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Ferrari P4/5 Competizione Under Construction

Once upon a time, a gentleman racer could drive his race car to the track, trounce the competition, and then drive it home. But safety regulations have long since put an end to such a practice. So what's a modern gentleman racer to do? In the case of one Jim Glickenhaus, the answer is simple enough: build two! One for road, and one for race.

Ferrari aficionados will remember Glickenhaus for giving birth to the P4/5, a one-of-a-kind supercar that drew its inspiration from the iconic P3/4 of yore, built atop the chassis of the all-conquering Ferrari Enzo. But the original P3/4 – of which Glickenhaus owns two – was a street-legal racing machine, so to satisfy his competition desires, he's commissioned a second car to be built for the track.

The P4/5 Competizione, unlike its Enzo-based forebear, is based on the F430, taking the chassis from the 430 Scuderia and the engine from the race-spec F430 GT2. It's currently under construction, previewed by the rendering above. And the best part is that when he's done racing it, the Competizione will be converted back to road use.

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SV 9 Competizione Blends Corvette Muscle With Italian Style

by Noah Joseph (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos

Bummed out by our recent report on the high price and scarcity of the Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione? Well here's another chance, and it's decidedly more accessible yet still exclusive enough to avoid seeing another every day on your drive to the office. It's called the SV 9 Competizione, and it's about to hit the market. Based on a modern Corvette, the SV 9 Competizione revives the old tradition of re-bodying Corvettes with Italian coachwork. This design borrows heavily from the aforementioned Alfa, but instead of the $300,000 sticker price, the SV comes in at less than $100k. For that you get a Corvette with a custom carbon fiber body, a revised intake and exhaust to boost power up to 450 horses and a more upscale interior. The improved mechanicals translate to a 4-second sprint to 60, a 12-second quarter-mile, a 60-0 braking distance of just 107 feet and 1.03g of lateral acceleration...in other words, at least as fast as the Italian machinery it emulates. And with a maximum of only 1000 units to be produced and a catalog with 25 exterior colors, four wheel choices and five interior trim options, SV promises no two will be alike.

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