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Here you see Minister for Food Sindh, Mr. Nadir Magsi driving his F430 Scuderia somewhere in the US of A whereas the people he took oath to provide food to, die of hunger before they even see a Ferrari in flesh.

STILE BERTONE MANTIDE AT 2 MILLIONS DOLLARS!!

According to some reports, Stile Bertone has stated that it plans to accept up to ten orders for their Corvette ZR1 Mantide “one off”, each carrying a price tage of 2 million dollars. That is some 1.6 million euros, just 0.1m euros higher than the price Jason Castriota mentioned when I talked to him at the Villa d’Este Concorso a couple of weeks ago. The add-on is probably the price of the full-optional ZR1 serving as the starting point for their job.

Yet, I wonder if the two million dollars price is right? In my opinion, it would right price for a one off, even if I know a lot of people in the Turin area that can build a completely original one-off for a third (or little more).
Two million dollars that is what the conversion of A Ferrari Enzo into THE (one and only) Ferrari Pininfarina P4/5 cost. The third million dollars spent by the owner, paid for the original car.

If these figures, the only ones published so far, are right, something is not quite right with the price of the Mantide, if it is built in a limited series of 10. This means that the car is ten times less exclusive and even if two of them are sold in each of the five continents any buyer risk to cross into the other car, which is embarassing when you have spent this sort of money. If Stile Bertone succeed in building, homologating (this is where the extra cost might be) and selling them, one can only congratulate them. It wil prove that the design is absolutely right (perfectly fulfilling its mission) and that Stile Bertone has excellent business men. If they do not succeed the story will have to be updated and re-written.

DREAM CARS ON DISPLAY IN TORINO!!

Not to be missed.

Never before I have seen so many dream and concept cars in the same place ad the same time. This unique opportunity is offered by Torino 2008 World Design Capital and you must visit it before it closes on November 23.

For all details and a comprehensive introduction, go to http://www.torinoworlddesigncapital.it/portale/en/content_1.php?sezioneID=291&testoCompleto=1

Beware and please do not shoot the messenger: strangely enough, the exhibition closes at 6.20 p.m.

You also should not miss to get a copy of the Exhibition Catalogue currently on sale only in Italian but soon to be available also in English.

In fact, one of the many oddities of this exhibition is that the Catalogue does not exactly reflect the exhibition but also has a little bit more here and a little bit less there.

Take your time and take your camera with you. There is a lot to see, to study and to register. Through the day, the lighting of the wonderful hall designed and engineered by the famous Italian architect Luigi Nervi, which used to host the Turin Motor Show, is excellent. There is a lot of space, air and light so that one can fully enjoy seeing more than 50 prototypes created by the Turin carmakers, coachbuilders and enthusiasts.

Unfortunately the exhibition is not complete, with some works remarkable for their past and current trends, such as the Spada Coda Tronca or the first “fuoriserie” of the latest decade not present and often not even mentioned. We are3 talking here oif the “dreams for the road” presented by Stola and Studiotorino, which have anticipated the new vague of “fuoriserie”. Typical dream cars actually designed and built for the road, such as the Pininfarina Ferrari P4/5 and Hyperion. Not to mention many Zagatos of yesterday and today.

In this respect, the exhibition reflects the traditional culture of the Turinese coachbuilders.

As of today, we offer you a glance at the exhibits. Later on, we shall come back with additional information, naming of cars on show and update,

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