812 VS Rumors

Grigio Silvertsone would be a great choice, no shields, no carbon, and then just drop the car off at my house after the reveal.

 

Amen.

 

Again, with Rosso Corsa.

 

I like that drawing. However, I always see the Manzoni flaps and gills makeover. There's only so much you can do with the same car and at the time Manzoni did not dare venture too far from the PF styling. Not comparing values just being honest about the styling in that it was not a radical re-styling IMHO.

 

Hopefully a fancy dark metallic blue

 

I think it could be one of blue, gray and green

 

I suppose the first question is whether they develop a new colour or choose one from the current catalogue. This is likely to be the last completely n/a lightweight so maybe they do something to celebrate? The last one - Giallo Montecarlo - is a greenish yellow. I don’t think they will go grey, so could be a play on red. F12 TDF looked surprisingly good in Rosso Dino (I know the atelier people all thought that) so maybe something along those lines?

 

If it has GPF: green.

 

Ferrari is very conservative with their intro colors and I don't think that will change much with the 812 VS.
Going back a long way the Challenge Stradale was the first car to break with tradition when they introduced the usual Rosso Corsa but added Blu TdF for the second display car. They also introduced later the Rosso Scuderia paint which became the number 1 desired color for resale at that time.
The Italia was also introduced in two colors; red and also a bright yellow.
LdM was the person who signed off on all the show car colors after much consultation. He wanted a new red for the 599 and went through 260 plus 'reds' before settling on Rosso Berlinetta. The 599 GTO was Rosso Corsa with a Grigio Silverstone Opaco roof. That was about as bold as they got with the exception being the F12 in Alluminio Opaco.
The Lusso V12 was white, along with the white Pista Spider where a blue livery was added. Generally the intro colors are very conservative with the Pista getting both Rosso Corsa and Argento Nurburgring.
The F12 tdF was Rosso Corsa and also the tri-strato yellow.
For the new 812 they sat on the fence and didn't go far enough with the Rosso 70 Anni paint where the difference was too subtle compared to say a Rosso Maranello...

 

Verde Kers Lucido might be a little to far 'out there'...

Though an encore performance of Grigio Coburn with a Pure Metal Silver livery would be amazing for the second car's colors!

 

Without seeing the shape its hard to say, but, if this is being presented as a car with an especially strong traditionalist appeal (front engine V12) then I would think one car should be Rosso Corsa. The other car, if it is two cars shown at launch, and if it is also a coupe then its really hard to argue away from Giallo Modena or TriStrato. But if it is the speculated upon open version of this possible car how about a light blue grey color. Maybe something like Azzurro California but what if it were just a touch more pale/ light grey...


Sent from my iPad using FerrariChat

 

Grigio Alloy II

 

Whatever the launch color(s), please build enough that I get to spec/buy one!

 

Fair enough. But what makes you think the process will be more rigid than the one of Pista? I mean common, all the brand wants to do is generate higher revenues meaning sell as much as they can. They’ve proven this horrible strategy (imo) on multiple occasions thus far...

 

Do you have a link for this? Other versions of this story have been posted if I remember correctly. I know that the launch color for the F12 was Rosso Berlinetta (don't know the launch color for 599) but I also read that the 260 plus LdM color story was for Rosso Maranello.

 

might have been in The Official Ferrari Magazine. They did a story about launch colors. Even the way they photographed cars was another topic using a California as I recall. I will see what I have saved.

 

the 2006 launch COLOR was actually Rosso Monza for the 2006 Geneva 599 GTB. My error on that other red quoted.

 

Thanks for the clarification. All great colors. I tried to duckduckgo the 260 color LdM thing and don't get a hit. Do you know if it was Rosso Berlinetta or Rosso Maranello?

 

Because there wont be 3000+ cars to sell like the Pista. On the Pista dealers had a lot of input into who gets a car and also lots of allocations. So you saw offers along the lines of “if you buy a Lusso you can have a Pista” etc.
It was very different with the TDF: my local dealer got X slots and a list of X names from the factory. All of them were collectors and most were LaF owners. Once these clients had had the opportunity to accept the car there was nothing left.

I think Ferrari would still like to have a special version of a “series model” that is limited by numbers. The gap between the regular models and the Icona/hypercar is significant and currently there is no way for future “top” customers to be shown that their standing with the brand is improving. Anyone can buy a SF90, Pista, 812 GTS...The 812VS serves that purpose in my opinion.


Sent from my iPad using FerrariChat

 

It would be nice if Manzoni stopped doing too much, I always thought he didn't have a big picture of what a Ferrari should be.
if Ferro 9000 is ok, we can do a little exchange to make you read between the lines what is the VS

 

Neither color; as I recall it was the launch color for the 599 GTB Fiorano - Rosso Monza. There was an auction of his personal 599 in this new paint color. The 260+ colors may have been mentioned in the auction description? This new darker red was in itself a change from the usually prominent intro color Rosso Corsa. The 599 HGTE got a further boost when a new tailor made color Rosso Fuoco was chosen for that intro car.
LdM was very hands on with the 599 program (remember they were taking the Enzo motor and putting it in a front engine car) there. When the design review was done he was especially critical of the body design around the rear window. However Jason explained the aero importance of those fins beside the rear window. Jason said he knew he would be challenged on that design feature but the aero benefits convinced LdM of the usefulness for those fins to be utilized.
Bring back LdM, now that the office is empty again!

 

Well, it isn't really. LdM was the President. The current President is John Elkann. It's the CEO's position that is vacant.

 

Don’t get me wrong! I would love that it’s numbered and hard to get hold of and not a complete fu*k up in terms of exclusivity like the Pista. I also totally see your point but in my opinion we left the F12 TDF Era behind us long time ago and the only stuff which is hard to get will be the Icona Series. I think it will be approx. the same difficulty to get hold of the 812 GTO like the Pista Spider, which already was much easier to get hold of than the 458SA...

 

LdM deserves a promotion after what 23 years of service? Playing with trains doesn't make you lose all that Ferrari passion...

 

As much as I would like to see LDM back at the helm. The reality is that he was ‘retired’ because he fundamentally did not agree with the business plan to pimp out Ferrari on the stock market to pay FIAT’s bills. If he ever came back I’m guessing he would want the business plan that he created that made Ferrari the juggernaut that it became which enabled it to be taken advantage of by the Elkans.