Motor Sports
FERRARI
By James Lamdin
BLOOD-PUMPING PERFORMANCE
We put rubber to the road with the 488 Pista, Ferrari’s most powerful production automobile. And, here are a few new
watches to match Ferrari’s high performance.
The 488 Pista is Ferrari’s most
powerful production automobile
CARS AND WRISTWATCHES ARE, FOR THE MOST PART, mechanical things that get the blood of like-minded enthusiasts beating – be it to the tune
of a twin-scroll turbocharged V8 or a high-beat column-wheel chronograph.
Judging by the fact that auto manufacturers continue to ask me to cover their products in wristwatch-centric media, and similarly, that wristwatch-
centric editors continually allow me to create this coverage (thanks, Gary!) there can be little doubt that the Venn diagrams outlining their respective
collector communities is overlapping more and more.
And with numerous watch/automotive collaborations being rolled out annually – from Hublot’s Big Bang Ferrari collection to the Breitling clocks
that adorn the dashboards of Bentley Continentals, the power players in both spaces similarly recognize the innate connection of their mechanical
products.
Of course, not every automobile gets the blood pumping the same way as a Ferrari can. And not every Ferrari gets the blood pumping like the
488 Pista, Ferrari’s newest high performance model.
A (PRANCING) HORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR
The 488 Pista is Ferrari’s latest in a line of thoroughbred performance specials. It builds on the successful formula of developing ‘hot’ versions of
production model cars that are based on but are a slot above the standard model in terms of power and handling, yet are just below the track-only
variants that aren’t street-legal, Its recent ancestors include the 360 Challenge Stradale, 430 Scuderia, and 458 Speciale. But its lineage and raison
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