As a new Fiero based Ferrari Replica owner I thought I would post up my quick .02 cents. I have been a "car guy" my whole life and have played with muscle cars, European cars (Jags and BMW's) as well as Japanese cars. The car that I have always lusted after and knew I could never own was the Ferrari F40, very limited run and they still resell in the range of 500K. So, whats a guy to do? The replica venue was the only one open to me. I can build my car the way I want to while having the styling that I have always lusted after for me that is what it is all about!
My car will be badged out and I will be trying to make as close as a replica of the real thing as I can but I will proudly tell anyone that asks that it is not the real thing and that I built it myself. For me that is what it is all about, well take it for what it is as it is only the .02 cents of a total noob on here
Matt
madcurl
FEB 13, 03:13 PM
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Originally posted by matthewc:
As a new Fiero based Ferrari Replica owner I thought I would post up my quick .02 cents. I have been a "car guy" my whole life and have played with muscle cars, European cars (Jags and BMW's) as well as Japanese cars. The car that I have always lusted after and knew I could never own was the Ferrari F40, very limited run and they still resell in the range of 500K. So, whats a guy to do? The replica venue was the only one open to me. I can build my car the way I want to while having the styling that I have always lusted after for me that is what it is all about!
My car will be badged out and I will be trying to make as close as a replica of the real thing as I can but I will proudly tell anyone that asks that it is not the real thing and that I built it myself. For me that is what it is all about, well take it for what it is as it is only the .02 cents of a total noob on here
Matt
Due replicas over-all design, badging or non badging... it's a catch -22. The terms and conditions are dictated and are set by the general public. The comments can range from the uninformed punk kid with a Honda rice kit wanting to challenge you at a light or from the well informed- the examples will very.
WARNING; NWS
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Francis T
FEB 13, 10:43 PM
As for the mag; I for one don't mis Kit Car mag. We canceled our subscription years ago. It had become nothing more than Cobra kit car mag for years. And I'm not a Cobra-hater, we built a nice FFV 5.0 Cobra. When you basicly only cover what your advertisers sell and lose toutch with your readers, they go away.
Greg Z
FEB 14, 11:17 AM
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Originally posted by ferrobi:
I . People have said fake and i reply - "No its a real car".
LOL. thats my take a titty implants. If I can touch them, then they are real!
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Greg Z
FEB 14, 11:22 AM
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Originally posted by fieroboom:
I know if there was a Fiero based Cadillac XLR kit, I'd ALL over that... MSRP is around $86k, and I'm pretty sure you could build it for less, maybe in the 30's or so. Plus, you'd have the advantage of better gas mileage. XLR estimates 15/24 city/highway, but building it on a Fiero with fiberglass panels, I'm pretty sure it'd be a lot lighter, and then if you dumped a 3800SC in it, you're probly looking at mpg in the 30's.
Anyway, anybody got an XLR they wanna let me take molds of?
As for the mag; I for one don't mis Kit Car mag. We canceled our subscription years ago. It had become nothing more than Cobra kit car mag for years. And I'm not a Cobra-hater, we built a nice FFV 5.0 Cobra. When you basicly only cover what your advertisers sell and lose toutch with your readers, they go away.
Francis has it nailed right on the head.
I used to do a lot of Kit Car stuff & I used to advertise once in a while.
May times, I'd show up at a Kit Car show with something new or exciting & I'd be told that if I was advertising I'd get a lot better coverage. Once in a while they'd mention me in passing in an article about a show but that would be it.
If one of my customers who was a vendor of some kind of Kit Car had me stuff on his car I'd get a mention in passing.
It was the big advertiser $$$ that kept those magazines afloat.
Over the years, I have seen a lot of badly built kit cars built by vendors get big articles written about them & most of the time that vendor was also a big advertiser.
I really think that a big reason the Kit Car industry has dropped off so much is that the magazines catered to the advertisers & not to the readers. Bigger magazines like Hot Rod, Car Craft etc. cater to the readers & they're not afraid to mention that a certain product from a big advertiser didn't meet the grade. The smaller Kit Car type magazines couldn't do that because a thread from an advertiser to pull his ads out of a Mag. could easily get an Editor fired.
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If the magazines would have done a few features on non-advertisers new or interesting products, they could have helped the industry grow & would have made better advertiser $$$ down the road. But when a new product developer has already dumped his whole budget into a new product, he doesn't necessarily have a lot of $$$ left for advertising until he starts to get a return on his investment. In those days you couldn't get word out to the public on your new porduct without some help from the magazines & you couldn't get help from the magazines without a advertising contract. Even then many times articles on new products (even from advertisers) wouldn't get published in the magazines until 6 to 12 months after the magazine had gathered info for the article. Archie
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madcurl
FEB 14, 12:45 PM
I still remember a few key articles from Kit kar mag. One article featured a discusion involving all of the various Fiero engine swap companies. That article played a major role in determining which engine I wanted for my Fiero. I also remember the first article featuring the Finale and towards the end of the year they'd mention all of the various kit kar companies, names, and addresses.
Too bad the magazine lost sight of their main core.... the reader(s).
madcurl
NOV 02, 07:08 PM
End of Kit Cars: They crush them including MR2 Ferrari fakes.
Right up front, we must state that there is a very high likelihood that the following is not entirely true. With that said, here's the skinny on what we think we know: Thanks to local copyright laws, cops in Ostuni, Italy have reportedly confiscated a Toyota MR2 cut to look an awful lot like a Ferrari 355 Berlinetta. And they intend to crush it.
So much so that the British-made phony Italian was being touted as the real thing -- an obvious scam. As to why the authorities intend to destroy the car, let's listen to what one of the cops involved had to say: "It was a good fake but just a fake, Ferrari is one of Italy's crown jewels. We can't allow cheap copies." Yes, well, we guess that makes sense. But are the cops allowed to crush the car out of some odd sense of damaged Italian pride? Looks like it. We here at Autoblog feel it's our duty to go ahead and give you a surefire tip on how to keep your faker from meeting the same fate – nobody suspects a Fiero-bodied Ferrari 308. Hint, hint. Thanks to Cosmin for bringing this to our attention!
Raydar
NOV 02, 08:53 PM
I thought this was an old story. Apparently they found another one to make an example of. Although it's not really a good copy. Jeez... Next they'll be crushing anything that looks like a Fiat.
exoticse
NOV 03, 12:31 AM
Funny i used to want a replica lambo sooo bad, until i saw what you could do to a fiero.
The Silver choptop changed my opinion big time.
I don't have a problem with those however who choose to build a replica, i just hate it when they build crap ones. If you are not going to go all out and try and make it as nice as possible, then you should probably stay out of the game.
I have seen some really, really nice replicas that look as good or better than the original, but more often than not they end up being embarrasments as the mounting costs force too many corners to be cut.
