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Inspiration for the Golden Ferrari was drawn from the 330 LMB from the 1960s

Inspiration for the Golden Ferrari was drawn from the 330 LMB from the 1960s

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Famed Italian coachbuilder and design house Pininfarina is most widely recognized for designing stunning cars like the Ferrari 599 but the company also dabbles every now and then in the area of coachbuilding special one-off creations for wealthy clients. Back in 2006 we saw the personalized Ferrari 612 P4/5 based on the Enzo supercar and today we have details about the new ‘Golden Ferrari’ based on the 599 GTB.

While the mechanicals may be borrowed from the modern 599, the styling is a not-too-subtle throwback to the lines seen on the Ferrari 330 LMB model that first appeared in the early 1960s.The front of the car also shares some similarities with the 612 Scaglietti, which in itself was a throwback to the front-end designs seen in classic ‘60s Ferrari models.

Perhaps most astonishing, however, is the open-topped design and the classically styled roll-bar, and while Pininfarina has not released much information about the car we expect a large number of resources went into this aspect of the vehicle.

So just where can people see this one-off, 620hp (462kW) throwback to the famous Ferrari 330 LMB? Perhaps next time they pull into a Wal-Mart parking lot, in light of the fact that Wal-Mart's CEO Rob Walton is allegedly the lucky owner of the car.
Via: Autoblog.nl



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Comments (8)

  1. ma_Aiman avatar Aiman Posted: 5/26/2009 5:57am PDT

    Beautiful car .... shame about the color.
     
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  2. ma_Mike avatar Mike Posted: 5/26/2009 7:13am PDT

    Agree, it's a great looking car, too bad Ferarri doesn't have something like that in regular production. Don't like the color, though.
     
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  3. ma_Doan avatar Doan Posted: 5/26/2009 2:23pm PDT

    In todays econome you have to be kidding. Someone should take that car and put in a place on him that the suns does not shine
     
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  4. ma_Tall Paul avatar Tall Paul Posted: 5/26/2009 6:01pm PDT

    I personally don't mind people spending money in any economy.
    Would we rather have companies going broke or making huge profits? I'll take huge profits.

    Oh the car...I don't like the color either.
     
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  5. ma_WizardsLore avatar WizardsLore Posted: 5/26/2009 7:36pm PDT

    lop a metre off the front of the car (by basically using a V6 or small bore V8 instead of a V12) and Ferrari could have the answer to a more affordable car that could compete directly with the Porsche Boxster/Cayman

    nice lines, and the haunces are like the old Dino !
     
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  6. ma_www.mywheelsonwalls.com avatar www.mywheelsonwalls.com Posted: 5/26/2009 7:39pm PDT

    I can only assume he bought a house in Dubai and that is where this car will be kept. It'll fit right in with his neigbors and their gold Rolls Royces!!

    In regards to spending huge amounts of money in this economy! Good for him as there is a most likely a worker at Pininfarina who buys his lunch from a small business owner because he can afford to, due to the fact that someone spending their disposable income keeps him in a job. Damn socialists, they will never understand trickle down economics!!!!!
     
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  7. ma_perry227 avatar perry227 Posted: 5/29/2009 7:34am PDT

    In the US we've spent the last decade shoveling as much money as possible to the wealthiest individuals (historic income disparities prove this) and we now have the worst economic conditions since the Great Depression. Trickle down economics DOES NOT WORK. This was just proven beyond the shadow of a doubt, when will corporatists admit it?

    As for the car, I think it's actually much prettier than the 599. Definitely a shame about the color though...
     
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  8. ma_DerKrieger avatar DerKrieger Posted: 6/3/2009 9:08pm PDT

    I work for Wal-Mart and I'd like to make a correction to this article. Rob Walton is NOT the CEO. He is the son of WM founder Sam Walton and is on the company's board but he's not an officer of the company.
     
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