[360 Spyder]

It looks to me like a bastardized 360... :nuts:

 

[ForzaRossa]

Looks like the Ferrari FX, prototype (one-off), made for the Sultan of Brunei and sold later to someone in the States...was an artical about it in a Forza a few months ago

 

[ForzaRossa]

Just a few more pics...

 

[Bazil]

Apart from the disgusting 512M wheels - which I've always thought were a criminal abomination of design and have no place on any Ferrari - I like it.

Not a clue what it is though!!

 

[Dr. Bob]

Looks like the Ferrari FX, prototype (one-off), made for the Sultan of Brunei and sold later to someone in the States...was an artical about it in a Forza a few months ago

My thoughts too

 

[Stradale]

Ya, this car was featured in Forza magazine. One of the toys made by Pininfarina for the Sultan of Brunei.

 

[Dj Dirk]

yep, it's one of the Sultan's cars
it now resides in a museum in california and it's goes on a drive from time to time, based a 512 M.

also it shouldn't be a one-off, it is believed that 3 - 5 are build


BTW yes it was in Forza but it was in issue 32 of october 2001

 

[360 Spyder]

I wish I was a Sultan...

 

[Bazil]

I wish I was a Sultan...

I know what you mean - he's bought and sold a LOT of nice cars.

Funnily enough, this one is still for sale:

http://www.racecar.co.uk/talacrest/stock/95660.htm

It was originally purchased by him. In all the time I looked for a Testarossa or 512tr (many months) this was the only one I found that was in genuinely excellent condition. The only reason I didn't buy it was the colour - it was hideous. I spent ages trying to convince myself I liked it, but I just couldn't. If it'd been red, I'd have had my wallet out like an old time gunfighter!!

 

[Andrew]

The only reason I didn't buy it was the colour - it was hideous. I spent ages trying to convince myself I liked it, but I just couldn't.

Did you see it in person? I guess you have to see it in person, I find the color to be very "cool" as in easy on the eyes - opposite of warm. I think it is beautiful.

 

[Dr. Bob]

True, I saw several cars in a sort of this color. Take a chair, sit in the showroom, look at it for an hour or two, and you'll buy it

 

[Bazil]

Did you see it in person?

I did see it in person, as the dealer is not very far from me. It was in immaculate condition - it really did look like new.

The problem for me was this. The Testarossa is all about visual impact. Its design screams "80's excess" at you. I felt that in this colour it just lost a lot of that impact. I struggled to see the curves of the body, and the fins - simply because of the colour, and that was what put me off.

Take a chair, sit in the showroom, look at it for an hour or two, and you'll buy it

That's pretty much what I did!!! I'd been looking for so long for a Testarossa/512tr in good condition, that when I found one I desperately wanted to like it - it was agonising!!

 

[360 Spyder]

I guess to each his own, but I like that color. Then again, I like the colors that are not seen as often.

 

[Dj Dirk]

. Then again, I like the colors that are not seen as often.

yep, i'm also like that
if i see a rare color, especially on a ferrari, then i always have problems leaving that car alone

sometimes it can be boring seeing a sea of red ferrari's, then it's wonderfull to see a different color, especially a rare one

 

[4kids3fish]

The Testarossa is all about visual impact. Its design screams "80's excess" at you. I felt that in this colour it just lost a lot of that impact. I struggled to see the curves of the body, and the fins - simply because of the colour, and that was what put me off.

Yes, I think that reds and yellows show-off any fins / ducts / scoops best as they have a higher contrast to the black shadows. On the other hand, metallics are best to flatter a curvaceous body as they produce a more gradual reflection of light over a curve, rather than a sharp cut-off. Well it seems to work on evening gowns!!

IMHO I think the "gun-metal" colour looks a bit too industrial, and would probably hide a lot of detail when in shadow. If I find this 512 in my Santa stocking I WON'T be sending it back though! :green:

 

[Bazil]

I think that reds and yellows show-off any fins / ducts / scoops best as they have a higher contrast to the black shadows.

...and would probably hide a lot of detail when in shadow.

That's exactly what I meant - only you've explained it considerably more eloquently that I!!

 

[4kids3fish]

Shucks, Baz, that's only to be expected. I do have a doctorate in "Colour Coordination in the Post Apocalypse Era" after all. :green:

I hope you've taken my prev advice and are wearing your Fawn Cardigan this Christmas. When combined with lightly-ribbed "Microwaved Latte" corduroys and "Crushed Almonde" lace-up loafers they make the definitive "I DRIVE A FERRARI" statement.
ha:

(Sorry Andrew - that was WAY off topic)

 

[Bazil]

Nah - I decided to ignore the problem. I now wear this to work every day.

Can't understand why people still continue to think I'm trying to make some kind of "I drive a Ferrari" statement :lol:

 

[Stradale]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Call me Michael !!

 

[Andrew]

Nah - I decided to ignore the problem. I now wear this to work every day.

Can't understand why people still continue to think I'm trying to make some kind of "I drive a Ferrari" statement :lol:

LOL, very good humor. :lol: