A Ferrari 599 with a cracked eggshell paintjob?! Whatever next...!?!
The Italians, it seems, are in love with China. It was only yesterday when we spoke of a special-edition Ferrari 599 created for the Chinese market, and today we have one more! Ferrari has announced a one-off 599 GTB Fiorano China Limited Edition, signed by Chinese artist Lu Hao, which will be auctioned on the 3rd of November at a special auction event hosted by Ferrari, in Beijing.
While 10 units of the earlier China-special Ferrari 599 will be built, the new one will be limited to a production run of just one unit. Which is probably a blessing, since the cracked eggshell paintjob on the new one looks… rubbish! According to Ferrari, the car’s ‘very special exterior finish draws inspiration from Ge Kiln porcelain of the Song Dynasty. Lu Hao has blended traditional design elements with Ferrari’s innovative styling to create a truly unique vehicle using a ‘cracked’ glaze pattern which is elegantly coloured, with clearly defined cracks etched at different depths.’
‘Only a few hundred pieces of Ge Kiln porcelain exist today, all of which are supposed to be priceless treasures. Porcelain is one of China’s most distinctive ancient arts which was brought to the West via the Silk Road thousands of years ago. Using Ge Kin porcelain as the inspiration for the one-off version is a perfect complement to Ferrari’s China Limited Edition Model,’ says the Ferrari press release. ‘The 599 China Limited Edition model is a true masterpiece, combining rich Chinese artistic heritage with Italian design in a most spectacular way,’ says Marco Mattiacci, CEO of Ferrari Asia Pacific.
Frankly, we think the China-special 599 looks trashy. Spaghetti Bolognaise and Chicken Chow Mein just don’t mix…
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