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Designer Reimagines the Ferrari 849 Testarossa With the Design It Should Have Had
['Alex Harrington', 'Alex Harrington Is A Writer At Motorbiscuit Covering Automotive News', 'Motorsport', 'Car Culture. He Also Writes For Motorsport.Com', 'Newsweek.Com', 'Previously Contributed To On Si', 'Men S Journal.', 'With A Background In Digital Publishing', 'Seo-Led Editorial Strategy', 'He Focuses On Making Fast-Moving Industry Stories Clear']
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Ferrari reviving the Testarossa name last September was always going to invite scrutiny.
The 849 – a 1,036-horsepower plug-in hybrid berlinetta with performance numbers that beggar belief – is an extraordinary machine on paper.
The flanks, the stance, the whole visual identity of that original car felt underrepresented.
Rendered in Ferrari red against hard blue-concrete lighting, the five-panel presentation looks less like a casual fan exercise and more like something that belongs on a wall at Maranello.
“That mostly meant bringing back some of my favourite elements from the original Testarossa and blending them into Ferrari’s newer proportions.