The Great Italian Car

Great Enzo Ferrari has created the multi-billion corporation creating not simply fast and reliable cars, but standards of high automobile design. In company history the broadest range of remarkable and rare cars but what of them it's really possible to name the most beautiful?

Television channel CNBC has asked most authoritative historian and expert of the Italian mark Marcel Massini to make the list of 15 most magnificent Ferrari in history. The Swiss has 30-year-old professional experience of researches in the field of automobile history, edits two international firm magazines and it's considered the best in the world the adviser for the Italian cars, whose services the largest collectors and the famous auction houses use.

Ferrari. TOP-15

Massini has put this car on 15 place because this car "has been created in the single copy for the king of Belgium Leopold and at Ferrari 375 Plus Cabriolet too huge engine". Prospective cost of the car — $10 million.

Comment Massini: "This variant of 250th GTO for the poor man became classics of 60th years". Approximate cost of $900,000US, circulation — 330 copies.

Massini: "the Fantastic kind, and extremely successful racer". 15 million dollars, and only four collected cars.

"Very graceful, pure and at the same time simple lines, it is a pity, that it is not enough". Massini had in view of too small circulation of a cabriolet — 36 cars. Today such car on sale for $3 million.

Massini: "very sensual, very successful in races and very rare". It has been made only 3 cars, prospective cost — $30 million.

250 GT Lusso Berlinetta "are extraordinary graceful, they very much like women". On personal preference Massini the best variant of color for this car is dark blue or a shade of gun bronze. 350 copies are constructed. The today's price: $500,000US.

The characteristic which has been given out by the Swiss expert: "Initial design, massive, but thus prompt". The nickname "Daytona" was given by journalists, in honor of victory Ferrari in the 24-sentry to race in the Daytona-Beach in February of 1967. The best color for this car, according to Massini, exclusively yellow. The price — 350 000 dollars. 1 383 copies are made.

The car of 2003 "extremely exotic and extreme, named in honor of the company founder. The best colour for Enzo — grey-steel gun bronze". The prospective price of $1,3 million, 400 copies.

"A fine and harmonious styling, a brutal design, the best variant have a cheap tires with strong protector". 165 cars of this model have been constructed. Their today's price fluctuates from 3~6 million dollars.

According to Massini: "at Dino 206 GT very sensual lines of rotundities, the car by all means should be dark green or silver-grey". Prospective cost today — $300 000. Circulation — 150 units.

Barchetta became for Ferrari "the sign project, it is an early classics" Ferrari "which, of course, should be red". Only these 25 beauties left factory gate in 1949. Today for each of them ask not less $5 million.

"A classical 3-l racing car of the beginning of 50th years". 18 copies of this model are made For long-distance races, today car cost reaches $3 million.

On high third place Massini has put this car because it — "last Ferrari, winning wearisome 24 hour race in Le Mans in 1965". The starting price from $8,000,000. In total 32 copies are made.

"An aggressive look with unusually long front and short back and a tremendous success of public", have forced Massini to put this car on the second place in a rating of the most beautiful cars Ferrari of all times. Cost of one of 7 constructed copies 250 GTO Series Two reads off scale for 30 million dollars.

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The unique car collected in the single copy. For Massini this car most-most of all models with an emblem of "the Caracoling Stallion".

"Extremely the aggressive project, unique, executed in one copy, a detail and sensational components". The expert believes, that the initial price of such car will be not less than $12,000,000 million.

The remarkable fact, in rating Massini practically is not present models Ferrari of last 40 years, except for "anniversary" Enzo 2003. Can be at you, expensive readers, are into this account the opinion?

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Company Ferrari specially has developed the exclusive version for the Chinese market a supercar 599 GTB Fiorano HGTE which has been created in cooperation with known artist Lju Hao in the Peoples Republic of China.

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For this car Lju Hao has prepared two variants of design. In one of them of supercar it will be painted in stylistics of porcelain of a dynasty, it is created in the single copy and it is sold in the beginning of November at charitable auction. In the second variant 599 GTB Fiorano will receive a body painted in red and grey colours.

Such cars it is planned to make in the limited circulation in 12 copies. In registration of salon the artist used an ancient Chinese font by which figures on a tachometre and an inscription on the button of start of the engine are replaced, changed the colour with red on the green. Besides, leather bags with the embroidered route of "the Silk way" will be offered buyers of the car.

The technical stuffing a supercar will not change. The car will be equipped still with 12 cylinder motor in volume of six litres and power of 620HP, and thanks to package Handling GT Evoluzione (HGTE) Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano also will receive the underestimated and more rigid suspension bracket, the recustomized steering, the modernised transmission and brakes and new wheel disks.

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Cost of "Chinese" version Ferrari 599 GTB HGTE yet is not informed.

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Modified Ferrari F430 has received an aerodynamic weather-cloth into which new bumpers and aggressive lateral thresholds enter. These components on 27 kg it is easier than factory aerodynamic elements. Also tuners offer final system with the branch pipes which have been built in the central part of a back bumper.

"Reinsertion" of the engine and the new final system enters into a tuning package for Bentley, all it will provide power in 700HP. The special electronic module which has been built in a suspension bracket, allows to reduce a road clearance in addition.

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