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    Image of Armand Armand
    10/01/09

    In reply to The 15 "Most Beautiful" Ferraris Of All Time?
    This sort of thing is always guaranteed to start a storm of controversy, what with beauty being in the eye of the beholder, but I can't complain about most of these choices. Still, I think it's silly that Massini takes rarity into account when picking the "most beautiful" Ferraris. Rarity has nothing to do with beauty. It affects value, sure, but we're not looking at the most expensive, or most important. We're going for beautiful, and that means that it needs to make your heart stop when you look at it.

    I'll cast my vote for the 250GTO. It was a successful racer and they're rare, but if they had built ten thousand and powered them with Fiat 1100 motors, they'd still be drop-dead gorgeous.
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    Image of UrbanaLemur UrbanaLemur
    10/01/09

    In reply to The 15 "Most Beautiful" Ferraris Of All Time?
    Seriously? Come on.........250 GT California SWB Spyder. Done there. End the discussion already.
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    10/01/09

    @UrbanaLemur: Thank you. This really is an easy decision.

    It's at least in the Top 5 Most Beautifu Carsl Ever, so it certainly tops the Ferrari list.
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    10/01/09

    In reply to The 15 "Most Beautiful" Ferraris Of All Time?
    Can we all just agree that Marcel Massini is just a nom de plume for Sandy Wong?
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    10/01/09

    In reply to The 15 "Most Beautiful" Ferraris Of All Time?

    In other news, CNBC says Sarah Jessica Parker is the hottest woman of 2009!
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    Image of Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness
    10/01/09

    In reply to The 15 "Most Beautiful" Ferraris Of All Time?
    or the 1958 Ferrari Fantuzzi Special:
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    10/01/09

    In reply to The 15 "Most Beautiful" Ferraris Of All Time?
    1957 250 TR "prototipo":
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    Image of Armand Armand
    10/01/09

    @Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness: I think they picked the wrong 250 Testarossa too-- the '57's pontoon fenders are spectacular.
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    10/01/09

    In reply to The 15 "Most Beautiful" Ferraris Of All Time?
    F40 ALL THE FREAKIN WAY HANDS DOWN ...WITH THE DINO IN A CLOSE SECOND
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    10/01/09

    @AE71-4AGZE: Dino over the F40...
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    10/01/09

    @Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness: Yes.
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    Image of PatFromGundo PatFromGundo
    10/01/09

    In reply to The 15 "Most Beautiful" Ferraris Of All Time?
    The omission of the 250 TdF Zagato is unforgivable. Here's 0515GT:

    [www.supercars.net]
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    Image of KeyserSoze KeyserSoze
    10/01/09

    In reply to The 15 "Most Beautiful" Ferraris Of All Time?
    how in the world did the 250 GT California not make this list. Anyone? Anyone?
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    discontinuuity is happy that everything has been set right in the Jalopverse. Now all we need is more of engineerd's Brefas Scotch! approved this comment KeyserSoze was starred KeyserSoze was unstarred
    Image of RachelSklar RachelSklar
    10/01/09

    In reply to The 15 "Most Beautiful" Ferraris Of All Time?
    Is this top one the Miglia Spider? Does CNBC define "most beautiful" as "one that most looks like a giant pale penis?"
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    10/01/09

    @RachelSklar: Yes, that's it. I don't know if Mr. Massini had any phallacentric criteria, but most 50's and early 60's sports cars have a "mannish" quality to them.
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    Image of RachelSklar RachelSklar
    10/01/09

    @scroggzilla raids again: I see "mannish" as "big mahogany desk and dark leather chair" with a side of "humidor" and "gun collection." This to me suggests "giant melty creamsicle." Or, er, something. Never mind.
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    10/01/09

    @RachelSklar: If you think that's bad, check out the Jaguar E-Type. Fortunately, many of them were green, which makes them look more like a pickle than a phallus.
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    10/01/09

    @Armand: That just made me giggle.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    10/01/09

    In reply to The 15 "Most Beautiful" Ferraris Of All Time?

    Really? A Daytona and the Enzo above the 250 GT Lusso? Really? I wouldn't even have the Enzo on this list.

    Like my colleagues have suggested, I would have the GT Lusso as the most beautiful Ferrari of all time.
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    10/01/09

    In reply to The 15 "Most Beautiful" Ferraris Of All Time?
    Not a bad list. I'm not sure I'd put the 375 Mille Miglia Spider as the most "beautiful". It was certainly important, but it's not necessarily beautiful.

    I'm surprised at how many variants of the 250 there were on the list. Sure, the 250 is quite ubiquitous and the variants are all lovely, but I would, in the interest of variety, have included some other series. For instance, the '57 410 SuperAmerica shown above. Rare, beautiful, powerful and desirable.

    Also, there is a lack of flat-12 representation in their list.
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    10/01/09

    @engineerd: +1 on the 410 SuperAmerica. I saw one in a restoration shop once-- it's got presence, that's for sure.
    Just out of curiosity, what's your preference in the flat-12 area-- seventies swoopiness from the 512bb or eighties muscle from the Testarossa?
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    Image of RandRace RandRace
    10/01/09

    In reply to The 15 "Most Beautiful" Ferraris Of All Time?
    First of all, since when does rarity have jack all to do with aesthetics?

    Secondly, 275 GTS/4 NART Spider FTW:
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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    10/01/09

    In reply to The 15 "Most Beautiful" Ferraris Of All Time?
    I love that particular 375MM...it's the car that Phil Hill and Ritchie Ginther drove in the 54 Carrera. But more beautiful than the 250 GTO (1st or 2nd series?)...or the P3/4...or the 275 GTB...or the 156 Sharknose F1...246 Dino F1...250TR...250 SWB?
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    10/01/09

    @scroggzilla raids again: some pretty picture to stir the debate
    [www.flickr.com]
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    Image of LBJ's Love Child LBJ's Love Child
    10/01/09

    In reply to The 15 "Most Beautiful" Ferraris Of All Time?

    And finally, #3 on my Top #3, the 250 GTL Berlinetta. I'd have 4, but my failure to buy a 206 Dino for $10K in 1977 makes me hate it now.
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    Image of skitter skitter
    10/01/09

    @LBJ's Love Child: I was glad to see Syrax make this the first post down below, and was satisfied, but your picture is stunning like an unexpected storm door. Odd that such beauty is so difficult to fully capture on film.
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