Which is your favorite Ferrari?

[placedesjardins]

Well, it has changed through the years. When I first saw Magnum PI and the Ferrari 308 he drove in the show, I thought that was my favorite Ferrari.
Later on, Crockett from Miami Vice drove the Ferrari Testarossa, and I thought that was my favorite Ferrari.
Right now, I like the 488 GTB and LaFerrari,

 

[bmc]

Hand an Italian designer a pencil and sketch book and they will come up with a most beautiful design. Now ask them to build it and that's where the problem begins.
I have owned a few Italian sports cars over the years and they were maintenance nightmares. But they were sure pretty to look at. Just sayin.

The days of crappy Italian cars has thankfully passed. Up to the early 2000's were hit and miss. Not bad stuff coming out these days.

 

[mellowinman]

There are so many iconic models. If I had to pick one, it would be below. The sharktooth grills look bad ass and the whole car just looks both mean and elegant at the same time.

1966 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 Berlinetta.

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Nailed it on the first post.

 

[Goad]

F40 and Testarossa

 

[elgecko]

348 Spyder. I like that it's not too exotic looking.

 

[Stewie26]

The days of crappy Italian cars has thankfully passed. Up to the early 2000's were hit and miss. Not bad stuff coming out these days.

That's good to hear but I think I will stick with German and American made hardware.

 

[fhm555]

I like the red one.

 

[blastoff99]

Red Barchetta of course.

Help me out here. I do not know that word, so when I googled 'Ferrari Barchetta' I got any number of car models but all of them looked like what I would more commonly call a convertible. So does it mean simply that, or ???, and how is it different from 'Spyder?'

 

[Parzival]

Help me out here. I do not know that word, so when I googled 'Ferrari Barchetta' I got any number of car models but all of them looked like what I would more commonly call a convertible. So does it mean simply that, or ???, and how is it different from 'Spyder?'

From the Rush song. There were numerous Barchettas. But the "Red Barchetta" per Neil Peart is a Ferrari_166_MM_Barchetta. About a 1950 I think.

 

[Parzival]

 

[bmc]

From the Rush song. There were numerous Barchettas. But the "Red Barchetta" per Neil Peart is a Ferrari_166_MM_Barchetta. About a 1950 I think.

It drives me nuts that barchetta is mispronounced in the song. The correct pronunciation is "barketta".

 

[old spice]

"Little bark," i.e. little boat in Italian.

 

[GIBrat51]

Help me out here. I do not know that word, so when I googled 'Ferrari Barchetta' I got any number of car models but all of them looked like what I would more commonly call a convertible. So does it mean simply that, or ???, and how is it different from 'Spyder?'

IIRC, the term "Barchetta" was used because the body did resemble the fashionable (and expensive) wooden speedboats (like Chris-Craft, for example) of the era. And while a "Spyder" is a convertible, a Barchetta was not; it had no top at all. But, I'm running on old memory here...

 

[20db pad]

I can't comment because I've never owned or driven a Ferrari !

 

[Happynoj]

512 TR

 

[bmc]

Nice looking non-Ferrari. It's an Alfa Romeo.

 

[blastoff99]

Thanks for the bark-etta lesson. Makes sense!

 

[Munjibunga]

I'd probably go with a 599 GTB Fiorano. But my friend's 360 Spider would do, and it's for sale.

 

[slobake]

 

[blastoff99]

I'd probably go with a 599 GTB Fiorano. But my friend's 360 Spider would do, and it's for sale.

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The American flag is an especially nice touch there.