Ferrari is back into the business of coachbuilding as the Italian supercar maker unveiled the second one-off special after the P4/5 it built for American collector (and millionaire...) James Glickenhaus back in 2006. The new Ferrari P540 Superfast Ferries Aperta was created for Edward Walson, son of John Walson, the inventor of cable TV.
The wealthy American approached Ferrari in 2008 to produce a modern reinterpretation of the gold-coloured 1965 Ferrari 250GT NART Spyder featured in a 1968 Fellini short film called "Toby Dammit".
"I had always dreamed of designing sports cars," Walson explains, "and when I saw this film the decision came of its own accord: one day I would have 'my' Ferrari." And well, he did.
In case you didn't notice, the Ferrari P540 Superfast Aperta is based on the 599 GTB Fiorano. The car was designed by Pininfarina and built in Maranello, with Ferrari claiming that Walson was directly involved in each stage of its development.
According to the Italians, while considerable effort went into strengthening the chassis after the roof was chopped off, the increase in weight was kept down to just 20 kg or 44 pounds by employing carbon-fibre extensively.
Ferrari said that from the initial sketches to the final, road-legal car, it took just 14 months to complete the project.
Those of you with a strong memory may remember that we first showed you the P540 Superfast Aperta earlier this year, though then, we didn't know any details about the one-off Prancing Horse model.
Technical specifications
Length 4731 mm
Width 1954 mm
Height 1300 mm
Wheelbase 2750 mm
Front track 1690 mm
Rear track 1620 mm
Engine
65° V12
Displacement 5999 cc
Maximum power 456 kW (620 CV) at 7600 rpm
Maximum torque 608 Nm (62 kgm) at 5600 rpm
Transmission
F1 6-speed gearbox
Tyres
Front 245/35 20"
Rear 305/35 20"
Fuel consumption
Combined cycle 17.9 l/100 km
CO2 emissions
Combined cycle 415 g/km
14 Comments:
It looks kind of like a 70s Corvette (not that there is anything wrong with that!)
The C3 are my most hated body style of Corvette.
Why they'd ever want to emulate that...I have no clue.
ferrari were told 612 was ugly.. so why continue on with the 612 lights.. not one of ferrari's best. perhaps ferrari is going back to its roots when enzo were selling cars so to make money for their F1.. Now Ferrari is selling cars to make moeny for shareholders...
did ferrari hire an ex ssangyong designer?
wtf is this?!?!
it's 'Aperta', isn't it
definitely looks 'vette inspired and that's not a bad thing.
define ugly, fugly!
I mean it's not that bad, even if its just another quick quote on wheels. If a 612 is "well enough designed" to wear the Ferrari-badge, why this one here not.
Generally Ferrari builts relatively fast and perhaps aerodynamically advanced cars, but definitely not beautiful ones.
my god the front is boring
no shot of the back ?
just turned a ferrari into a panoz
I'm really not one to talk crap about other people's dreams... but what a waste of time and money this thing is. To pay Ferrari millions of dollars to custom build something and end up with something so Corvette-inspired..the guy won't get half the respect that Glickenhaus' creation does. This literally look like a kitcar of some sort.
Nice. I think Ferrari ought to sell it as a true limited edition vehicle. Leave that color to the person who requested it and sell one of each color in Ferrari splendor. Beautiful.
my god the front is boring
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