Ferrari California T reviewed - Director magazine
The Ferrari California T demonstrates how the rekindled fling between Ferrari and the Golden State is producing another generation of drop-dead-gorgeous sportscars, admits a reluctant Tiff Needell. While I realise it doesn’t diminish the car’s quality, “Ferrari California” just jars. Ferraris started out with simple model numbers – usually reflecting the engine capacity or number of cylinders – and sometimes a name added afterwards. It wasn’t until the 1980s that the Mondial arrived with standalone name, soon followed by the Testarossa. We know why: ever since Luigi Chinetti drove Ferrari’s first Le Mans win back in 1949 and persuaded Enzo Ferrari to make him the US importer, America has grown to become by far Ferrari’s biggest market, taking over a third of its production. There was a Ferrari 340 America in 1950, a 410 Superamerica in ’55, then the 250 GT California Spyder in ’57. One of those vintage models will now set you back £5m. The name disappeared with the last of the 365 Californias in 1967 but the new... Source: www.director.co.uk
