Saturday, December 15, 2012

ALGAR FERRARI OPEN HOUSE


Word of an open house at the local Ferrari dealership reached the Slama Photography’s desktop. It was at that point where it was decided to share the news with the other members of the SLAMA and Autofocus families.

We gathered early that Saturday morning to being our day of basking in the holy light of the Italian motor-gods. We entered into the Cathedral of St Enzo and were greeted by the stunning 458 Italia. A steed worthy to carry Apollo through the heavens....sitting there taunting passers by...quietly muttering like Mike Tyson..I'm gonna eat your children! Every angle...every line leading you across the body like the bikini strings on a Victoria's Secret model. You just have to follow where they go.

So enough with the metaphors, lets get down to the nitty gritty. As expected the building was pure class and housed some really exceptional machines. The lobby held 3 cars, the aforementioned 458 Italia, a 430 and a FF. The walls adorned with a mural paying homage to the Formula 1 team. The apparel section had a nice assortment of gear to interest any proud owner or wannabe. On the far side of the showroom was the accessories or modification center. Displayed the back wall was a large assortment of steering wheels, seats, brake calipers and carbon fiber trim pieces. Next to the showroom is the waiting room well equipped with Ferrari literature with a view of a terrific line up of cars. The display garage next to the waiting room held a magnificent assortment including a special edition Fernando Alonso edition 599, some standard FF's and a red and a black 430 spyder. From there we took the stairs down a level to the shop and accessory area. We entered the accessory area and are greeted by a 430 scudiera and a beautiful red F40.

The first garage area housed a great assortment of customers cars including two Testarossas and a number of 430's in different levels of trim and colors. We spoke with one of the Testarossa owners who was a very nice guy who told us the story of how he recently bought the car. Across the way is the newly renovated garage area. The garage was spotless, tall ceilings, and plenty of natural light poring in from the high windows. One of the most striking things was an F 40 that was being worked on. The back sections and the interior of the car were removed and it offered us a great opportunity to see behind the wizards curtain. The engine and all of the components were there to see and it was shocking to see the headers were directly behind the seats. We the followed the stairs to the upper level of the building which is set up like an art gallery but it is an art gallery with an elevator large enough to carry cars to this upper level. On this floor are just three cars. A stunning blue matte finish Lamborghini a Ferrari 430 and a Ferrari FF. Each of them arranged in front of the windows like as if you were looking at jewelry in a display case.

It was a wonder opportunity to explore and photograph what must be the pinnacle of the car purchasing experience.
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