is beyond me. sigh.

    doody.
     
  13. damcgee

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    Very enlightening -- Can't wait to see it.

    Whatever they said to dissuade Ferrari owners from discussing this model, it must be working! No one is talking!

    Did they give info on pricing? Can you confirm or deny statement made on italispeed re: the car?
     
  14. EVartanian

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    Ah, aha...kinda starting to get the picture now. Interesting, thanks. Can't wait to see it!
     
  15. Erik330

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    Awful. In either rendition. And then the 430. Ferrari has lost its way.
     
  16. Texas Forever

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    Actually Doody, Ali's version is the closest to reality. (We were both there at the same time.) But it really doesn't do it justice. Both Ali and I are not droptop guys, but we came away impressed with the concept car. With the top up, imagine a black "old 911" looking targa top. The top then folds back to rest on the trunk lid. Pretty cool.

    Dale
     
  17. ferrari fernatic

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    that is No way to treat a 575
     
  18. WCH

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    I agree w/Dale, Ali's version is closer to what I saw, though memory sometimes serves me poorly - and, the Pebble Beach car was described as a concept, not a final production version. Ferrari is often criticized here for not taking enough chances, for not being aggressive enough in its design - well, here's a car with a state of the art roof, a top whose function is (I think) original and elegantly simple. The design is quite novel, I wanted to pull it out of the tent and just spend some time studying and thinking about living with it. Can't wait to see photos of the entire car, production version.
     
  19. Juice It

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    While sitting in the car, do you have any rear view when you turn your head or is all the top mess too high? I hate not being able to see out of a convertible.
     
  20. Koby

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    More interesting than this apparently inaccurate rendering is the rumor that there might be a Stradale version of the 575. THAT would be cool!
     
  21. karmavore

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    I can see how it works. Cool simple design. Neat.
     

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