LaFerrari

[soloracer]

Ferrari of Alberta had the big unveiling last night. Impressive car and a good group of people in attendance. Sorry for the terrible cell phone pics. The lighting was not good and my blackberry camera is worse than most.

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Front

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Back

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Engine

[M.alex]

Needs an LS9 :dunno:

[G]

:drool:

[KRyn]

Is this the first on in Alberta?

[soloracer]

And then after the event I got to follow this home. it was shooting blue flames out the tail pipes. Epic car.

[soloracer]

Originally posted by KRyn
Is this the first on in Alberta?

I think so. There is another one coming to town though but not sure how soon. Talk at the party was about getting the LAF, P1 and 918 that are in Calgary, or coming to Calgary soon, to get together at a track for a comparison. Would be cool to see.

[BavarianBeast]

Saw one about a month ago at the Ferrari dealership at the Wynn in Vegas.

Pretty damn good looking car.

[soloracer]

Originally posted by M.alex
Needs an LS9 :dunno:

So that it can go into limp mode after 2 hot laps? ;)

[Penguin_Racecar]

That license plate frame really completes the look :)

[bjstare]

The Sun published an article on this unveiling, and the author quoted the 0-187mph time as 6.2s :rofl: that idiot.


Anyhow, really sick. TBH I'd be more excited about cruising with an F40 than seeing the LAF :dunno:

[corsvette]

Beautiful car! :drool:

And that F-40 is still one of the absolute greatest exotics ever built.

[spikerS]

Even if I could afford a Ferrari, I would never own one. I hate the company as a whole.

[roopi]

Here's the little Calgary Sun piece on the car/owner.
http://www.calgarysun.com/2015/06/03/calgarys-ric-peterson-takes-delivery-of-ferraris-new-million-dollar-supercar-one-of-only-499-made-by-italian-luxury-carmaker

[NoPulp]

Can't say I think it looks good.

[schocker]

Just saw it drive by my building :drool:

[JRSC00LUDE]

Originally posted by spikerS
Even if I could afford a Ferrari, I would never own one. I hate the company as a whole.

How come?

[firebane]

Originally posted by JRSC00LUDE


How come?

Because Ferrari is a bunch of twats. Rumour is that you can't even buy one of these cars without owning 5 previous Ferraris.

http://www.wired.com/2014/10/herjavec-ferrari-laferrari/

http://www.businessinsider.com/ferrari-has-taken-1000-laferrari-requests-2013-3

[Lex350]

Originally posted by firebane


Because Ferrari is a bunch of twats. Rumour is that you can't even buy one of these cars without owning 5 previous Ferraris.

http://www.wired.com/2014/10/herjavec-ferrari-laferrari/

http://www.businessinsider.com/ferrari-has-taken-1000-laferrari-requests-2013-3


Considering the rarity of the car that isn't a bad thing. Better to reward loyal customers that sell them to just anybody.

[JRSC00LUDE]

Originally posted by firebane
Because Ferrari is a bunch of twats. Rumour is that you can't even buy one of these cars without owning 5 previous Ferraris.


As said, how is that a bad thing? Some schmo can't just walk in with his Powerball winnings and buy it, so what? Why can't they decide who to sell it to? :confused:

[vengie]

Originally posted by firebane


Because Ferrari is a bunch of twats. Rumour is that you can't even buy one of these cars without owning 5 previous Ferraris.

http://www.wired.com/2014/10/herjavec-ferrari-laferrari/

http://www.businessinsider.com/ferrari-has-taken-1000-laferrari-requests-2013-3

And rightfully so! it just means these cars will go to ENTHUSIASTS, not to some idiot with too much money who is looking for status.

[firebane]

Originally posted by JRSC00LUDE


As said, how is that a bad thing? Some schmo can't just walk in with his Powerball winnings and buy it, so what? Why can't they decide who to sell it to? :confused:

They are a self entitled company. When Deadmau5 altered his Ferrari they had a massive shit.

[killramos]

:werd: At least they aren't mostly selling to musicians, athletes, and celebrities in general.

They are making sure each and every customer is a proper car enthusiast who is involved in Motorsport and knows how to properly drive one!

Look at some of these esteemed Enzo owners for example



* Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder[2]
* Nicolas Cage, American Actor. Owned two Enzos over different period of time, both have since been sold.
* Eric Clapton, guitarist, took delivery of the first Enzo imported to the UK. Parisian police also stopped Clapton when he was reportedly doing 145 mph on a highway in Paris while driving his Enzo.[2]
* Joe Cole, Football player for England and FA Premier League club Chelsea F.C.
* Sergei Fedorov, NHL player. s/n 130689 Now owned by LV Eric, Las Vegas NV.
* Torsten Frings, Owner of black Enzo, and German International soccer star.
* Tommy Hilfiger, clothing designer. Hilfiger is believed to have a partial stake in the Ferrari dealer in Montreal, Quebec, and thus, his car is registered in Canada. s/n 133026
* Nick Mason, Pink Floyd drummer. His example was featured and driven on the UK TV show Top Gear. s/n 137445
* Pope John Paul II was given the 400th Enzo model by the factory. He sold the car at a Ferrari auction in Maranello, where it was bought by Donald W. Wallace, whose first Enzo is the second Enzo to be involved in a crash.
* Zahir Rana, Owner of bright yellow Enzo, and ZR Auto in Calgary, AB, Canada.
* Teemu Selänne, NHL player.
* Rod Stewart, Rock Star. s/n 136497[2]
* Frank Warren, Boxing Promoter - Car recently written off in collision with bus
* Pharrell Williams, music producer (The Neptunes), singer/rapper, frontman of the band N*E*R*D. Co-founder of the music label Star Trak.


oh wait...

and i had to leave Zahir on there because :goflames:

tl:dr they sold the cars mostly to just extremely wealthy people who wanted one :dunno:

[JRSC00LUDE]

Originally posted by firebane


They are a self entitled company. When Deadmau5 altered his Ferrari they had a massive shit.

Yeah, that was dumb....

All I'm saying is who cares if they put a criteria on something, it's theirs they can not sell it to someone if they want to.

Hell, we won't work for some people even when they really, really want us to, should we HAVE to if they're willing to pay? That's all I'm saying. :)

[chongkee_]

Originally posted by firebane


They are a self entitled company. When Deadmau5 altered his Ferrari they had a massive shit.

From what I've read Ferrari got mad not because he altered the car (lots of modded Ferraris out there). They got mad because he altered their logo. Their logo is their trademark and I think they are legally obligated to protect that trademark or else they lose it.

Same case for the F150 name on their F1 car from a few years ago. Ford got mad at Ferrari not because people will mistake a pick up truck with an F1 car but because it was Ford's trademark and they had to protect it.

[483hp]

There is a hierarchy. To play you need to understand the game.

The 5 Ferrari thing is one of the criteria for the lowest rung.

From there you move up to Corse Clienti and again there are levels. When you race Ferraris you obtain a very special status. You start off with Ferrari Challenge, then move up to XX Clienti, then F1 Clienti.

As you move up you get moved closer and closer to the front of the line. If you look at a list of 1st LaFerrari owners you will see that most of them are Corse Clienti and the earlier cars are going to the XX and F1 crew.

Dealer principals, F1 drivers, celebrities, and big collectors are also thrown into this mix and prioritized. Even as Corse Clienti you never know if you are going to get a LaFerrari for sure. But your chances are very good.

[483hp]

Some more pics of the unveiling.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1142196799139659.1073741875.403086916383988&type=3