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ulimator
05-19-2011, 08:42 AM
Press release:

NEW FERRARI SPECIAL PROJECTS ONE-OFF TO DEBUT AT VILLA D’ESTE

Maranello, 19 May 2011 – New York collector and Ferrari enthusiast Peter Kalikow visited the factory to take delivery of his Special Projects Ferrari Superamerica 45, a unique one-off model. Styled internally by Ferrari Design and engineered and built in-house, the car was specified by Mr Kalikow to celebrate 45 years since he first became a Ferrari client and will make its public debut on the 20th of May at the Villa d’Este Concorso d’Eleganza.

The design is bespoke, featuring a carbon-fibre rotating hard-top which incorporates a rear screen. The boot is entirely new to house the roof when open, and is now in carbon-fibre with a design optimised to reduce drag and increase rear downforce.

The rear buttresses are body-coloured, integral with the rear wheelarches, and incorporate rear quarterlights. The side view is further distinguished by double air vents on the front wing. The Ferrari Superamerica 45 also features a specific chromed front grille and special burnished aluminium A-pillars, wing mirrors and door handles.

The Superamerica 45 is finished in an exclusive Blu Antille, a colour that matches another important car in the client’s collection – a 1961 400 Superamerica cabriolet nr. 2331SA. The wheels are body-coloured with a contrasting diamond finish to the spokes. The roof and other carbon-fibre elements of the bodywork – front splitter, side skirts and rear diffuser – are in a special contrasting darker blue, a theme that is carried over to the cockpit which features dark blue carbon-fibre dash trim and driver zone.

The interior is another area of exquisite personalisation, with a carefully selected combination of Cuoio leather trim and Blu Scuro carbon fibre details and a latest-generation touch-screen infotainment system.

W.R.
05-19-2011, 09:12 AM
The only bad thing about this car is that there's only one. Cliché, but true.

Ferrer
05-19-2011, 10:09 AM
It seems like it's pretty much the same as the Pininfarina Aperta thing.

Only more awful.

FastDriver
05-19-2011, 10:19 AM
Cool car. I like the Ferrari California, it is a pretty close resemblence :)
Actually it looks more like the 599 GTB, but I like both!

Here is a 575m superamerica F1
2005 Ferrari 575M Superamerica F1 for Sale - 972986 - duPontREGISTRY.com (http://www.dupontregistry.com/autos/Search/DRauSearchDetails.aspx?itemid=972986)

Ferrer
05-19-2011, 10:22 AM
Cool car. I like the Ferrari California, it is a pretty close resemblence :)
Actually it looks more like the 599 GTB, but I like both!
See, there's the problem.

FastDriver
05-19-2011, 10:26 AM
yeah, actually i doin't like the back end of this Superamerica... Its not that pretty.

thebrochureman
05-19-2011, 11:29 AM
If i whanted a car which looked a bit like a 599 i would buy a 599, pus it's a one off. I'll just stick to the 599 GTO, although if i was buying a new Ferrari i would buy the fantastic 458 italia instead.

ScionDriver
05-19-2011, 11:38 AM
I like it. It isn't crazy but it's different. To each his own I guess. Is he the guy who ordered the 612 Kappa a few years back or is this someone else?

FastDriver
05-19-2011, 11:44 AM
If i whanted a car which looked a bit like a 599 i would buy a 599, pus it's a one off. I'll just stick to the 599 GTO, although if i was buying a new Ferrari i would buy the fantastic 458 italia instead.

F-yeah!

ulimator
05-19-2011, 11:57 AM
I like it. It isn't crazy but it's different. To each his own I guess. Is he the guy who ordered the 612 Kappa a few years back or is this someone else?

Yes, indeed! Debuted 5 years ago at the very same place :)

Kitdy
05-19-2011, 12:49 PM
I like it. It isn't crazy but it's different. To each his own I guess. Is he the guy who ordered the 612 Kappa a few years back or is this someone else?

It is. NicFromLA's dad actually.

ScionDriver
05-19-2011, 12:50 PM
It is. NicFromLA's dad actually.

Wow that's pretty neat. 6 degrees of UCP separation indeed I suppose! :)

Kitdy
05-19-2011, 12:55 PM
Wow that's pretty neat. 6 degrees of UCP separation indeed I suppose! :)

Mr. Glick is on our forums too, so we have some relations with the high falutin' car world here on this small, humble forum.

Ferrer
05-19-2011, 01:15 PM
Perhaps too much of a focus on the US? :p

ScionDriver
05-19-2011, 01:34 PM
Mr. Glick is on our forums too, so we have some relations with the high falutin' car world here on this small, humble forum.

Yeah I knew about Glick. Car lovers are bound to find the best places to talk about them! It's good to have people around who actually own the cars the rest of us can only TALK about (even though sometimes we tend to talk as if we have owned/driven them)

f6fhellcat13
05-19-2011, 02:27 PM
A flippy roof to go with your flappy paddles.

I do like that color, though.

NSXType-R
05-19-2011, 02:38 PM
All we need now is for Jay Leno to join the forums. :D

I like how they removed the stacked exhausts. That annoyed me and made the rear tall and narrow for me.

Looks okay I guess.

Cobrafan427
05-19-2011, 08:05 PM
All we need now is for Jay Leno to join the forums. :D


Can you imagine!? That'd be pretty kick ass

Dino Scuderia
05-20-2011, 04:22 AM
The new side extractors are a bit too squared in relation to the rest of the cars roundness...and a bit too Corvette C6 IMO.

The 348 like 20" rims look a bit dated too.

The car is still pretty.

johnnynumfiv
05-20-2011, 04:40 AM
Wow that's pretty neat. 6 degrees of UCP separation indeed I suppose! :)

I also work at the shop where he brings his cars. :p