Ferrari P540 Superfast Aperta

On display for the first time even, Ferrari chose the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance to display the one-off P540 Superfast Aperta. One of the first vehicles to come from Ferrari’s Special Projects program (others including the Enzo-based P4/5 and the F430-based SP1), underneath this gold beauty is a Ferrari 599 chassis.

The P540 Superfast was built for Edward Walson, the son of John Walson, who invented cable TV. Walson commissioned the vehicle with inspiration coming from the Fantuzzi-designed Ferrari which appeared in the 1968 film Toby Dammit. It was designed by Pininfarina and built in-house in Maranello, with Walson taking part in the entire design process. While added bracing was required to maintain the chassis’ rigidity, plenty of carbon fiber panels were used to reduce the impact of the weight gain. In total, engineers managed to limit the added weight to just 44 lbs.

Like previous projects, the luxurious Ferrari’s engine remains untouched, with the factory 6.0-liter V12 producing a tremendous 612-hp.

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Ferrari P540 Superfast Aperta

Ferrari officially debuted the one-off P540 Superfast Aperta this last weekend at the Cavallino Classic in Palm Beach, Florida.

In case you missed it the first time, the P540 Aperta was commissioned and partly developed by Edward Walson, son of John Walson, the inventor of cable TV. The P540 was produced by Pininfarina and Ferrari’s Special Projects division, which handles one-off customizations for the automaker. It is a modified 599 made to look like the Ferrari from the movie Toby Dammit.

While it shares similar technical specs with the 599, it’s obviously a strong visual departure. With touches of Maserati, 250 GTO and even a bit of the Shelby Series One, this won’t be mistaken for anything else on the road built this decade-especially not with that luminescent gold paint job and the black and carbon fiber accent elements.

Whereas the donor car is a sportier GT, the P540 is a more aggressive and masculine take on it. Most notably, and the reason for the Aperta label (Italian for “window”), is the open top.

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Source: jalopnik.com and motorcrave.com