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Written by Jason Barlow
Ferrari is not a company that gives up its secrets readily. So credit to Blackbird Films for persuading the Prancing Horse to let some light in on one of the most closely guarded areas of Ferrari"s business: the Special Projects division. It"s tracked the four-year design and development of the latest SP car, said to be number 36, and called simply Prototipo. Have a look at the teaser above; although it doesn"t give much away there"s enough here to prompt one major thought could this be the first SP car to be based on a Ferrari competition car? The clues are all there: the no step" graphic, the quick release wheels, the stripped-out cabin, steering wheel and instrument read-out, but most of all the war cry the thing emits as it thunders round Fiorano. Come to think of it, what sort of one-off merits a full shakedown at Ferrari"s test track? The SP programme has come a long way since Japanese collector Junichiro Hiramatsu collected the first in the official series back in 2008. Ferrari had grown weary of clients commissioning external one-offs Jim Glickenhaus"s 2006 P4/5 arguably the final straw and clearly recognised a revenue opportunity, while the clients cushioned the inevitable financial blow with the knowledge that the factory"s official seal of approval would bulletproof the car"s value.
Date written: 25 Mar 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15238
Ferrari is not a company that gives up its secrets readily. So credit to Blackbird Films for persuading the Prancing Horse to let some light in on one of the most closely guarded areas of Ferrari"s business: the Special Projects division. It"s tracked the four-year design and development of the latest SP car, said to be number 36, and called simply Prototipo. Have a look at the teaser above; although it doesn"t give much away there"s enough here to prompt one major thought could this be the first SP car to be based on a Ferrari competition car? The clues are all there: the no step" graphic, the quick release wheels, the stripped-out cabin, steering wheel and instrument read-out, but most of all the war cry the thing emits as it thunders round Fiorano. Come to think of it, what sort of one-off merits a full shakedown at Ferrari"s test track? The SP programme has come a long way since Japanese collector Junichiro Hiramatsu collected the first in the official series back in 2008. Ferrari had grown weary of clients commissioning external one-offs Jim Glickenhaus"s 2006 P4/5 arguably the final straw and clearly recognised a revenue opportunity, while the clients cushioned the inevitable financial blow with the knowledge that the factory"s official seal of approval would bulletproof the car"s value.
Date written: 25 Mar 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15238