Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Round,Round,Get Around







One sunny day in KUWAIT, perfect weather for driving around with the windows down.
And a stoplight had just brought the glaring red Novitec Rosso Ferrari F430 to a temporary halt.
"Are you rich?" an attractive young blonde call out from the driver's seat of her silver Mercedes Benz coupe.
The man in the Ferrari said, "No"
"well , I'm single," she continued undaunted.

If the reason for making the flashy Ferrari F430 even more flashier was not quite clear before, the rationale became perfectly obvious to me during the brief encounter with them. From the giant adjustable rear wing spoiler to the lowered front valance, the $350,000 Novitec Rosso commands attention.

Women are drawn to it. Men respect it. Children point, wave, and cheer.

Bernoulli's principle never looked quite so menacing, and the Novitec body kit is more than noisy aesthetic flair; most of it's components also make the F430 a better drive.
The adjustable pitch of the giant rear wing obliterates the view out the back window but also provides adjustable down-force for better high speed stability. The lower front bumper reduces drag.

Novitec estimates that the supercharged, water -intercooler system will develop 636 hp and 465 ft lbs of torque. Top speed with this specification should easily exceed 200 mph.
There is no need to check the mirrors , after all , when nothing else on the road is faster.

I would say the surest way to announce an arrival at any destination is to pull the paddles to put the transmission in neutral, rev the engine to redline, and listen to the stainless exhaust pipes sound their four-cannon salut. There is nothing subtle about a Novitec Rosso's looks or performance--and that is exactly what makes it so irresistible.






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