Ferrari Aurea Berlinettaby DGF Design2003 Ferrari Aurea arose from a graduation thesis with the support of Ferrari engineers. The Aurea Project was born from the desire to place the F1 DNA on a normal car. With the teamwork of Ferrari's Product Engineers, the project saw a good deal of modification to become a sports car heir to the 360 Modena.
One of the major requests was to “dress” the engine-frame of the 360 Modena. The light changes made to the frame have been verified by a special calculating program (Straus) and compared with the original one. The development has been cured by three Ferrari's engineers:
• Amedeo Visconti: coordinating and homologation rules supervisor;
• Luca Caldirola: external co-examiner who with engineer Stefano Carmassi (responsible for Enzo's fluid dynamic) resolved the aerodynamics.
The formal and stylistic evolution went through hand rendering to study models to computer graphics models (Rhinoceros and 3d Studio Max).
What ? Are you guys being serious. The Enzo has a similar nose.. and even the SLR has a nose which more resembles that Aurea Berlinetta's nose than the Zonda. Geez, Zonda this... Zonda that. To me the Aurea Berlinetta is the ultimate in function over form. It's design may not be perfectly cohesive...but I'm sure it's less about looks..and more about making this car as close to a F1 car as possible.
Sorry for venting... but this car has more resemblance to the Enzo than a Zonda...
Ferrari S.p.A. is an Italian luxury sports car manufacturer based in
Maranello, Italy. Founded in 1939 by Enzo Ferrari (1898-1988), the company
built its first car in 1940, adopted its current name in 1945, and began
to produce its current line of road cars in 1947. Ferrari became a public
company in 1960, and from 1963 to 2014 it was a subsidiary of Fiat S.p.A.
It was spun off from Fiat's successor entity, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, in 2016.
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