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Ferrari 360 Spider - First Lookss Planet
Earth's Most Emotional New Convertible
writer: Matt Stone
It's
time to dig those nickels out of the seat cushions. Sell
the stamp collection, too. Break the kids' piggy bank, have
a garage sale, and get that rookie season Nolan Ryan card
on eBay-pronto. Take it all and buy big in this weekend's
lottery, because you'll want to get your deposit in on Ferrari's
new ragtop as quickly as you can. It's every bit as dazzling
as the 360 Modena coupe. And the top goes down.Displayed
for the first time at the Geneva Motor Show in March and
coming to our shores around the first of the year, the 360
Spider is a predestined classic. It, of course, replaces
the much-loved F355 Spider, sold here from 1995 through
the rest of this year. Most important is that this new Spider
is not just a well-done chop job or conversion; the 360's
all-alloy skin and chassis platform were designed from scratch
with an eye toward be
Ferrari
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ing an open-air model. Raising and lowering
the top is a one-touch deal: Press the button, and the top
unlatches, lowers, and covers itself in a well-choreographed
display of excellent engineering.
Stylistically, the 360 Spider resembles its closed stablemate
everywhere but the
