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Old 07-19-06, 09:05 PM
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that thing looks ****ing Glorious.
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Old 07-19-06, 09:34 PM
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Hmmm I may get flamed for this, but it looks very generic looking especially in the back, I hope the finished car looks better, and with better looking wheels.
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the car looks too conceptial for me to comment now, but i think it's a good start. somehow it looks like the baby of the enzo and veyron
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Ma humps.........ma humps ma humps ma humps.....The only thing I can think of right now.
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Now that says EXOTIC!!!
 
Old 07-20-06, 05:40 PM
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The owner of this car posted some stuff about his creation on some of the message boards. A few things he said is that it weighs 2640 lbs, will accelerate and handle on par to a McLaren F1 car, has the same power to weight ratio as a McLaren F1, meets all DOT safety regulations, the all glass roof has some super expensive UV protection so window tint is not necessary, more stable over 200mph compared to an McLaren which is known to be very skiddish, almost as fast as the Veyron, but will out handle it.


Seems like they benchmarked the Enzo(which it is built off of), Veyron, and the McLaren F1.

For those that dont know the styling is based off of the Ferrari P 3/4 race car.


The real car will be unveiled next month at the Pebble Beach Auto Show. This is just a full scale model. They promise it will look even better.
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Old 07-20-06, 10:19 PM
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It's all right. I kinda like this better.

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Old 07-31-06, 06:57 AM
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Default P4/5 Alive: Pininfarina to unveil custom Ferrari Enzo at Pebble Beach concours



P4/5 Alive
Pininfarina to unveil custom Ferrari Enzo at Pebble Beach concours

AutoWeek | Published 07/31/06, 6:58 am et

Pininfarina has confirmed that it will unveil its second custom Ferrari at next month's Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in Monterey, California.

As reported in AutoWeek in March, the car ('New exotic Ferrari' 3/27/06), called the Ferrari P4/5, is based on the Enzo supercar and is destined for the garage of U.S. collector and former movie director James Glickenhaus.

Designed, engineered and built entirely by Pininfarina, the vehicle will reportedly compete in a new Prototype class at the annual concours.

“The entire vehicle expresses elegance and fluidity with the clear-cut, uncluttered lines that are typical of Pininfarina’s style," said Ken Okuyama, director of Pininfarina styling.



Glickenhaus, 55, a former B-movie writer/director/producer-turned Wall Street fund manager (Glickenhaus’ movie credits include Maniac Cop, Frankenhooker, Slaughter of the Innocents and Timemaster), is particularly passionate about the P3/4 (also known as the 412 P) and P4 models; only three of each model were produced in 1966 and ’67 and he owns one of them, worth up to $10 million.

The original Ferrari P3/4s beat the Ford GT40s at Daytona and won the constructors’ sports car championship in ’67, the year in which the GT40s won Le Mans.

Glickenhaus has said in various chat rooms, specifically at ferrarichat.com, that he spent over $1 million to buy a Ferrari Enzo and about $3 million to convert it into the custom unit.



Glickenhaus also said the P4’s power remains the same as the Enzo’s at 651 horsepower. Since the Enzo on which the car is based was unregistered, this new P4 gets its own VIN—allowing it to be driven on the streets of all 50 states.

According to Pininfarina, more than 200 components were specifically developed for the vehicle: from the bixenon lighting clusters designed with a system of yellow and white leds to the 20-inch aluminum alloy wheels milled from the block up..

In April, at the Villa d’Este Concours d’Elegance in Como, Italy, Pininfarina unveiled another custom Ferrari, the 612 Scaglietti based “K” it built for Peter Kalikow, president of New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. - AUTOMOTIVE NEWS EUROPE'S LUCA CIFERRI CONTRIBUTED

Source: http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dl.../60728010/1065
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Old 07-31-06, 11:05 AM
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Front looks nice, but the rear looks like the front of a fly. The way the dual exhausts pop out in particular looks ridiculous.

Overall the shape is just a result of computerized aerodynamic design.
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