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Under "Ferrari" it says "any model". Haha
I love how Ferrari has totally won the marketing game.
In Seattle, there's a weekly get together of exotic cars at the Redmond Town Center. They have a list of makes and models of acceptable cars you can bring, that fit their definition. There's a gatekeeper at the entrance to keep the riff-raff out. Under "Ferrari" it says "any model". Haha I love how Ferrari has totally won the marketing game.
Maseratti, Porsche, and Lamborghini are good examples of companies that make supercars that also make some pretty pedestrian models. To make it worse, those are usually built on an existing car platform from another manufacturer. Not to say those cars are bad, they just don't belong at an exotic car meet.
The Masseratti Ghibli, the Porsche Macan/Cayenne and whatever the Lambo SUV is called all fit this mold.
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In Seattle, there's a weekly get together of exotic cars at the Redmond Town Center. They have a list of makes and models of acceptable cars you can bring, that fit their definition. There's a gatekeeper at the entrance to keep the riff-raff out. Under "Ferrari" it says "any model". Haha I love how Ferrari has totally won the marketing game.
It's probably more fair to say that as far as "exotic" brands go, Ferrari has never deviated and produced a boring sedan or suv based no some other companies car. Maseratti, Porsche, and Lamborghini are good examples of companies that make supercars that also make some pretty pedestrian models. To make it worse, those are usually built on an existing car platform from another manufacturer. Not to say those cars are b…
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Great work! I was going to ask if there is any specific reason you stopped at 1976, but I see from your About page that you plan to go further. I reckon that Italian car design peaked in the mid-80s, so it would be cool to reach 1990 or so. Afterwards there were some interesting designs in mass-produced cars but the top range is fairly bland (with Lambos just being Lambos).
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It's probably more fair to say that as far as "exotic" brands go, Ferrari has never deviated and produced a boring sedan or suv based no some other companies car. Maseratti, Porsche, and Lamborghini are good examples of companies that make supercars that also make some pretty pedestrian models. To make it worse, those are usually built on an existing car platform from another manufacturer. Not to say those cars are b…
Sadly a Ferrari SUV is coming, though...
It's Italian car design history. But it's really just a bunch of confusing bubbles that makes me feel slightly dizzy. Not so dissimilar to some of the cars actually!
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Creases seem to me to suggest the way cloth folds or ripples, or possibly muscles. Both of which were features of sculpture before cars. There's also the sharpish edges of air intakes, or fake intakes, due to the association with race cars and fast motorcycles. Sometimes creases make intakes look more integrated in the body. For a reason, well, people used to complain about contemporary (when that meant 90s) cars bei…
I think the BMW chief designer has had a stroke, he keeps insisting on putting massive front grilles to the front of his car, he must think they look attractive!
Conversely, BMW replaced the 2 series with a FWD car that looks incredibly like a Kia Forte to me.
I'm sure they did focus groups and nobody actually knows which wheels drive their car. But I am unable to stop noticing the proportions of FWD vs. RWD in where the front wheel wells are located relative to the doors.
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Sadly a Ferrari SUV is coming, though...
Abomination!
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Abomination!
Indeed. I guess it's one of the problems of becoming a public company - numbers gotta go up and up... It's supposed to be on sale in 2022 but I expect Covid will delay it a bit, the entire factory was shut for months last year.
I'll just say "but it's not a Ferrari."
And they say, "sigh, I know."
Ferrari has amazing marketing.
I remember a tire ad in the 80's that went like:
Q: "Why do all Ferraris come with Pirelli tires?" A: "Because Enzo Ferrari wants it that way."
Q.E.D.