The Ferrari Testarossa is a 12-cylinder mid-engine sports car manufactured by Ferrari, which went into production in 1984 as the successor to the Ferrari Berlinetta Boxer. The Pininfarina-designed car was originally produced from 1984 to 1991, with two model revisions following the ending of Testarossa production and the introduction of the 512 TR and F512 M which were produced from 1992 to 1996.
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Just about every time Ferrari comes up with a new variant of one of its supercars — be it the Scuderia, Spider, Challenge, XX or what-have-you — someone takes it upon themselves to imagine what another Prancing Horse from the stable would look like with the same treatment. Some come out looking better than others, but push comes to shove, there is no 458XX, no 599 Challenge and no California Scuderia. Once in a while, though, someone comes up with something truly intriguing
Aston Martin has done it. Porsche has too. Even Lamborghini toyed with the idea in the form of the Estoque concept. But according to chief executive Amedeo Felisa, Ferrari will never follow its rivals in making a four-door model.
The closest we’ll get, points out Felisa, is the Maserati Quattroporte, the four-door sports sedan from Ferrari’s Modenese sister-company, which is set to gain a baby brother in the near future. Maranello once considered the idea of a four-door with the 1980 Pinin show car (above), but as close as it may have come, the concept never made it to production.
Addressing the notion that Ferrari once swore it would never make a hybrid or use start-stop technology – both of which are in the pipeline from Maranello currently – Felisa responded that both these measures were required by government regulation, but that nobody’s forcing them to make a sedan. Well, there you have it.
Gallery: 1980 Ferrari Pinin
[Source: Autocar]
Ferrari CEO pledges we’ll never see a four-door Prancing Horse originally appeared on Ferrari News on Wed, 05 May 2010 11:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
