“(Best for last) Ferrari 250 GT Spider Californian: It’s my favourite Ferrari … go on, look at it – no more need be said.”
Well what way to end. Such a beautiful car. But I can’t use it. I’ve already got a 250 series Ferrari in my list. I’m so tempted just to slip the 250 Testa Rossa in here because it’s another 250 series car that really deserves serious attention.
But I’m not going to, because the truth is that I’ve already hit the peak. How can anything top the Bugatti? Well that’s the things you see, inevitably something will. Car design refuses to stand still. I predict within a decade or so someone will build something that will make the Bugatti look tame; just as it made the previous king of the hill, the McLaren F1, look tame. In fifty years we’ll look back on this car with perhaps the same passion and awe as we look at the 250 Californian – but we shouldn’t forget that the Ferrari 250 Californian does 0-100km/hr in 8.0 seconds and tops out at 240 km/hr which puts it right up there with modern cars like the Hyundai I30 diesel as far as performance goes. That’s progress for you. 50 years can turn a supercar humdrum.
So in appreciation of the relentless pace of progress I’m going to give this spot to a brand new car. A car that, despite its high tech shininess, still acknowledges its roots. A new car with the blood of the 250 Californian running in its veins.
