I'm starting a petition to get Ferrari to replace the prancing horse logo with the prancing Frank we saw here! Very well done as always, Frank! I'd love to see how you'd tweak your own Ferrari designs.
@@BNStudios1 yeah, fiat-looking ladas kinda cool, despite being garbage in every other way, and most beloved amongst russian car enthusiasts for looks and rear wheel drive
There’s just something about it. When you break it down to its bare basics it’s just a piece of bent metal but there is something so incredibly beautiful about it. Simply breathtaking.
512bb (I prefer its rear design respect to the 365gt4) f355 berlinetta (the definitive modern classic design) 456 gt (probably the most underrated ferrari, but so clean and the pop-up lights makes it sexy)
My favs: Vintage- 1: 1952 Ferrari 212/225 Inter Touring Barchetta 2: 1967 Ferrari 330 P4 3: 1966 Ferrari 365 P Berlinetta Speciale Runner up: 1957-61 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Modern- 1: La Ferrari 2: Ferrari F8 Tributo 3: 488 GTB Runner up's: J50, F40 Thanks for all the great videos!
Personal favorite Ferraris... I can't really stop at 3. For this instance, I'll stick to pre-'80s era non-racers. - 365 GTS4 "Daytona". Particularly the Spyder captured a coastal vibe that no other car for over a decade could really approach. - 246 Dino... My god that car. Both for what it was, and the basis behind it's name. Love everything about it. - 410 Superamerica... No specific explanation for this one. It just always grabs my attention.
My favourites. 1. The Ferrari 365 GT4 2+2 / 400 / 412 Designer: Leonardo Fioravanti Reason: A sharp, crisp, structured / planar design that is uncluttered and elegant. 2. The Ferrari 348 Designer: Leonardo Fioravanti Reason. A successful modernization and departure from the 308/ 328 line. 3. The Ferrari F50 Designers: Lorenzo Ramaciotti and Pietro Camardella Reason: It is, and looks the part of, a race car for the road.
My three favourite Ferrari designs are 365 GTB Daytona, 250 GT SWB Berlinetta and F40. Also like the F12, Dino 308 GT4 and the 246 Dino. Favourite to drive is the 458 Spider, that was awesome!
Yes! Lusso and Dino 246 on the list! I would be upset if they weren't. The Boxer could maybe be replaced with the Daytona or something from Carrozzeria Scaglietti from the 60s, but it's all right.
Totally agree with the Dino. But my favorite 3 Ferraris will be at least 6. The Dino is way up on the list, but I really love the 250 GT California Spider SWB. A piece pf art! And the 308 because of its dynamic lines (sort of a variant of the Dino), and the GTO, and the 250 GT SWB and, and, and, ...
Just a small correction, the GTB engine isn't boxer but V 180°, still flat but has opposed cylinders' rods on the same journal, just like regular V engines
250 Tour De France (in light blue) - I love the early 'vintage' feel of this true classic, a very innocent, pure design. 246 Dino - I hate it when people say its not a Ferrari, no one but Ferrari could have made this car!! 365 Daytona - To me this set the tone for the big V12 GTs, almost as if it was an elegant European take on the US Muscle car. Honourable mention - F355, being the Ferrari of when I was a kid, had all the modern trademarks of a Ferrari with 4 round rear lights, pop-ups up front and a big scoop on the side. A super simple design with great proportions xD
Here is my list - # 1 1962 Ferrari GTO - # 2 1987 Ferrari F-40 - # 1966 Ferrari 275 GTB - I love your videos. I own one of your designs. A 2001 BMW X5 4.4i - It's 20 years old and still looks fresh today!
I didn't appreciate the 250 gt lusso until I saw a few of those scenes you showed us. Only in those few scenes you can really see how the car feels visually. And it's so powerful and confident but still elegant. And the Dino should return as a brand not only as a model. Small engine combined with an electric power train, although I would prefer a combustion engine. 6 cylinders, beautiful Design and a little more accessible than a Ferrari.
Great video, Frank, spot on! My person top 3 Ferraris from an aesthetic POV: 1. 250 GT SWB, 2. GTO, 3. F430 (only one I've driven- the Spyder; the other 2, I only have lovely CMC 1:18 models of).
My favorite 3 Ferraris? Number 3 is the 308 (made famous by Tom Selleck in the TV show Magnum P.I.). Number 2 is the Testarossa. And number 1 is the 360 Modena.
I kind of agree with you, but I think I would change the BB for the Daytona. But it's a tough decision to choose from so many striking looking cars from such a long history!
Thanks for the video. It was a pleasure to listen to your explanation, Frank. Ten years ago I just hated BB but lately I finally understood the idea of the car and find it gorgeous. I would support an opinion it would be nice to have five favourite designs. My best Ferraris are F40, 400 Superamerica and 412.
The 250 GT Lusso is one of my top 10 favorite cars of all time. I have a minor bone to pick with the design, and it lies with the c-pillar. The painted portion exposed between the two strips of chrome trim needs to be about 2cm wider. It feels like the trim pieces are getting just a bit too cozy together. My other two fave Ferraris? The 166 MM Barchetta and the F-40.
I agree with what you say about the Lusso's C-pillar. To me it´s uncomfortably thin, but also the curvature of the chrome strip from the side glass doesn't match the one from the rear glass. Finally, I've never seen a Lusso in the metal, but in most pictures I can find, the front seems too low, almost as if the front suspension is sagging.
@@matsuri626 - good observations! I have seen the car in the flesh on a trip to Germany a couple years ago, and it was there that the C-pillar trim really hit me. A lot of cars need to be viewed in person for a fair evaluation. I never noticed the trim until standing in front of one. Now I'm going to have to observe that saggy front end!
Picking just three is hard. I love your choices but from the other possibles I'd pick 275GTB (adding a little compact agression to the delicate Lusso), F430 (beautifully Dino-like but with some welcome tension after the slightly soft-edged 360) and now Roma (for its return to clean surfaces).
Yep, look at my profile picture. The Lusso. Have it for at least 5, 6 years. Thanks for raising its market value, now it will be even harder for me to buy one day! I'm a bit of a nerd about the model, I have a database myself for that model so I have amassed a lot of info for each of 350 cars that rolled out of the factory. Haha My dream classic car design-wise along with Flaminia SS Zagato, Alfa 6C 2500 Villa d'Este, 356 Carrera Zagato coupe, Citroen SM.
I'd love to see Peugeot and Alfa Romeo in this series. Both have classic cars from the 20's and 30's, magnificent coupés from the 60's, lots of futuristic and disruptive concept cars, beautiful sedans, mad sports cars from the 80's... More elegant in the case of Peugeot, more passionate in the case of Alfa. Also it'd be cool to talk about Seat in this series, a brand I'm sure you are close to given your time spent here in Spain, which has some quite curious models.
Two of my favorites are the 308 GTB (also Giorgetto Giugiaro's favourite, apparently) and the 365 BB. Fioravanti got it so right with those two cars, the perfect blend of curves and wedge shapes. The other car in my top 3 list is Paolo Martín's 1967 Dino Competizione.
Hi Frank, Love your choices. The 250 GT Lusso is such a classy Ferrari. I love the simple, elegant side of Ferrari. So my top 3 are: Daytona 512 BB (I prefer its twin tail lights) Roma
Frank, I’m surprised (indeed shocked!) you picked the 365BB over the Daytona (another Fioravanti design). As for the other two, no dispute there. Both are absolutely stunning. Love your videos.
Growing up when the F430 was in production was cool. Most scale model cars I had were the F430 and watching Top Gear, James May owned one! Also driving it on Gran Turismo was amazing! Even though the 360 preceding it was similar in shape the F430 had more refined curves, the headlight design and especially the rearend with that grill really made it stand out perfectly as both a aggressive beautiful car! Thank you Mr. Stephenson for bringing such a rad looking car to those who grew up in that era. Other than the F430, the F40 for screaming performance with its full carbon body and twin turbo V8. When you first look at one its easy to tell it was never designed to be a road car but a race car. The Testarossa since its very iconic as a retro 80s car in media and popculture, the fins around the side intakes make it a very recognizable car of its time.
Great vid! Loved this one. The dino is crazily, stupidly gorgeous. One of those designs like the E-Type that transcends the automotive world to be a piece of rolling sculpture in its own right imo. For me, being a child of the 80's there would be a 512TR in there. Ideally blasting down a multi lane palm tree lined highway..... I also love a Daytona, and 308, and one that I don't understand because it kinda looks a bit weirdly proportioned and detailed from a pure design point of view, but I really really really love the 550 Maranello. Somehow it's imperfections make it painfully gorgeous. Perhaps my favorite Ferrari.
very difficult for me to choose my three fav Ferraris, i'm a huge Ferrari fan and they have a long list of glorious bodies courtesy of Pininfarina. but my absolute favourites has to be the Testarossa, the 458 Italia and my all-time fav the 360 Spider.
Great choices! I do prefer the single colour paint on the 512BB however and the GTS version on the 246. Those whisker thin A and Bs on the Lusso - quite remarkable...
Absolutely love watching your series of 3 Greatest Design. I will make sure I would not miss an upload. Agree with your opinions. These cars were designed over 50 years ago, they stood the test of time. They still look awesome. That is what a good design be like. Toyota and Lexus is going the opposite way of good design. A lot of crease, fold, edge, holes, fake ducts, wings and on-your-face chrome. Many may absolutely like it, but it can get outdated fast.
For me it was influences as I grew up that form my opinions. I still remember as an elementary school student checking out a book on Ferrari's and falling in love with the 246 Dino. Then there was me watching re-runs of Magnum PI, so of course the 308 GTS. And finally as I was coming of age to drive, the 348 GTS. I know everyone hates on the 348, but it holds a special place for me.
Great choices, Frank. Although I think the Roma is more Daytona, I look at the Lusso very different now. My favourite is the SWB. It's like a fist ready to punch, a cat-ish predator running, So powerfull looking, and even when standing still it's like it's moving. And also great looking from all angles, especially the lightweights without bumpers.. I think she isn't allowed on nowadays catwaks. A bit too curvy and chubby. Like a bit curvier '60s supermodel.
Yay! I recently had an argument regarding the beauty of the Dino, and now I feel vindicated. From the first one I saw in the 70's I fell in love, even if it had a V6. There is a new restomod that has a V8, and it's done beautifully. So glad this is on your list.
Thanks for the video, it’s great to hear designers talk about of people’s designs. My choice matches yours for 2 out of three… 1. 365 GT4BB. This isn’t just my favourite Ferrari but my favourite car altogether. I have a personal ‘Golden Age’ for car design which spans from ’65 to ’75 and for me the Boxer perfectly sums up the transition between the curvy shapes of the 60’s and the sharper edged wedges of the 70’s. You have the rounded fuselage body like an E-Type and an airy glass house with slim pillars combined with a shark nose, pop-up lights and cab-forward cabin. It doesn’t have a bad angle, looks especially good from directly overhead. 2. 250 GT Lusso. Everything you said and more. It really is achingly pretty from the delicate little cup-hands overriders below the side lights to the abruptly cut off tail, everything is in perfect proportion. There’s a quote from someone years ago when describing cars that goes something like this “The design is finished not when there’s nothing more you can add but when there’s nothing more you can take away” and I think that sums up the 250 GTL perfectly. 3. 288 GTO. Take the already pretty 308 GTB and make it more… well more of everything. Stretch the track and the wheelbase, add extra louvres (lots) and some tribute 250 GTO slots behind the rear arches and it creates a really taut, flab-free design. If the 308 is a ballerina then the 288 is boxer, gloves up ready to give you a right cross. Looking forward to the next vid.
Love this theme Frank! I never looked that closely at the 512BB, thanks for getting me to look at it. Not a fan of the vertical (4-door) body line though and never liked the two tone. For me it's 60's California, 70's Dino, and 80's 288GTO.
I´m still very fond of that classic mid-engined Ferrari design. Yet my favorite iteration is the F355, because the proportions are true to the 70s and 80s cars, but the surfaces are very clean and to my eyes the car still looks fresh.
I honestly think the Ferrari 360 is one of the most perfectly complete Ferrari designs. Classic, elegant, flowing, wonderfully accentuated wideness like molten lava approaching you, not too fiddly or complex, friendly at the front yet angry at the rear; shaped like a missile in flight, cutting through the air. A design that essentially changed the mid-engined formula ever since. Oh, and in my opinion one of the most wonderful and memorable wheel designs in car design history, too. I still remember the first time I saw one. It was a "I have to have one" moment. Immediate obsession. A rosso 360 is beautiful, but a giallo example.. Mesmerising.
Great video Frank, as usual. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us and for finding the time to do it. My three favourite Ferraris: - 250 LM - 275 GTB 4 - F40 PS: anybody kind enough to tell me the brand that makes that metallic rocket making mesmerizing bubbles/effects right behind Frank? Thank you
My dad had a replica, identical ferrari dino, went to jail, needed quick cash, and sold it for 5 grand. It perfectly matched the real thing. Had a classic and amazing alfa romeo engine in it. Most of the parts of it were genuine ferrari Dino also, including a replica beige interior of course. But he let it go for a measly 5 grand. He says its his biggest regret in life.
The 246 dino has always been my favourite Ferrari since I was a 8 year old watching the persuaders and tony curtis who had a 246 dino. At the time I had no clue what a ferrari even was. But I knew it was italian and beautiful 🤗 My top 3 are .. 250 SWB 246 Dino F355 spider (owned mine for 15 years so far🤗) As always, a top video, thank you🤗
I'm starting a petition to get Ferrari to replace the prancing horse logo with the prancing Frank we saw here! Very well done as always, Frank! I'd love to see how you'd tweak your own Ferrari designs.
Can’t wait for the Lada episode
or the Russian Wartburg 353 critique
Most Ladas started off as 60's Fiats which were actually quite good looking cars!
@@BNStudios1 yeah, fiat-looking ladas kinda cool, despite being garbage in every other way, and most beloved amongst russian car enthusiasts for looks and rear wheel drive
"Frank's Top 3 Skoda Designs"! Can't wait
Lada Niva 😆 (so much fun off-road, on road not so much)
I would love to see his least favourites of each brand
Where things went a bit awry for each brand. We've seen it recently with the new BMW's and that grille.
@@tonywillans7556 exactly!
@@tonywillans7556 dont worry...bmw will continue to supply us with too big grills.
Same a few years back with Bang 5/7 series Beemers. Dopey looking headlights and fat booties.
@@tonywillans7556 Chris Bangle Design was one of the best in BMW history, Z4, 6 series were beautiful.
The lusso genuinely gives me goosebumps. What a piece of art.
The Lusso and the 166mm, make me feel that way!! 👍😎
There’s just something about it. When you break it down to its bare basics it’s just a piece of bent metal but there is something so incredibly beautiful about it. Simply breathtaking.
For me Top 3, 308 GTS QV, 250 GTB SWB, and probably the Dino. Loved the video, thanks
512bb (I prefer its rear design respect to the 365gt4)
f355 berlinetta (the definitive modern classic design)
456 gt (probably the most underrated ferrari, but so clean and the pop-up lights makes it sexy)
cant wait to hear him when he reaches Alfa Romeo
That will be exciting
I would easily pick these.
1) MiTO
2) Julia Quattrojungle Verizon
3) 155
I d rather say 1) 33 stradale 2)4c 3)alfasud sprint 6c
mine would be the 1937 8c 2900B Touring] 33 Stradale] and Brera.
1. Montreal 2. Giulia Sprint GTA 3. Boat-tail Spider
My top 3 is :
1. 250 GT Lusso
2. 365 GTB/4 Daytona
3. 288 GTO
But there's so many beautiful Ferraris to chose from.
Frank, can we see you analyze the fiat multipla?
That would actually be interesting to see.
Well, its a good design for its purpose. Had one, loved it.
Renault Avantime as well
Would love that, atleast everyone has an opinion on it, and imho thats a good thing
Great mind and personality, shame about the body.
My favs:
Vintage-
1: 1952 Ferrari 212/225 Inter Touring Barchetta
2: 1967 Ferrari 330 P4
3: 1966 Ferrari 365 P Berlinetta Speciale
Runner up: 1957-61 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa
Modern-
1: La Ferrari
2: Ferrari F8 Tributo
3: 488 GTB
Runner up's: J50, F40
Thanks for all the great videos!
Personal favorite Ferraris... I can't really stop at 3. For this instance, I'll stick to pre-'80s era non-racers.
- 365 GTS4 "Daytona". Particularly the Spyder captured a coastal vibe that no other car for over a decade could really approach.
- 246 Dino... My god that car. Both for what it was, and the basis behind it's name. Love everything about it.
- 410 Superamerica... No specific explanation for this one. It just always grabs my attention.
250 GTCalifornia, Agnelli 375 America Coupe Speziale, Monza SP1 are my 3 favorites
250 GT Lusso has always been my no. 1 car. It's unbelievably beautiful, both in pictures and in the flesh
My favourites.
1. The Ferrari 365 GT4 2+2 / 400 / 412
Designer: Leonardo Fioravanti
Reason: A sharp, crisp, structured / planar design that is uncluttered and elegant.
2. The Ferrari 348
Designer: Leonardo Fioravanti
Reason. A successful modernization and departure from the 308/ 328 line.
3. The Ferrari F50
Designers: Lorenzo Ramaciotti and Pietro Camardella
Reason: It is, and looks the part of, a race car for the road.
My three favourite Ferrari designs are 365 GTB Daytona, 250 GT SWB Berlinetta and F40. Also like the F12, Dino 308 GT4 and the 246 Dino. Favourite to drive is the 458 Spider, that was awesome!
My favourite Ferrari design is the 250 GTO of the 1960's. I also like the 365 GTB/4 Daytona, as well as the Lusso shown in your program.
Yes! Lusso and Dino 246 on the list! I would be upset if they weren't. The Boxer could maybe be replaced with the Daytona or something from Carrozzeria Scaglietti from the 60s, but it's all right.
Totally agree with the Dino. But my favorite 3 Ferraris will be at least 6. The Dino is way up on the list, but I really love the 250 GT California Spider SWB. A piece pf art! And the 308 because of its dynamic lines (sort of a variant of the Dino), and the GTO, and the 250 GT SWB and, and, and, ...
My favourite ferrari design would be, 250 gt passo corto (swb), 246 dino and 288 gto. But there is 4th to be included F40.
Just a small correction, the GTB engine isn't boxer but V 180°, still flat but has opposed cylinders' rods on the same journal, just like regular V engines
My top 3 is F40, F40 and F40, great video!
250 Tour De France (in light blue) - I love the early 'vintage' feel of this true classic, a very innocent, pure design.
246 Dino - I hate it when people say its not a Ferrari, no one but Ferrari could have made this car!!
365 Daytona - To me this set the tone for the big V12 GTs, almost as if it was an elegant European take on the US Muscle car.
Honourable mention - F355, being the Ferrari of when I was a kid, had all the modern trademarks of a Ferrari with 4 round rear lights, pop-ups up front and a big scoop on the side. A super simple design with great proportions xD
Here is my list - # 1 1962 Ferrari GTO - # 2 1987 Ferrari F-40 - # 1966 Ferrari 275 GTB - I love your videos. I own one of your designs. A 2001 BMW X5 4.4i - It's 20 years old and still looks fresh today!
Daytona, Dino and 288GTO for me - all pure heaven
Testarossa will always be my favorite!
I didn't appreciate the 250 gt lusso until I saw a few of those scenes you showed us. Only in those few scenes you can really see how the car feels visually. And it's so powerful and confident but still elegant. And the Dino should return as a brand not only as a model. Small engine combined with an electric power train, although I would prefer a combustion engine. 6 cylinders, beautiful Design and a little more accessible than a Ferrari.
The 456 GT is one of my favorite Ferraris, I love its subtilty and elegance.
I feel the same
I fully agree, the 288 GTO (I would add the 355 Daytona too)) is among my most favourite Ferraris
Great video, Frank, spot on! My person top 3 Ferraris from an aesthetic POV: 1. 250 GT SWB, 2. GTO, 3. F430 (only one I've driven- the Spyder; the other 2, I only have lovely CMC 1:18 models of).
My favorite 3 Ferraris? Number 3 is the 308 (made famous by Tom Selleck in the TV show Magnum P.I.). Number 2 is the Testarossa. And number 1 is the 360 Modena.
Not in order:
1. Ferrari 288 GTO
2. Ferrari 250 California
3. Ferrari 275 GTB
Honourable Mention: Ferrari "Daytona"
No particular order and excluding the Oldies:
1. 288 GTO
2. 512 BB
3. Daytona Spyder
Honorable mention: Dino
458😍
Substitute the 250 California for the 250 GT SWB and you'd be correct.
This is the perfect list
I kind of agree with you, but I think I would change the BB for the Daytona. But it's a tough decision to choose from so many striking looking cars from such a long history!
Thanks for the video. It was a pleasure to listen to your explanation, Frank. Ten years ago I just hated BB but lately I finally understood the idea of the car and find it gorgeous. I would support an opinion it would be nice to have five favourite designs. My best Ferraris are F40, 400 Superamerica and 412.
I bought a f430, I think it’s a timeless masterpiece and a future classic. Well done, Frank
My favorite Ferraris are the 458 italia the Ferrari Enzo and the the f40
Unpopular opinion: I don't think the enzo is good looking
@@semskguy I think it's an ok looking car but by far not the best looking farrari
My three favourite Ferrari designs are as follows;
1.The Testarossa (1984)
2.The 250 GT Lusso
3.The Daytona
which Testarossa?
@@ilmelangolo The 1984 Testarossa by Pininfarina.
Thank you Frank. Always learn a great deal watching your videos
Lancia and Alfa are gonna be so hard!
The 250 GT Lusso is one of my top 10 favorite cars of all time. I have a minor bone to pick with the design, and it lies with the c-pillar. The painted portion exposed between the two strips of chrome trim needs to be about 2cm wider. It feels like the trim pieces are getting just a bit too cozy together. My other two fave Ferraris? The 166 MM Barchetta and the F-40.
I agree with what you say about the Lusso's C-pillar. To me it´s uncomfortably thin, but also the curvature of the chrome strip from the side glass doesn't match the one from the rear glass. Finally, I've never seen a Lusso in the metal, but in most pictures I can find, the front seems too low, almost as if the front suspension is sagging.
@@matsuri626 - good observations! I have seen the car in the flesh on a trip to Germany a couple years ago, and it was there that the C-pillar trim really hit me. A lot of cars need to be viewed in person for a fair evaluation. I never noticed the trim until standing in front of one. Now I'm going to have to observe that saggy front end!
For Ferrari road cars I agree with 2 of Frank's favourites. My favourite 3 are the Boxer, Dino and 458.
Great! The Testarossa (both the 1984 version and 512TR), F40 and the 308 GTB. Yeah man, do luv the 80`s designs! ;)
Pop up, up and down headlights!!!
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Pop up, up and down headlights!!
365 GT4 BB, 458 Italia, F40
Picking just three is hard. I love your choices but from the other possibles I'd pick 275GTB (adding a little compact agression to the delicate Lusso), F430 (beautifully Dino-like but with some welcome tension after the slightly soft-edged 360) and now Roma (for its return to clean surfaces).
Yep, look at my profile picture. The Lusso. Have it for at least 5, 6 years. Thanks for raising its market value, now it will be even harder for me to buy one day! I'm a bit of a nerd about the model, I have a database myself for that model so I have amassed a lot of info for each of 350 cars that rolled out of the factory. Haha
My dream classic car design-wise along with Flaminia SS Zagato, Alfa 6C 2500 Villa d'Este, 356 Carrera Zagato coupe, Citroen SM.
Definitely the Dino. Can't wait for you to do Alfa Romeo. I think the original 156 is the best looking saloon, ever.
BB and v6 Dino are also my favourite 🤩 Ferrari
More of talking design of classic cars please. Really gives good vibes especially by a designer like you🤗
I'd love to see Peugeot and Alfa Romeo in this series. Both have classic cars from the 20's and 30's, magnificent coupés from the 60's, lots of futuristic and disruptive concept cars, beautiful sedans, mad sports cars from the 80's... More elegant in the case of Peugeot, more passionate in the case of Alfa.
Also it'd be cool to talk about Seat in this series, a brand I'm sure you are close to given your time spent here in Spain, which has some quite curious models.
Two of my favorites are the 308 GTB (also Giorgetto Giugiaro's favourite, apparently) and the 365 BB. Fioravanti got it so right with those two cars, the perfect blend of curves and wedge shapes. The other car in my top 3 list is Paolo Martín's 1967 Dino Competizione.
Hi Frank, Love your choices. The 250 GT Lusso is such a classy Ferrari.
I love the simple, elegant side of Ferrari. So my top 3 are:
Daytona
512 BB (I prefer its twin tail lights)
Roma
My favorite Ferraris: 250 GTO, 458 Speciale and Monza SP2. Pure Agression and Elegance in the same shape
Frank, I’m surprised (indeed shocked!) you picked the 365BB over the Daytona (another Fioravanti design). As for the other two, no dispute there. Both are absolutely stunning. Love your videos.
I think mine is sf90 296 and 488 ❤️
Excellent choice! 👌🏼 My 3 favorites are the 1967 Ferrari 257 GTB4. The 1985 Ferrari 288 GTO and the 2011 Ferrari 458 Italia.
Thank you so much for sharing so many details
Love the videos
Great series. My picks would be F355, 575M, F50, Testorossa and 250 GTO.
Growing up when the F430 was in production was cool. Most scale model cars I had were the F430 and watching Top Gear, James May owned one! Also driving it on Gran Turismo was amazing! Even though the 360 preceding it was similar in shape the F430 had more refined curves, the headlight design and especially the rearend with that grill really made it stand out perfectly as both a aggressive beautiful car!
Thank you Mr. Stephenson for bringing such a rad looking car to those who grew up in that era.
Other than the F430, the F40 for screaming performance with its full carbon body and twin turbo V8. When you first look at one its easy to tell it was never designed to be a road car but a race car.
The Testarossa since its very iconic as a retro 80s car in media and popculture, the fins around the side intakes make it a very recognizable car of its time.
Love this new series! Picking only 3 is incredibly hard, but my top 3 are: Ferrari 288 GTO, Ferrari 275 GTB-C, & Ferrari 250 GTO
Great vid! Loved this one. The dino is crazily, stupidly gorgeous. One of those designs like the E-Type that transcends the automotive world to be a piece of rolling sculpture in its own right imo.
For me, being a child of the 80's there would be a 512TR in there. Ideally blasting down a multi lane palm tree lined highway.....
I also love a Daytona, and 308, and one that I don't understand because it kinda looks a bit weirdly proportioned and detailed from a pure design point of view, but I really really really love the 550 Maranello. Somehow it's imperfections make it painfully gorgeous. Perhaps my favorite Ferrari.
very difficult for me to choose my three fav Ferraris, i'm a huge Ferrari fan and they have a long list of glorious bodies courtesy of Pininfarina. but my absolute favourites has to be the Testarossa, the 458 Italia and my all-time fav the 360 Spider.
top 5 best car designs of all time (suggestion for a video)
i can already see the war in the comments lmao
I’d get murdered within a week after that.
@@FrankStephensondesign
1) Pontiac Aztek
2) Saturn Ion
3) Nissan Murano Cross-Cabriolet
4) Fiat Multipla
5) Yugo
@@masonseymour2455 Holy cow...
The scariest lines of text ever...
Great choices! I do prefer the single colour paint on the 512BB however and the GTS version on the 246. Those whisker thin A and Bs on the Lusso - quite remarkable...
Absolutely love watching your series of 3 Greatest Design. I will make sure I would not miss an upload.
Agree with your opinions. These cars were designed over 50 years ago, they stood the test of time. They still look awesome. That is what a good design be like.
Toyota and Lexus is going the opposite way of good design. A lot of crease, fold, edge, holes, fake ducts, wings and on-your-face chrome. Many may absolutely like it, but it can get outdated fast.
The 250 gt berlinetta lusso is my absolute dream car... its pure perfection and a rolling piece of art
For me it was influences as I grew up that form my opinions. I still remember as an elementary school student checking out a book on Ferrari's and falling in love with the 246 Dino. Then there was me watching re-runs of Magnum PI, so of course the 308 GTS. And finally as I was coming of age to drive, the 348 GTS. I know everyone hates on the 348, but it holds a special place for me.
I was a little skeptical seeing the title... how obvious it should be. But WOW! That wasn't expected. Looking forward for more episodes like this!
Great choices, Frank. Although I think the Roma is more Daytona, I look at the Lusso very different now. My favourite is the SWB. It's like a fist ready to punch, a cat-ish predator running, So powerfull looking, and even when standing still it's like it's moving. And also great looking from all angles, especially the lightweights without bumpers.. I think she isn't allowed on nowadays catwaks. A bit too curvy and chubby. Like a bit curvier '60s supermodel.
Yay! I recently had an argument regarding the beauty of the Dino, and now I feel vindicated. From the first one I saw in the 70's I fell in love, even if it had a V6. There is a new restomod that has a V8, and it's done beautifully. So glad this is on your list.
Thanks for the video, it’s great to hear designers talk about of people’s designs. My choice matches yours for 2 out of three…
1. 365 GT4BB. This isn’t just my favourite Ferrari but my favourite car altogether. I have a personal ‘Golden Age’ for car design which spans from ’65 to ’75 and for me the Boxer perfectly sums up the transition between the curvy shapes of the 60’s and the sharper edged wedges of the 70’s. You have the rounded fuselage body like an E-Type and an airy glass house with slim pillars combined with a shark nose, pop-up lights and cab-forward cabin. It doesn’t have a bad angle, looks especially good from directly overhead.
2. 250 GT Lusso. Everything you said and more. It really is achingly pretty from the delicate little cup-hands overriders below the side lights to the abruptly cut off tail, everything is in perfect proportion. There’s a quote from someone years ago when describing cars that goes something like this “The design is finished not when there’s nothing more you can add but when there’s nothing more you can take away” and I think that sums up the 250 GTL perfectly.
3. 288 GTO. Take the already pretty 308 GTB and make it more… well more of everything. Stretch the track and the wheelbase, add extra louvres (lots) and some tribute 250 GTO slots behind the rear arches and it creates a really taut, flab-free design. If the 308 is a ballerina then the 288 is boxer, gloves up ready to give you a right cross.
Looking forward to the next vid.
Love this theme Frank! I never looked that closely at the 512BB, thanks for getting me to look at it. Not a fan of the vertical (4-door) body line though and never liked the two tone. For me it's 60's California, 70's Dino, and 80's 288GTO.
The 250 GT Lusso and Miura are probably my favourite classic model car designs. Just seamless and elegant with the perfect curves...
My 3 favorites are 308GTB, 355, Roma.
My top 3 Ferraris are (ranked):
1. Ferrari 250 GTO
2. Ferrari Dino
3. Ferrari F355 Berlinetta
Mine:
- Ferrari 250 California LWB Spyder
- Ferrari 365 GTB/4
- Ferrari 288 GTO
My top 3 Ferrari: 512 bbi - F355 - F40.
My top 3 the 250 Lusso then Testarossa and the 456 GT (more of an emotional attachment though)
Mine F40, F12 & LaFerrari
my two cents:
1) 250 GT SWB Berlinetta
2) 246 Dino GT
3) 166 MM Touring Barchetta
Love your videos, Frank. I’d swap the Lusso for an SWB, GTO, or 275, but that’s down to personal preference. All gorgeous cars.
This is a great idea. Looking forward to seeing more. Maserati, please!!
This series is great!
These are my top 3 favourite cars from Maranello:
1995 Ferrari F355 (Berlinetta)
2009 Ferrari 458 Italia
2015 Ferrari F12 TDF
I have a big poster of the Ferrari 365 GT4 BB on my wall in the Red and Black Scheme 😂😂
I´m still very fond of that classic mid-engined Ferrari design. Yet my favorite iteration is the F355, because the proportions are true to the 70s and 80s cars, but the surfaces are very clean and to my eyes the car still looks fresh.
"The horse" - edit sent me to tears, well done to whoever edited that xD
365 GT4 BB is my favourite Ferrari ever, I'm glad that Frank shares my admiration for this car.
I'm so happy you included the BB, and the Dino surely my favourites, of the 250s maybe I like the GTO more...
I honestly think the Ferrari 360 is one of the most perfectly complete Ferrari designs. Classic, elegant, flowing, wonderfully accentuated wideness like molten lava approaching you, not too fiddly or complex, friendly at the front yet angry at the rear; shaped like a missile in flight, cutting through the air. A design that essentially changed the mid-engined formula ever since. Oh, and in my opinion one of the most wonderful and memorable wheel designs in car design history, too. I still remember the first time I saw one. It was a "I have to have one" moment. Immediate obsession.
A rosso 360 is beautiful, but a giallo example.. Mesmerising.
Great video Frank, as usual. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us and for finding the time to do it.
My three favourite Ferraris:
- 250 LM
- 275 GTB 4
- F40
PS: anybody kind enough to tell me the brand that makes that metallic rocket making mesmerizing bubbles/effects right behind Frank? Thank you
Cheers Matt. It’s from Mathmos.
@@FrankStephensondesign thanks Frank. Cheers
thank you frank for creating this channel and being so accessible.!
the ferrari boxer is gorgeous
Can see the influence of the 215 on the 550 Maranello, a favourite of mine when I was young.
My dad had a replica, identical ferrari dino, went to jail, needed quick cash, and sold it for 5 grand. It perfectly matched the real thing. Had a classic and amazing alfa romeo engine in it. Most of the parts of it were genuine ferrari Dino also, including a replica beige interior of course. But he let it go for a measly 5 grand. He says its his biggest regret in life.
The 246 dino has always been my favourite Ferrari since I was a 8 year old watching the persuaders and tony curtis who had a 246 dino. At the time I had no clue what a ferrari even was. But I knew it was italian and beautiful 🤗
My top 3 are ..
250 SWB
246 Dino
F355 spider (owned mine for 15 years so far🤗)
As always, a top video, thank you🤗
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Wow! Those are the same favourites as mine!!
you gained a sub, by the way you talk about Ferrari and for your choices..perfect
Mine are the 488 Pista, FXXK EVO and the F50. You should make a video about the cars in Rocket League
Great video as always, I would love to watch a video on your opinion of the original honda NSX
Great video. My favourites are 512 TR, f50 and 458 Italia. Cheers 🤟