Wednesday, 7 February 2018

Wall Street Journal : A Coffee-Fueled Passion for Ferraris - Ferrari 412

You gotta love this story:

http://www.cetusnews.com/life/A-Coffee-Fueled-Passion-for-Ferraris.S1He9ZrPLM.html


And today, 8-2-18, I also captured this picture on Instagram:




And another one, from WSJ themselves:

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Tuesday, 6 February 2018

Ferrari 400 Teatro La Scala Milano

This superb picture got posted on Instagram. And it's more unique as you would think:



Yes, it's Lapo Elkann's 400i again. But the car was parked next to Teatro La Scala in Milano.
See hereby a Google airshot of the location:


So what is special about that you might ask. Clearly it's a classy environment and as such a nice fit for the 400 and their respective owners. If you have the book by sig. Fioravanti you might understand it even better. More about this book in this blog:

http://erwin400.blogspot.nl/2015/10/book-autobiography-leonardo-fioravanti.html

The 2+2 series was destined for the grown up man who had a passion for fine Italian things and sophisticated engineering. But clearly no longer wanted to squeeze into a two-seater with an angry cat behind their back. It was Leonardo Fioravanti who was the rising star at Pininfarina and got appointed to create the new 2+2. When the new model (365GT4 2+2) was discussed with the Commendatore he cited various clients like Pietro Barilla or Herbert von Karajan, a sublime orchestral director who felt that the sound of a Ferrari V12 was a "kind of symphony" as the revs rose! As such it was concluded that the new model should be a Ferrari that you could drive to La Scala in Milan.

Pietro Barilla


Capiche?

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Monday, 5 February 2018

KK Scale model 1:18 Ferrari 365 GT4 2+2

If you fancy these, you can pre-order them here:

Ferrari 365 GT4 2+2
Diecast model from KK scale
in limited editions of 1000 pieces only
item code : 180161, Colour : Red
item code : 180162, Colour : Metallic Light Blue
Scale 1:18
Price € 69,95
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Aparently they also do the other range, including the 400 and 412. To my surprise I see my own car used as an example picture:


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Sunday, 4 February 2018

More Ares - Retro Ferrari 400 / 412

Why not, this nicely continues yesterdays blog. They released a little more about their presentation in Modena on FB. And yes that includes the new retro Ferrari 400.

Given their Middle East roots I suspect the new owner of the retro 400 is also someone from this area.  Since that person must be a huge fan of the 400 I suspect it might be the same person who sent 2 400's to Ferrari Classiche for a full restoration as mentioned in this blog:

http://erwin400.blogspot.nl/2015/09/ferrari-classiche-ferrari-400.html

Not that long ago I was informed that the Robert Jankel Ferrari 400 limousine is potentially also stored in a private collection in the Middle East. Again I now suspect this might be the same person.





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Saturday, 3 February 2018

Ares - Retro Ferrari 400 / 412

If even a non-car enthusiast at work tips me about the new retro Ferrari 400 you know this news was hard to ignore. I delibaretely waited 2 days so I could capture the majority of the known car websites to have their copycat story published. So hereby a nice collection of links that more or less are sharing the same information:

But first a blog from the company CEO, who more or less already hinted about this car in December: http://www.danybahar.net/blog/70-years-of-ferrari/

In which he states the following about the 400 :




And back to the press releases. In fact there were quite a few more but I captured mostly the known English websites (and a few Dutch):

https://www.topgear.nl/autonieuws/ares-design-bouwt-ferrari-400-van-je-gtc4lusso/

https://www.topgear.com/car-news/modified/you-can-now-make-retro-ferrari-400-gtc4lusso

http://newsaboutcoolcars.online/ares-plans-ferrari-412-inspired-gtc4-lusso-conversion/

https://automotivereviewsblog.wordpress.com/2018/01/31/ares-plans-ferrari-412-inspired-gtc4-lusso-conversion/

https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1115088_ares-plans-ferrari-412-inspired-gtc4-lusso-conversion

https://enzari.com/news/ares-plans-modern-ferrari-412/

https://salomondrin.com/image/view/ares-plans-ferrari-412-inspired-gtc4-lusso-conversion/

https://www.autoweek.nl/nieuws/ares-design-heeft-meer-ambitieuze-plannen/

https://www.autoblog.nl/nieuws/met-deze-coachbuilt-ferrari-wil-ares-de-oorlog-winnen-106441

https://www.motor1.com/news/229127/ares-design-project-pony-ferrari/

https://www.autobreakingnews.com/2018/02/you-can-now-make-a-retro-ferrari-400-from-a-gtc4lusso/

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/industry/former-lotus-boss-opens-new-ares-design-headquarters-modena

https://www.quattroruote.it/news/industria-finanza/2018/01/31/ares_design_dove_nascono_la_nuova_pantera_e_la_911_gt3_targa_.html

http://autoz.info/ares-design-project-pony-is-a-ferrari-gtc4lusso-with-retro-vibes

https://www.carscoops.com/2018/02/ares-design-aims-bring-back-ferrari-412/

https://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-news/ares-coachbuilder-to-design-ferrari-412-inspired-gtc4lusso-conversion-ar179615.html

https://hypebeast.com/2018/2/ares-design-ferrari-412

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Friday, 2 February 2018

Ferrari GTC4 Azzurra La nuova one-off di Lapo Elkann - Ferrari 400

It's hard to keep up with the news lately. Another 400 related to the GTC4. Only adding it here for the records and the nice picture

https://www.quattroruote.it/news/nuovi-modelli/2018/02/01/ferrari_gtc4_azzurra_la_nuova_one_off_di_lapo_elkann.html


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Thursday, 1 February 2018

Con-moda Ferrari 400i - open-air-fascination

I spotted this brochure just to late on the Dutch Marktplaats. It was sold already but the owner made a nice scan for me. Seems like a rare brochure to me. Most of the content was Honda related and a one-pager with the Ferrari 400i



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