![]() 04/16/2016 at 16:49 • Filed to: None | ![]() | ![]() |
Funny looking seats for a mclaren f1
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not a mclaren.
Ferrari did it first.
1966 Ferrari 365 P Berlinetta Speciale
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On the other hand:
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Not really. That design was a Pininfarina style exercise or show car or whatever you want to call it.
Granted, it was based on a Ferrari platform (a racing car, actually). But it was not Ferrari’s idea, and it was not ordered by Ferrari either.
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Those look like bucket seats from any sports or muscle car from the ‘60s
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It’s the seat arrangement.... Not the design/material.
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Well PininFarina is definitely part of Ferrari when it comes to their vintage cars, And it’s a street car that still exists today so I definitely agree this interesting 3 seat center drivers seat was done long ago. Frankly I’d take that one off Ferrari of a Mclaren anyday because ferrari v12 sex mm
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Bagheera?
http://www.aronline.co.uk/blogs/cars/mat…
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I know it is a street car. It was based on a racing chassis, mid-engined, because the old man just did not want to know about mid-engined Ferrari street cars (and he took quite a while to accept it for racing cars, too). He only reluctantly accepted the idea of a mid-engined Ferrari-engined car of his by creating the “Dino” sub-brand.
No doubt Pinin Farina and later Pininfarina is enormously important in the history of Ferrari. But please do not confuse a styling exercise by Pininfarina with Ferrari mechanicals with the Ferrari company itself. It took them quite a while to accept the idea of a supercar with the engine other than in the front - and maybe the only reason why it ultimately happened was because of Lamborghini and their Miura, which was selling rather well.
It is indeed a lovely car. Maybe not terribly practical though, but who cares, particularly now.