Should only V-8 Ferraris be red?

Bullfighter · Mar 8, 2009

Bryanp said: ↑

Mark - I can't tell if your serious or in what sense you're using "must" (things get lost in translation on the internet), but the "rossa" in the original Testa Rossas (1955 4-cylinder, two liter 500 TR and the v-12s that came after it) referred to the cam covers that the factory painted red - the name had nothing to do w/ the color of the car.

this pic is from 500 TR, serial number 0600MDTR. The car is yellow because the first owner was Jcques Swaters, the owner of the Ecurie Francorchamps, the official Ferrari team of Belgium (national racing color being yellow).

FWIW, very few of the production Ferraris left the factory in rossa corsa until the 1970s. The competition cars were rossa corsa if they were factory team cars or in the hands of Italian privateer owners. Otherwise, they were painted the national racing color of their owner. Our 1955 500 Mondial left the factory in French Racing Blue since its first owner was a frenchman.
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Good post.

Maybe the rosso corsa craze began when Ferrari began shifting from building tourers to sports cars for the road, encouraging our racer fantasies.

Bradley · Mar 8, 2009

TravisJ said: ↑

If you read the article you linked, the author never said V12 models can't be red. He said, in his opinion, V8 cars must be red but V12 car do not have that same requirement.
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I disagree.

I haven't met anyone who said (at least not to my face) that they don't like my 308GTB in silver.

Truth is, most Ferraris look fantastic in red, even if some (like me) have chosen a "different" color.

I don't think Testarossas have to be red, but they sure do look good red. . . And so do a lot of other 12 cylinder Ferraris.

Pantera · Mar 8, 2009

No exotic car should not be red.

mwr4440 · Mar 9, 2009

Bryanp said: ↑

Mark - I can't tell if your serious or in what sense you're using "must" (things get lost in translation on the internet), but the "rossa" in the original Testa Rossas (1955 4-cylinder, two liter 500 TR and the v-12s that came after it) referred to the cam covers that the factory painted red - the name had nothing to do w/ the color of the car.

this pic is from 500 TR, serial number 0600MDTR. The car is yellow because the first owner was Jcques Swaters, the owner of the Ecurie Francorchamps, the official Ferrari team of Belgium (national racing color being yellow).

FWIW, very few of the production Ferraris left the factory in rossa corsa until the 1970s. The competition cars were rossa corsa if they were factory team cars or in the hands of Italian privateer owners. Otherwise, they were painted the national racing color of their owner. Our 1955 500 Mondial left the factory in French Racing Blue since its first owner was a frenchman.
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Sorry, forgot the smiley faces.

Knew some of that (the cam covers part) and Thanx for the education on the rest.

I was playing on the term "Testarossa / Red Head" as in "Female w/red hair (good looking)" as opposed to "cam covers."

Sorry, as sometimes jokes just do not come across well on the I-net.

Bryanp · Mar 9, 2009

mwr4440 said: ↑

Sorry, forgot the smiley faces.

Knew some of that (the cam covers part) and Thanx for the education on the rest.

I was playing on the term "Testarossa / Red Head" as in "Female w/red hair (good looking)" as opposed to "cam covers."

Sorry, as sometimes jokes just do not come across well on the I-net.
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no problem - on the red-hair-good looking part, the reason I think I married a red-head was from seeing the album cover for the Cars "Candy-O" and having it embedded in my subconscious at age 16 - the Vargas image has the red-head sprawled on the hood of a Ferrari 365 GTC/4 for those that might be interested in this bit of Ferrari trivia.

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