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Old 06-23-09, 08:26 AM
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The Calavera Ferrari is a signature car from Bavaria's Unique Sportcars, which offers hyper exclusive automotive services for customers wanting something more than common garden variety exoticars – it offers personalised design and full implementation with craftsmanship to fine art levels. The Calavera (Spanish for skull) cuts through the brain's clutter in a similar way that brands such as A-Style, ****, **** Star et al achieve nuclear levels of brand recognition.

Take a close look at the modified 700 bhp Ferrari F430 and you'll see a not-so-subtle skull with a dagger through it emblazoned on every panel. The Calavera initially transfixes you, wondering what the hell it is. The weekend wheels of a Bulgarian mafia don? The company car of one of Batman's adversaries? It is unquestionably an exquisitely produced piece of machinery yet it has some seriously sinister overtones. The skull has signified death since cavemen times but add a dagger and it signifies a violent and premature death.

Needless to say, the Calavera polarised opinion in our offices. Some of our crew liked its in-yer-face-ness, claiming the extreme reactions it catalyses are good art doing its job, challenging perception. Others used words like desecration and neo-vandalism. The end result is a car that demands the spotlight like nothing else.









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Old 06-23-09, 08:29 AM
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looks like ed hardy is getting his designs put on ferrari's too
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Originally Posted by PhilipMSPT
Calavera (Spanish for skull)
With the white paint, the front end does remind me of the SKULL of some exotic looking deep sea monster fish
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Originally Posted by bad co
looks like ed hardy is getting his designs put on ferrari's too
+1 for d-bags with money.
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I do not care for Ed Hardy. Rarely do those designs appeal to me.
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Might look better on a Harley.
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LED strips are so lame.
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Ready for show, at the ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR.
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I love that engine bay
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so ed hardy is doing Ferraris now. I am not into that bedazzled kids crap with the skulls all over them. what are we in 4th grade??
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exterior=win
interior=Fail.
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Maybe they could design me a tatoo.
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Originally Posted by dunnojack
LED strips are so lame.
+1

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so ed hardy is doing Ferraris now. I am not into that bedazzled kids crap with the skulls all over them. what are we in 4th grade??
+1 .. I don't want tatoos on my car, or on my shirt.
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They ruined that car. Too bad.
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