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To: BikerTrash

When Ford Motor Co.s much-anticipated rival to Ferrari goes on sale next summer, it will debut with a 139,995 US dollar price tag.

For an extra $250m, why not go with the real thing?

6 posted on 12/31/2003 11:09:09 AM PST by presidio9 (protectionism is a false god)
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To: presidio9
Why pay so much more for a car that only an Italian mechanic can fix? ;-)

Actually, the Ford GT vs. Ferrari rivalry of the 1960s was quite similar. The Ford vehicle, despite costing less and using less exotic engines (though the dry-sump 427 ain't what I'd call mundane), soundly thrashed Enzo's best.

The FoMoCo beancounters must've been swigging Maalox for months now, but they'll sell all they can build, even at that absurd price. There *are* people around who will plunk down serious dough for a flashy set of wheels. I just saw one such gentleman earlier today, driving along in his Lamborghini Miura. That was the first one I'd ever seen outside of the pages of Hemmings Motor News.

14 posted on 12/31/2003 11:26:19 AM PST by Charles Martel (Liberals are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: presidio9
This one's cuter and this one's hotter
61 posted on 12/31/2003 2:23:02 PM PST by JudgemAll
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To: presidio9
"For an extra $250m, why not go with the real thing?"

Amen! I'm holding out for a red Ferrari myself. Any other color? I don't think so.


77 posted on 12/31/2003 4:00:46 PM PST by Maria S ("…the end is near…this time, Americans are serious; Bush is not like Clinton." Uday Hussein 4/9/03)
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To: presidio9
Ferrari always looks great to me!

F-16 or F1 Ferrari at the flag?

Ferrari Wins!!


78 posted on 12/31/2003 4:04:18 PM PST by Major_Risktaker
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