I was driving through Santa Cruz yesterday and saw it waiting in traffic in the opposite lane. I guess Ferrari calls it Safari Ivory (Avorio Safari). It was my first Italia sighting, and I have to say it looked damn good in real life.
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I was driving through Santa Cruz yesterday and saw it waiting in traffic in the opposite lane. I guess Ferrari calls it Safari Ivory (Avorio Safari). It was my first Italia sighting, and I have to say it looked damn good in real life.
The 458 Italia is the most beautiful car on the road today. The only negative thing I have to say about it is you can't get a real manual transmission, just that stupid paddle shift nonsense. I would still buy one of I had the $$ though.
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WhiteDevil88 Member
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If it's the correct factory Avorio Safari paint - which I imagine it is being a Ferrari - it's one of the rarest colors they put out. You can order most any Ferrari model in Avorio Safari, but as the color is originally a FIAT color there aren;t that many cars that carry the color. Plus there are more popular Ferrari colors anyway like Rosso Corsa and Gaillio Modena that tend to get ordered.
In the short run it's not necessarily a big deal. The 458 is still pretty young. However twenty or so years from now - if the owner keeps meticulous records and it stays relatively "low" mileage for Ferrari terms - you're looking at a vehicle that will be worth more that it's counterparts simply because of the rare color once the market levels off for used examples..
The 458 Italia is the most beautiful car on the road today.
Agreed, but the those folks at GM really know how to make the CTS-V look good when they're in the same commercial. If I had the dough, I'd get one of each!
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Ive done service (body + paint) work for a local Ferrari dealer here and Ive never seen that or a color like that on a Ferrari. There usually pretty flashy, hence the red and yellow account for more than 75%, closely followed by black. They do have an awesome looking medium blue and green though, and look spectacular with their tan interiors. Even silver or white is pretty rare. People that buy them usually want to be sure to stand out. Camry tan definately dont, lol. Since silver is the number one color, that what to get to disappear in traffic.
Dont like the look of the italia for some reason.. Heres a nice little fact for you though.. all ferrari's and body parts shipped into the us back in the day all used to be red.. if you or the dealership wanted a different color it was up to them to repaint it. dont know if they still do that now though.
Originally posted by pontiackid86: Heres a nice little fact for you though.. all ferrari's and body parts shipped into the us back in the day all used to be red.. if you or the dealership wanted a different color it was up to them to repaint it. dont know if they still do that now though.
The first step in personalizing a Ferrari comes with color choice, and it might come as a surprise to some, but Ferrari offers many more choices than red! For the record, the official name of the color that some in the media and public have dubbed "Ferrari Red" is Rosso Corsa. This highly popular choice, which nearly four in 10 North American clients choose, comes from the standard color palate.
After red, black (Nero) is the next most popular color for Ferraris, worldwide and in North America, accounting for about one in five cars. It, too, is from the standard palate. Ferrari clients can choose colors from two other groups, metallic colors and "1950s and 1960s" colors, and they can also request special-order colors.
The silver/gray (Grigio) families, found on the metallic color palate, make up the third most popular Ferrari color group. The metallic palate also features some stunning blues, including the extra-cost Azzuro California, which was the launch color for the California model; it is featured in many official factory photos and videos.
The appropriately named "1950s and 1960s colors" palate includes 10 choices. Blu Scozzia, for example, is a modern take on Blu Sera. Verde (green) looks particularly stunning on classic Ferraris, and now, new ones as well. This group also includes non-metallic grays, a unique offering among high-line cars.
Worldwide Ferrari client color preferences have changed over dozen or so years. Red has been consistently popular, and black has roughly doubled its share since 1997. White (Bianco Avus) is now more popular than yellow (Giallo Modena) on new Ferraris. Ferrari offers some stunning blues in the standard, metallic and historic color palates. Blu Tour de France, a metallic, goes on nearly one in 25 Ferraris in North America.
As part of the Carrozzeria Scaglietti Personalization Program, Ferrari can paint a car any color the client requests. The client must first approve a panel painted in the color, however, before Ferrari will commit the entire car. Longtime Ferrari partner, Carrozzeria Zansi, is entrusted with handling special exterior colors and has been doing so since the early 1960s.
http://fourwheeldrift.wordp...errari-paint-colors/ Thanks to the work of many members of Ferrarichat.com, here is a complete (albeit not authorized) list of Ferrari paint shades — 1,081 in total. This list contains 150 shades of red, over 200 variations of blue, and even nearly 100 hues of green. Silver, brown, white, gold, black…Ferrari has them all covered like a pack of Amish twenty-something females on a trip to the beach. http://www.ferrari-collection.net/color/index.html
I suspect locality also affects color choices. In 45 years, I have only seen 2 white ones and one silver. Body parts I buy generally come in either a wash primer or flat white.
I think that one of the bigger choices behind picking a "non-traditional" Ferrari color like red and yellow that we all know is going heavily into more of what I eluded to - collectors are beginning to really appreciate odd or rare factory colors. It's quite special with Ferrari because of the slew of colors they're willing to paint your car in. Of course like any production vehicle you can typically order a color you like - as long as the manufacturer supplies it on that model. However exotics are an entirely different playing field, and the customer is treated with near carte le blanche when ordering an exotic new.
Take this for example. Let's consider a Ferrari that's fairly close to the Fiero in terms of the time period it was produced - the 308 (the two seat GTBs and GTS models, and lesser known 208s that use the same body. Not the four seat Dino 308). Plenty of 308s exist in Rossa Corsa and Nero. However, throw something like one of the blue or green metallico colors in the mix - on a confirmed original painted 308 with factory PPG decal that denotes that the color on the car is correct - and you have a much more desirable car. That unique color is going to be the one that's winning the concours trophy in it's class. It can also mean the difference from your 308 selling for $32,000 to selling for $45,000.
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I would take that beige over any other "ordinary" color. Red is obnoxious to me (maybe not the right word--I mean it screams something at ME, not that I think the people who pick it are annoying in any way); beige says class. It also says you aren't afraid to NOT immediately stand out. Owning the Ferrari should be for yourself and the beauty of the car, not to show everyone else how cool you are. That's what Lambos are for.*
*This post is just my opinion and nothing meant to harm anyone's feelings.
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WhiteDevil88 Member
Posts: 8518 From: Coastal California Registered: Mar 2007
It used to be in the US, you could order about any car any color you wanted. I think they stopped doing it in the 80s. Id ordered a new car in a specific color from a different manufacturer. They took the money and wrote the info on the order. A few weeks later I got a call telling me they no longer did it. There are still some exceptions, Mary Kaye Cadillacs are painted their special pearl pink at the factory. Ive repainted several of them and know that for a fact, they even have the code for it on the OEM RPO plate.
It used to be in the US, you could order about any car any color you wanted. I think they stopped doing it in the 80s. Id ordered a new car in a specific color from a different manufacturer. They took the money and wrote the info on the order. A few weeks later I got a call telling me they no longer did it. There are still some exceptions, Mary Kaye Cadillacs are painted their special pearl pink at the factory. Ive repainted several of them and know that for a fact, they even have the code for it on the OEM RPO plate.
The other Fat guy ordered his Grand Prix what he called "ti##ie pink" it was a washed out pink that really didn't look bad, I'm not sure what the original name of the color was, but it was not anywhere close to Mary Kay pink. It was ordered, and delivered to the car lot that color, though I'm not sure if it was done at the factory, or elsewhere as I never asked. (His truck was "Pu##y pink" according to him, and it didn't look horrible either. Yes, there is a story behind it all. )
Brad
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The first step in personalizing a Ferrari comes with color choice, and it might come as a surprise to some, but Ferrari offers many more choices than red! For the record, the official name of the color that some in the media and public have dubbed "Ferrari Red" is Rosso Corsa. This highly popular choice, which nearly four in 10 North American clients choose, comes from the standard color palate.
After red, black (Nero) is the next most popular color for Ferraris, worldwide and in North America, accounting for about one in five cars. It, too, is from the standard palate. Ferrari clients can choose colors from two other groups, metallic colors and "1950s and 1960s" colors, and they can also request special-order colors.
The silver/gray (Grigio) families, found on the metallic color palate, make up the third most popular Ferrari color group. The metallic palate also features some stunning blues, including the extra-cost Azzuro California, which was the launch color for the California model; it is featured in many official factory photos and videos.
The appropriately named "1950s and 1960s colors" palate includes 10 choices. Blu Scozzia, for example, is a modern take on Blu Sera. Verde (green) looks particularly stunning on classic Ferraris, and now, new ones as well. This group also includes non-metallic grays, a unique offering among high-line cars.
Worldwide Ferrari client color preferences have changed over dozen or so years. Red has been consistently popular, and black has roughly doubled its share since 1997. White (Bianco Avus) is now more popular than yellow (Giallo Modena) on new Ferraris. Ferrari offers some stunning blues in the standard, metallic and historic color palates. Blu Tour de France, a metallic, goes on nearly one in 25 Ferraris in North America.
As part of the Carrozzeria Scaglietti Personalization Program, Ferrari can paint a car any color the client requests. The client must first approve a panel painted in the color, however, before Ferrari will commit the entire car. Longtime Ferrari partner, Carrozzeria Zansi, is entrusted with handling special exterior colors and has been doing so since the early 1960s.
http://fourwheeldrift.wordp...errari-paint-colors/ Thanks to the work of many members of Ferrarichat.com, here is a complete (albeit not authorized) list of Ferrari paint shades — 1,081 in total. This list contains 150 shades of red, over 200 variations of blue, and even nearly 100 hues of green. Silver, brown, white, gold, black…Ferrari has them all covered like a pack of Amish twenty-something females on a trip to the beach. http://www.ferrari-collection.net/color/index.html
Well my information comes from a friend who has owned a ferrari dealership near where i live for the past 30 years so i think i trust his information more than yours.
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Well my information comes from a friend who has owned a ferrari dealership near where i live for the past 30 years so i think i trust his information more than yours.
Your friend owned a dealership since the 80s. How much stuff did he say to you to keep the Ferrari name in awe? The links I showed (and this one http://www.jb330gt.com/Colors.htm are from people that have owned and restored them since the 50s. A little research shows more truth than buddies bs'ing. Try it sometime instead of spewing ignorance.
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Originally posted by mrfiero: The 458 Italia is the most beautiful car on the road today.
Completely agree. There is a 458 I see locally from time to time in a really dark blue (pozzi blue maybe?) and I gotta say if I could afford one it would be in that blue.
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WhiteDevil88 Member
Posts: 8518 From: Coastal California Registered: Mar 2007
Originally posted by pontiackid86: Well my information comes from a friend who has owned a ferrari dealership near where i live for the past 30 years so i think i trust his information more than yours.
Officer Tim has a Ferrari dealership? What is the name of the dealership? I am positive that they have a website, got a link?
