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2009 Ferrari California

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B+O

I'm not a Ferrari fan...infact i dislike the hype that surrounds Ferrari and believe their products are overrated...




but that sh*t is hot

samblaze

That is HOT! I'm a little wary of the vertical tail pipes but the stance is near perfect

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robriguez

kinda looks like a cross between a Corvette and a Solstice.
pontiac solstice - Google Image Search
corvette c5 - Google Image Search

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uncgboro

With that being said...I'd trade in my legend for it in a heartbeat. I like it most definitely.

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Bushido95Legend

exactly what i was thinking. its a little hot car but the tail pipe is freaken ugly.

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mktng

horrible.

Ferrari's dont get me wrong.. id drive it for the name. not the style.

i really want a 911 turbo

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93LegendSedan

Ah, the new one with the hardtop convert.

Hot ass car, but I'm a huge Ferrari fan. Not my favorite of all time, I've been a bigger fan of other styles opposed to the Maranello styling, but that is a nice car.

They almost called this new model a Dino too. That would have been cool.

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Bushido95Legend

you know. sometimes ferrari just gets lazy with the styles. i seen ferraris that look too plain, like a regular car, but ofcourse the ferrari symbol will tell everyone that its not a regular car.
the modena 360 looks way hotter then the maranello, but the maranello has more horsepower and perform better, but its not as pretty as the modena.

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B+O

I think what sent it into the cool zone for me was "California" and the "spyder"

and then the small details that hint back at my favorite Ferrari of all time...and probably the only ferrari i'd spend any money on...The 250GT

(i'd buy the kit car before i paid a million dollars for a real GT though )


Look at the taillights on the new California and the old GT, then the hood scoop, the grill... All those little details made that car pretty hot to me

TonyTheBullet

I absolutely love the 250GT but this thing is nowhere close to capturing the original roadster's legacy. As robriguez said, it looks like something Pontiac would come up with. From the looks of it, it seems that Ferrari may be market it to compete with the boxter; I would'nt pay over a $100K for it. I bet someone will come up with a kit to convert the Solstice to a California replica, as soon as this thing comes out.

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B+O

I think you're confused dude, Ferrari wasn't trying to redo it. I'm sure if they were, they'd have gone a bit farther than the California. But what they did do was incorporate some of the memorable parts of the car, and incorporate it into the current Ferrari Design portfolio. All ferraris look the same during a given era...can't have one just looking retro and goofy in the line up. they've got to make it fit.

Stu

B&O is correct about this.

To me it is an upmarket version of a Lexus SC430
I think its a beauty ..... ( I hate the SC430 - its butt ugly ! )

TonyTheBullet

The Ferrari California is a symbolic car; I just expected something more inspired by the original expecially since the same name is being used. Sure it has design cues of the original but just not enough. The original had long slender lines, this one looks too stubby like a econo-roadster. I'm no Giorgetto Giugiaro but I think the Ferrari portfolio is showing signs of age. In my opinion, it would have been better if the new design was more inpired by the classic and stood apart from Ferrari's recent offerings as a transition to a new wave of Ferrari designs. You can say the transition has already begun, with the 612 Scaglietti departing from the Ferrari designs of the past few years. You don't necessarily have to go retro to pay homage to a classic; just need to capture the spirit of the original, which this design fails to do, in my opinion.

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93LegendSedan

Exactly, thus why I never liked those styles.

They didn't stand up and scream Ferrari like others do. They don't catch the eye as quickly.




^ Hot as hell. That is a Ferrari.

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