Ferrari: 2005 Ferrari 575 Super America

On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 04:37:56 GMT, Harold Adrian Russell Philby
<co.ru> wrote: 

"Better", same, photos:

http://www.fast-autos.net/ferrari/ferrari575america.html
 

....Obviously not as heavy as a folding hardtop, but Pininfarina has
designed and built the best soft tops in the business: It's a kludge.
 

Harold Adrian Russell Philby wrote:
 

Boy ... I'd agree, but, is that really going to be a released-model
Ferrari, or just an aftermarket special? I always hated, and still do,
the 550 Barchetta. If this is just going to be Ferrari's "Barchetta"
for the 575 model, whatever. It looks lousy.

MC

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On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 05:16:48 GMT, MC <net> wrote: 

2005 Ferrari 575 SuperAmerica.
 

I can't say I agree: The 550 Barchetta is a dedicated open top car
that knows what it is.

....This thing is designed to appeal to AMG 550SL buyers.
 

It looks like a Honda Del Sol on steroids.

Harold Adrian Russell Philby wrote: 

Um.

I quite like it.

(and don't have a pop at me, Mark - I'm too nice ;-)

MCPD
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On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 09:18:14 GMT, "Paul Duffin"
<pipex.removethisbit.com> wrote: 

_Nothing_ personal. If everyone liked the same things, or thought the
same way, the terrorists will have won...

Yet there is such thing as objective beauty in design, and clearly I
don't see what you do, nor you what I do.

....And with the Series 2 SuperAmerica, and the 80s' [spits] Testarossa
fresh in my mind's eye, I'm starting to loathe Ferrari's re-hashing of
legendary nomenclature.

<<I quite like it.>>

It's interesting. We've got a glass roof on our '05 Mustang. <g>

C.

Harold Adrian Russell Philby wrote:
 

....them or McDonalds.
 

I'm split over this one. On the one hand I'm a great lover of references,
and the mere apperance of the word 'SuperAmerica' (in this context, I
hasten to add) in the Ferrari e-mail was enough to induce a curious
romantic sense of anticipation in me, but on the other hand, you have a
point... but... but...

.....Mmmmmm...... 'SuperAmerica'

A friend of mine who worked in advertising used to counter each and
every one of my moans about the banality of the vast majority of
the products of her trade with a curt "It isn't aimed at you.".

I guess in this case it is, and I'm hit.


MCPD (victim of Ferrari marketing)
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On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 21:41:29 GMT, "Paul Duffin"
<pipex.removethisbit.com> wrote: 

There is nothing "SuperAmerica" about this latest release: It's a 575
flip-top, using a "folding hardtop" solution which would be innovative
and elegant on a 2005 FIAT X1/9 successor, but which is cheap and
"cheezy" on what is bound to be a $300,000 Ferrari.
 

....And the *proper* retro-nym would be "California", surely?
 

I still think it's aimed at the "folding hardtop muscle car buying
plushbottom yahoo" market.

The Fioravanti top on a 575 is a genuine kludge: It does the job, but
with neither sufficient thought nor grace or elegance.