Ferrari P540 Superfast Aperta revealed, second from Special Projects program.

[EJ25RUN]

1962 Ferrari 330 TRI/LM Testa Rossa


http://www.ferrari.com/English/News/...st_Aperta.aspx

Ferrari.com

The first shake-down has been held at Fiorano of a very special one-off, the P540 Superfast Aperta, built for an American client. The car, the second in a new Special Projects programme created by Ferrari to meet requests from the most discerning clients and collectors to create truly unique models, is based on the 599 GTB Fiorano and was inspired by a Carrozzeria Fantuzzi-designed Ferrari built specifically for the 1968 Fellini film, Toby Dammit, itself inspired by one of the tales of Edgar Allan Poe.

The P540 Superfast Aperta’s proud new owner, Edward Walson, son of John Walson, the inventor of cable TV, approached Ferrari in 2008 to produce a modern reinterpretation of the gold-coloured car in the film. “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.”

In accordance with the Special Project’s approach to producing such individual one-offs, the P540 Superfast Aperta respects all existing international safety and homologation requirements and is thus road legal. The car was designed by Pininfarina and built in Maranello, and the client was directly involved in each stage of its development. As the 599 GTB Fiorano donor car is a coupé, considerable effort went into strengthening the chassis by using finite element analysis in development and the increase in weight was kept down to just 20 kg by employing carbon-fibre extensively. From the initial sketches to the final, road-legal car took just 14 months.

As the client took delivery of the car at Fiorano his excitement was understandable: “This is the most special Christmas present of my life.”

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

Curiosity

This special car’s colour was inspired by the film ”Toby Dammit”, one of the three episodes of the film “Histoires Extraordinaires” made in 1968 based on stories by Edgar Allan Poe.

“Toby Dammit”, the third of the three episodes, directed by Federico Fellini, with Terence Stamp Salvo Randone and Milena Vukotic, based on the story “Never Bet The Devil Your Head”.

The other two episodes, ”Metzengerstein” and “William Wilson”, were directed by Roger Vadim and Louis Malle.

[Nerdsrock22]

Damn you, I was making this thread.

[EJ25RUN]

Damn you, I was making this thread.

I figured that's why it took you a while. Haha

[Elbow]

I really like it..even the color.

[JITB]

You know your rich when...

but i do wish the front end matched the 80's look of the rear tho... nice overall tho

[Nerdsrock22]

I figured that's why it took you a while. Haha

Both of us need to take a break from autoblog.

But the car is gorgeous, as long as I don't have to look at it face to face.

First of the Special Projects for reference:

Ferrari P4/5

[EJ25RUN]

So i actually read what Autoblog wrote on it and it was annoying how wrong it was.

Here's what it was....

Autoblog...
We all remember the hoopla a few years ago when kajillionaire James Glickenhaus revealed he had been working with Ferrari on an updated version of the famous P3/4 race car from the sixties. What resulted was the Ferrari P4/5 one-off. Glickenhaus was $4 million lighter, but that seems like money well spent judging by all the attention he received, not to mention the fact he owns a 1-of-1 Ferrari.

That whole endeavor was part of the Ferrari Special Projects program, which is fancy Italian talk for "We will build anything you want for the right price." Another kajillionaire was apparently waiting in line behind Glickenhaus, and after 14 months of development, his car is ready too. Called the P540 Superfast Aperta, this entirely unique Ferrari was commissioned and partly developed by Edward Walson, whose claim to fame is that his dad invented cable TV. The new money mogul had reportedly always dreamed of designing cars, and approached Ferrari in 2008 to develop a car based on the gold Ferrari in the 1968 short film Toby Dammit.


First of all, James Glickenhaus Ferrari was fully done by Pininfarina. NOT Ferrari.

And the first car to come from Ferrari's custom program was this F430 based machine.

[EJ25RUN]

Both of us need to take a break from autoblog.

But the car is gorgeous, as long as I don't have to look at it face to face.

First of the Special Projects for reference:

Ferrari P4/5

No it isn't.

Read what I wrote!

[Nerdsrock22]

No it isn't.

Read what I wrote!

Touche. Interesting. Whats the story on Project 1 then? Not to thread jack...

[Kirtsky]

That is a beautiful car!

You selling the Fit to pick up this?

[Nerdsrock22]

That is a beautiful car!

You selling the Fit to pick up this?

Just need something with a couple more horses...

[Nerdsrock22]

Ferrari SP1

The first Portfolio Special is by Fioravanti and is called 'SP1'. This F430 based one-off was built for the Japanese collector Junichiro Hiramatsu. According to Fioravanti, Hiramatsu is an admirer of Fioravanti's style and he especially liked the F100, an earlier (unauthorized) Ferrari conceptcar by Fioravanti dating back to 1998. Hiramatsu asked Ferrari if they could build him a car like that and so they turned to Fioravanti.



Result:

[EJ25RUN]

Touche. Interesting. Whats the story on Project 1 then? Not to thread jack...

Can't jack a thread that discusses same subject matter.

I guess you mean the F430 car.

I'll get the actual info later.

[Nerdsrock22]

I'll get the actual info later.

It's already on the table. Hot and fresh.

[EJ25RUN]

It's already on the table. Hot and fresh.

I'm doing this while trying to watch TV so......kinda back and forth.

[Nerdsrock22]

I'm doing this while trying to watch TV so......kinda back and forth.

Excuses, excuses.

I'm outta here, 5 o'clock time.

[ffxf50]

I love that color.

[EJ25RUN]

1961 Ferrari 250 GTE NART Spyder #2235GT Fantuzzi

[Magnus213]

I'm a fan, I love the way they did the back.

[fivex684]

Do you spam F5 on autoblog all day?

j/k

[1SICKLEX]

Cool project but car does nothing for me

[DavidV]

looks too much like a corvette

[DustnU]

They jusy get sexier and sexier!!!! Good pics!

[Slow Motion]

oooh...an old school vette with teh body kit.

[bdydrpdmazda]

I actually dont really like it that much, it just doesnt have that ferrari look to it.

[EJ25RUN]

oooh...an old school vette with teh body kit.

In the same way a C3 vette was an Opel GT copy?

I actually dont really like it that much, it just doesnt have that ferrari look to it.

And what does your idea of a Ferrari look like?

[On_Her_Face]

I love it, from the seats back the lines remind me of a C3 Corvette.

[VooDooXII]

Damn you, I was making this thread.

Haha I got on here just to post this. This car is BEAUTIFUL!

[EJ25RUN]

I love it, from the seats back the lines remind me of a C3 Corvette.

More so than the 60's Ferrari is based on?

I'm starting to feel you really got to know Ferraris to not see a Corvette in it lines.

[On_Her_Face]

More so than the 60's Ferrari is based on?

I'm starting to feel you really got to know Ferraris to not see a Corvette in it lines.

No it looks way closer to the car it is replicating, however it just reminds me of a C3 rear. That doesn't mean it actually looks like or follows the same lines. Just the sense of sight makes me think of the Corvette.

[JEY$JDM]

good stuff..

[EJ25RUN]

No it looks way closer to the car it is replicating, however it just reminds me of a C3 rear. That doesn't mean it actually looks like or follows the same lines. Just the sense of sight makes me think of the Corvette.

In that case i def agree. Do you know what im on about with the Opel GT?

[On_Her_Face]

In that case i def agree. Do you know what im on about with the Opel GT?

Which Opel GT?

[EJ25RUN]

Which Opel GT?

The one designed by the man that designed the C3 Vette.

http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/...-corvette.html

[jnv255]

Reminds me of a Vette.

[On_Her_Face]

The one designed by the man that designed the C3 Vette.

http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/...-corvette.html

Yeah especially the high fenders.