Remember the buzz surrounding Ferrari last week? No, not that buzz. You know, the buzz about how if you hand ‘em with suitcases stuffed with filthy lucre they’ll build you a totally custom coachbuilt hypercar. We didn’t report on Ferrari’s “One Off” program because A) While we totally admire rich people solely based on the cars they drive, $3,000,000 for a “One Off” is kinda, um, silly and pretentious B) You can only type the word “Ferrari” so many times in one week before carpal tunnel seriously sets in C) We missed the story. Whatever our truth may be, the 100% custom Ferrari truth is that if you give Maranello enough scratch, they’ll build you almost anything you want (no SUVs and no minivans). Just like Jimmy Glickenhaus, who spent more money than I’ll earn in a lifetime ($4 mil) on his P4/5 Pininfarina desinged Ferrari. What we’re not missing however, are these renderings of what the soon to be contracted and constructed custom jobs very well might look like. Hey, if you got it, flaunt the hell out of it! [Cheers to Yanko Design]
Posted By: Jonny Lieberman | 3 Comments »
Tags: Design Ferrari James Glickenhaus One Off Ferrari P4/5 Pininfarina
[...] Yanko Designs renders one-off Ferraris UPDATE: The designs that Yanko’s got on its website are from a past Ferrari design competition, thanks to all the sharp eyed readers who caught it. As we reported not too long ago, Ferrari is not stupid, and if you’ve got the obscene cashflow, you can get your own design rendered in Rosso Corsa with a gen-yoo-wine Prancing Horse on the fender. Trouble is, not everyone has a shelf full of sketchbooks with multitudinous supercar designs lying in wait. Even if you do, they’re probably not very good. Mastering foreshortening and perspective is not a weekend project, and designing a body that’s actually capable of production is also not something the common man, even the uncommonly rich common man, is familiar with. Yanko Design has done some of the heavy lifting for those talentless hacks wanting to join the Jim Glickenhaus society. The Glick went to Pininfarina, but Yanko’s collected some former Ferrari design competition candidates to remind us of what could be. The designs are from students, and Yanko’s showing some of the ones that didn’t make the cut. If these are what students can do, just think of what experienced hands could come up with. Some actually look good, though others would be better off as Hot Wheels cars. Wouldn’t it just be cheaper to get one of those Fiero bodykits and put the leftover millions into retirement accounts? [Source: Autofiends] [...]
I know that in ferrari style the dominating colour is red, but it doesn’t match this black automobile, it’s like a work of designer with a bad taste… but as for the rest, I hope everything is not so bad….
Is this concept by Pininfarina? Id say one of the best “one off” models is Ferrari 348 Zagato Elaborazione.