When a Ferrari should not be called Ferrari
04/24/2018
The car manufacturer Ferrari and its lawyers are at war worldwide with Ferrari owners who convert or re-body their cars. They are quick to issue warnings and threaten legal action, even for cars that were built 20 or 40 years ago and for which there were even corresponding agreements at the time.
This probably also explains why the (Ferrari) Conciso Concept, which Bernd Michalak showed at the IAA in Frankfurt in 1993, does not display a Ferrari logo (on the outside), but is simply labeled "Conciso".
Yet technically it is actually 100 percent Ferrari, because under the aluminum skin, which stretches over the four wheels in an excitingly minimalist manner and does not even provide for simple weather protection or doors - driving with a helmet is recommended - is a Ferrari 328 GTS from 1989.
Back then, the car is said to have been thirty percent lighter than the series-production model; it never went into series production and the one-off was only driven a few times.
Almost a year ago, the futuristic reinterpretation of the classic "Barchetta" was "sold" by Bonhams in Chantilly for EUR 115,000 (CHF 131,157), but apparently something came up, because on May 12, 2018, the concept car will go under the hammer again at RM/Sotheby's in Monaco. EUR 100,000 to 120,000 is the estimate, which is certainly acceptable given its rarity and special nature, even if the owner has to do without a Ferrari horse and should avoid offering the car for sale or showing it in public in Germany or other countries with extensive legal requirements.
