550 Barchetta: very sexy.

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SuperTool

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A better picture

I don't like the massive overhangs front and rear that make it look like an overpriced corvette. I am not a big fan of the wheels on it, but that depends on taste, I suppose. But, with a V12 underneath, and the chickmagnet qualities of this car, who cares.
 

Prodigy^

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Oct 10, 1999
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hmmm that link is messed up somehow

"I am not a big fan of the wheels on it...."

you better be if you wanna drive it :p
 

geno

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I'm with lupin, the Modena has nothing on the 550s, the modena has some beautiful angles, but the whole shape of the body isn't as appealing to me. There's too much going on, the beauty in the 550s is in it's simplicity. But looks aren't everything :)


PS Supertool - link doesn't work
 

NFS4

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Oct 9, 1999
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The F360 is gorgeous and unique. The 550 is raunchy.

The 550 looks like a C5 Corvette with a Ferrari body kit:p

And it looks like the got those wheels from its equally fugly predecessor; the 512TR M.
 

SuperTool

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I just like the wheels on the maranello better. I don't like the riveted look on the barchetta wheels.
 

geno

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<< The 550 looks like a C5 Corvette with a Ferrari body kit >>


Please!! They look nothing alike!! I don't get how you could say that. The 550's are pure class, not many curves and lines but they manage to look stunning. The beauty is in their simplicity
 

SuperTool

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Also, modenas look more supercarlike because of mid-engine. I came to associate supercars with mid-engines and muscle cars with front engines.