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...symbol, drawing collectors as diverse as Prince Bernhard of Holland (who owned 14), Eric Clapton (8) and Ralph Lauren (13). In the past 10 years, the Ferrari has won more Formula One races than any other car?which has created record prices in recent sales. McQueen's 1963 Ferrari Berlinetta Lusso went for $2.31 million and James Coburn's 1961 Ferrari California Spyder sold for a whopping $11.4 million. "It's the price you pay," says Ferrari historian Michael Sheehan, "for tradition and cutting-edge styling that is available to only a select...
...announced in 1986, the Italian firm negotiated with GM for two years in a fruitless effort to get the car's name changed. GM, which plans to contest the suit, insists the name is derived from various former products, including a version of the Chevy Camaro called the Berlinetta that was sold from...
...base sticker price: $8,310) this year, now says sales will top 100,000. Momentum is also building for the $15,500 turbo-powered Chrysler Laser and Dodge Daytona, which have a claimed top speed of 125 m.p.h. In California, one of the strongest sellers is the Chevrolet Camaro Berlinetta, a luxury sports car. Loaded with options such as a sunroof, digital instruments and a cassette player, it sells for about...
...Ferrari's Berlinetta Speciale, easily the hottest-looking machine on display, has the snub nose and cropped rear of the Le Mans-winning Ford GT and a three-place seat with the driver's spot in the middle for optimum visibility on the race track. Also, it can unwind its 325 h.p. engine to 180 m.p.h...
Stocker Roberts, piloting a Ferrari Berlinetta identical to Moss's, did precious little dusting-off. He finished second in the Grand Touring (closed car) class, twelfth overall. "I was ahead of Moss going into the first turn," said Fireball sadly. "But I came in too hot and went wide. Moss passed me, and from then on it was adiós. I never saw him again." Stocker Weatherly also had a run-in with Moss: a broken distributor rotor forced him to slow down, and Moss impatiently nudged him off the course. "I don't think he meant...
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