looks a lot like the design study an Italian university made, but then again look what everyone said when Audi incorporated 4WD for Murcie and Gallardo....
That's the Aurea done by some college kid.... Two questions... 1. Is that a new magazine? 2. What's written on the front page? Super Ferrari F60 Mit 850 PS?
Words from Rennteam's German Moderator; here are the rumours from the ferrari article: - like mv said, the F60 will come in 2007 to celebrate ferraris 60th anniversary. revolutionare aerodynamices, power probably >900 HP, vmax >380 km/h. - FXX is experimental vehicle for the F60, also to see how "normal" customers can cope with such an overpowered vehicle. ferrari is "using" the 20 FXX buyers to make it driveable - "project california"/"dino" (model below F430 based on axed maser coupé/spyder) not yet decided upon, but very likely -- raising overall production from 4000+ to 8000+ cars per year. - nothing new really about the 575MM successor "600 imola". it's coming soon. - it's said that a syndicate around michael schumacher and luca di montezemolo might buy ferrari.
I like the front of the Aurea concept car, but not convinced by its rear end or interior. From the front, with the gold rims, it looks pretty hot IMO. The big gold rims remind of the late 60s early 70s Ferraris that raced at Le Mans.
All that stuff about an F60 makes sense to me. I just hate the idea of a new Dino. They are going to mess it up I can tell.
I wonder how they will justify the high MSRP when in 10/15 years , the cars wont be that exclusive anymore and they will stll be underperfoming against Lambos and Porsches. LDM always said one of the strong point of Ferrari was exclusivity...With 8000 cars per year around and who knows whats next , i think Ferrari will lose it.
Another Supercar only 4/5 years after the Enzo ..This anniversary thing is BS , in reality , its just 5 years aftert the Enzo . Might as well make them a regular car on the prod line..
Could they have delayed the release of the Enzo to coincide with 2007 and the 60th annversary, therefore making the Enzo the F60? Obviously, when released in 2007 it would have to be on par (or superior) relative to its 2007 competition. Remember how the early Enzo prototypes were labelled as F60 prototypes, before people relaised it was too early for it to possibly be the F60? Amenasce, I do take your point about one supercar being relatively hot on the heels of another. IMO they should probably stick to anniversaries, as this is the precedent that has been set by the F40. It's probably the same people buying the limited edition stuff, and you don't want to oversupply, if you follow me.
High MSRP, easy, until someone else builds cars with this much "aura", they're safe. In the grand scheme of things, we are talking about a market the size of a zit on an elephant's ass. Porsche has been cranking out 911's like mad for how many years, yet that car is still seen as exclusive by the "common" man. They botched the M re-introduction, the market looked at those products and pretty much said no thanks. This is the only way that they can grow the Ferrari brand if they do go down this route. While people may b!tch and moan that Ferrari sold out with all of their trinkets, you've still got a huge market that is willing to pay pretty high sums for anything that makes them feel like they are a part of the action. Multi year waits mean that there are customers out there with cash that have time to go somewhere else. They need to do something to separate those people from their cash.
Those F40s were released only 4 years later than the 288 GTO, and everybody loved them. Don´t worry about that...
I agree with you Judge, although I think they should make this new Dino thing the next range-topping Maserati...UNLESS...they plan to make Maserati the Italian marque in the $50K-$100K bracket. Above $100K but below $150K who do you have, Posche TT, GT2, GT3, MB SLs, the DB9 and that's about it. I truly think they could make a Maserati two seater that would at least equal these cars in performance and exceed them in style. This new Dino could do just that. Plus, all the money they spent on Maserati would be justified by this new model. Maserati needs a new model, not Ferrari. What's missing from this $80K- $120K market is an Italian car, and that car doesn't necessarily need to be a Ferrari. Audi/Lambo could do it just as easily. Your thoughts... Cavallini
