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A Testarossa can be white or yellow if it's the single
Mirror version, to be fair a 512 TR should be black or red but that blue and orangey interior is a lovely combination.

In conclusion, lots of cars look good in lots of colours.

Dave!

Rich B wrote: Thu May 14, 2026 11:54 am

Jobbo wrote: Thu May 14, 2026 11:25 am

Rich B wrote: Thu May 14, 2026 11:22 am yep, black, red or yellow are probably my favourite for 80s ferraris. i associate these colours with the <1980s, whereas i associate metallic blue with the >1990s.

You know which year the 512TR was launched?

Totally, i’m not saying my rules are particularly well thought through! It just “colours i like” in the end!

I'm not going to pretend I'm geeky enough to know what year the 512TR was launched (so I looked it up, 1991) but I still think of it primarily a 1980s design, as it carries over most of the prominent styling elements from the Testarossa with a few updates to make it look a bit more modern.

Like the F355 compared to the 348, then?

Some leaps in design evolution are bigger than others

Jobbo wrote: Fri May 15, 2026 6:53 am Like the F355 compared to the 348, then?

Cutting it pleasingly fine with the definition of 80s there!

“The Ferrari 348 made its global debut at the September 1989 Frankfurt Motor Show.”

I don’t like them in blue either though!

I used to have a sales brochure for a Ferrari 348, my dad used to work in London doing underground cable jointing and just walked into the showroom in all his mucky work gear and asked for a brochure for his car mad kid think you’d be escorted from the premises these days

I dunno... Ferrari Dealers know wealth whispers.

I was in the place down in Lyndhurst and there was a guy signing paperwork for 456 and his toe was poking out of his deck shoe, and his sock had a hole in it...

Rich B wrote: Fri May 15, 2026 9:05 am

Jobbo wrote: Fri May 15, 2026 6:53 am Like the F355 compared to the 348, then?

Cutting it pleasingly fine with the definition of 80s there!

“The Ferrari 348 made its global debut at the September 1989 Frankfurt Motor Show.”

I don’t like them in blue either though!

I wasn’t referring to the date of them, though it still fits - it was the fact that the F355 was just a facelifted 348 but people consider it a different car, while the 512TR is considered just a facelifted Testarossa.

I’m 100% sure I’ve seen a 355 in the same colour scheme as that 512 and it also looked amazing.