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Old Jun 23, 2009 | 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 Jun 23, 2009 | 08:29 AM
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looks like ed hardy is getting his designs put on ferrari's too
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Old Jun 23, 2009 | 08:30 AM
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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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Old Jun 23, 2009 | 09:17 AM
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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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Old Jun 23, 2009 | 11:04 AM
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I do not care for Ed Hardy. Rarely do those designs appeal to me.
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Old Jun 23, 2009 | 11:29 AM
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Might look better on a Harley.
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Old Jun 23, 2009 | 01:56 PM
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LED strips are so lame.
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Old Jun 23, 2009 | 02:22 PM
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Ready for show, at the ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR.
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Old Jun 23, 2009 | 03:14 PM
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I love that engine bay
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Old Jun 23, 2009 | 11:50 PM
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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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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 11:15 AM
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no thanks..........
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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 02:10 PM
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Maybe they could design me a tatoo.
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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by dunnojack
LED strips are so lame.
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Originally Posted by I8ABMR
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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Old Jun 25, 2009 | 08:29 PM
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They ruined that car. Too bad.
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