Comments on: Inden Design Makes a Ferrari F430 Spider

By: Tony Borroz

Tony Borroz — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:21:57 +0000

Yeah, I thought of mentioning Saleen.

He's an interesting guy, but essentially most of his road car work has been with beefed up Mustangs.

I guess one of the main differences is that there's a lot of room for improvement with a street Mustang versus a street Ferrari

By: Chris Burdick

Chris Burdick — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:07:32 +0000

A lot of tuning companies do that, but I'm not sure I agree. They take a Maserati GranTurismo and call it the "Novitec Tridente GTS"

That's implying Novitec is the manufacturer, not Maserati.

I know RUF does the same thing, but that's like saying Saleen is their own manufacturer (before the S7.)

By: Tony Borroz

Tony Borroz — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:44:27 +0000

for sure, I see what you're saying, I'm just saying that doing better than Ferrari is a tough nut to crack (just ask McLaren).

Now Ruf, on the other hand is a whole different story. LAst I heard, they had full TUV certification, and were regarded by the German gov't as being their own manufacturer.

By: Chris Burdick

Chris Burdick — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:00:48 +0000

I've never really been against tuning companies doing this, but you make a good point. I guess the idea is that you have a better F430 than the guy down the street. Me…I'd probably keep it stock too, but the guys that tune them also want more personalization than comes from the factory. If you're in say…Germany, where every other car is a 911, you'd want to stand out among the crowd with a RUF-tuned 911 or something I suppose.