Talk:Ferrari 250

Untitled
Right now, this article is a series of stubs. It's need to be expanded. I removed the stub tag though. --Woohookitty 06:16, 6 May 2005 (UTC)


 * Indeed. This was such an important line, and lasted for so long with so many variations, I could see it exploding into a dozen articles with proper content.  I'll continue to work on expanding it.  --SFoskett 13:08, May 6, 2005 (UTC)


 * And I keep on working on it. There are a multitude of 250 cars, some sharing very little with others...  --SFoskett 19:25, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Ferris Bueller's Day Off - three mentions?
Is it necessary to mention three times that a replica of the 250 California Spyder appeared in the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off? Was it a replica of the SWB or the LWB? The mention should be removed from the section describing whichever one it was not a replica of. Respectfully, SamBlob (talk) 01:27, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you, Cantle! Much appreciatied! Respectfully, SamBlob (talk) 14:15, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

The MM stands for Mille Miglia, folks!
Someone with more zeal for SI than for general understanding had decided that the 250 MM designation of the Ferrari 250 MM (Mille Miglia) model really meant two hundred and fifty millimetres and changed the designations accordingly. This went so far as someone setting up conversions for this mythical "250 mm" length.

Will editors note in future that the use of 250 MM in this context is the model designation for that particular Ferrari 250 and that it is not a badly formatted statement of length?

Thank you.

Respectfully, SamBlob (talk) 19:57, 24 June 2008 (UTC)


 * To clarify even further the 250 stands for 250cc capacity of 1 cylinder in 3 l V12 engine. This convention applies to all cars from 166 to 456, except for 512(5l 12cyl). YBSOne (talk) 21:00, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

James Coburn car
In May 2008, English broadcaster Chris Evans, set a new world record for the highest price ever paid for an automobile at auction when he paid $10,894,400 for a Spyder. The car, which was the 13th to be made, had once owned by Hollywood star James Coburn.
 * 250 GT California Spyder LWB

A record price for a 250 GT at auction was set on May 18, 2008 when a black 1961 SWB example that had been owned by James Coburn was sold for 6.4 million Euros/£5.5 million/$10,894,900 (€7,040,000 including fees). The buyer was Chris Evans, a British radio DJ. He let James May drive it on an episode of the television show Top Gear.
 * 250 GT Spider California SWB

Since the car was a LWB, should it only be mentioned under the LWB section? Does this lead to confusion being mentioned under both the SWB and LWB sections? --RThompson82 (talk) 05:19, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

If there are undisputed evidance that the car was a LWB, the SWB mention should be erased. But, i think the car was a SWB, there are many more mentions about SWB California Spyder. YBSOne (talk) 14:24, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

Putting 2, 2, and 3 together, 7 seems to equal the fact that while reference 5 does mention Chris Evans owning a 1959 LWB version, even that reference, and all the others, indicate the black 1961 SWB was the one which he spent the £5 million on, not the reportedly green 1959 LWB (which is only ever mentioned in ref 5 - "[Chris] has placed his metallic green 1959 Ferrari 250GT long-wheelbase California spider with HR Owen Sports Cars of London." I'd like someone to verify this since I'm no expert, but it seems to me as though the record auction information from the LWB should be removed and merged into the SWB, not the other way around. &rarr;ClarkCTTalk @ 06:58, 14 December 2012 (UTC)


 * chassis 2377GT is a SWB carYBSOne (talk) 20:16, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

250 Spyder not Spider
http://www.rmauctions.com/FeatureCars.cfm?SaleCode=mo12&CarID=r238 1962 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder

Old Ferraris had the name Spyder, not Spider, sam as Maserati used the name Spyder — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ybsone (talk • contribs) 21:26, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Check Ferrari site for name http://www.ferrari.com/english/gt_sport%20cars/classiche/all_models/Pages/article_250_california.aspx its Spider there -- >Typ932 T&middot;C 07:45, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
 * There is some clarification for the use of Spider in Italian cars http://www.veloce.se/57e04b9d-d775-4325-8290-89bc4c3b4352-29.html, yes the Maserati has some Spyder on their lineup like Maserati Spyder made in 2000s.  -- >Typ932 T&middot;C 07:49, 11 November 2012 (UTC)


 * the problem is the 1st liknk shows the name of the body as spider and not the name of the car, second link only applies to Alfa Spider. But i suppose this is something of a draw.YBSOne (talk) 11:11, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

Check an Italian dictionary. It's 'spider', which in Italian is pronounced 'speeder', and Italians think it's the English word for an open-top sports car. It has nothing to do with arachnids and it is not spelt or pronounced 'spyder'. Italian does not have double vowels and, even if it did, 'speeder' would be pronounced 'spader', like the actor James Spader, which would miss the point, so they spell it 'spider'. Khamba Tendal (talk) 17:44, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

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