RedDragon86 Posted November 13, 2018 Report Share Posted November 13, 2018 (edited) Why didn't they go for a convertible when they were replacing the Daytona Spyder, having no roof on offers you much better camera angles and freedom when filming, and its has a much more cooler and stylish look as we seen in S1 & 2, and other options such as quickly jumping into the back of the car if you want to quickly escape from a tricky situation, with the white Testarossa it just came off as being too restricted and cramped in for Crockett & Tubbs, its a wonderful car but limited with the permanent roof. This would have been awesome. Edited November 13, 2018 by RedDragon86 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpaul1 Posted November 13, 2018 Report Share Posted November 13, 2018 not sure it was available back then. plus even if in general i prefer convertibles, for the Testarossa i prefer it the coupé version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squeezem3 Posted November 13, 2018 Report Share Posted November 13, 2018 1 hour ago, RedDragon86 said: Why didn't they go for a convertible when they were replacing the Daytona Spyder, having no roof on offers you much better camera angles and freedom when filming, and its has a much more cooler and stylish look as we seen in S1 & 2, and other options such as quickly jumping into the back of the car if you want to quickly escape from a tricky situation, with the white Testarossa it just came off as being too restricted and cramped in for Crockett & Tubbs, its a wonderful car but limited with the permanent roof. This would have been awesome. I have to agree. Especially for a location like Miami in the sunshine state a convertible is a symbol for the whole lifestyle. But Ferrari took heavily part in product placement in season 3 (I remember Swytek praising the Testarossa speed in S03E01, when the bad guy drove a black one, one episide before Crockett got his) , so they wanted to advertise with their most recent car. Unfortunately that was not a Spyder. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedDragon86 Posted November 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2018 (edited) 29 minutes ago, jpm1 said: not sure it was available back then. plus even if in general i prefer convertibles, for the Testarossa i prefer it the coupé version That Testarossa spider convertible above was available in 1986. Or even the 1983 - 1985 Ferrari Mondial Cabriolet below. Edited November 13, 2018 by RedDragon86 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpaul1 Posted November 13, 2018 Report Share Posted November 13, 2018 they didn't use the cabriolet version because it doesn't exist. there are only 6 cabriolets in the world. 5 non-official Lorenz & Rankl, and 1 exclusive prototype made to evaluate the viability of the project, and that finally got owned by Gianni Agnelli. good article below (french) http://boitierrouge.com/2017/02/16/ferrari-testarossa-spider-62897-la-seule-et-unique-version-officielle/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airtommy Posted November 13, 2018 Report Share Posted November 13, 2018 If you understand the backstory for the switch, it makes perfect sense that they used a hardtop. Ferrari became aware that their car was playing a starring role in a hot new trend-setting TV show and ... horrors ... the crew was using a FAKE FERRARI! So Ferrari offered the producers a few genuine Testarossas for free to induce them to drop the fake Daytona. Given all that, Ferrari wasn't going to give them an aftermarket convertible (there was no factory convertible Testarossa). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedDragon86 Posted November 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, airtommy said: If you understand the backstory for the switch, it makes perfect sense that they used a hardtop. Ferrari became aware that their car was playing a starring role in a hot new trend-setting TV show and ... horrors ... the crew was using a FAKE FERRARI! So Ferrari offered the producers a few genuine Testarossas for free to induce them to drop the fake Daytona. Given all that, Ferrari wasn't going to give them an aftermarket convertible (there was no factory convertible Testarossa). Would there have been any suitable Ferrari factory convertible at the time? because this was clearly the type of look Michael Mann wanted for Crockett, he used a black Ferrari convertible in the 2006 movie as well, its a shame Mann didn't put a word in for a convertible, maybe he wasn't particularly bothered because he was leaving anyway. Edited November 13, 2018 by RedDragon86 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedDragon86 Posted November 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, jpm1 said: they didn't use the cabriolet version because it doesn't exist. there are only 6 cabriolets in the world. 5 non-official Lorenz & Rankl, and 1 exclusive prototype made to evaluate the viability of the project, and that finally got owned by Gianni Agnelli. good article below (french) http://boitierrouge.com/2017/02/16/ferrari-testarossa-spider-62897-la-seule-et-unique-version-officielle/ You know more about cars than me then In the show Magnum PI was their Ferrari the real thing? Edited November 13, 2018 by RedDragon86 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airtommy Posted November 13, 2018 Report Share Posted November 13, 2018 32 minutes ago, RedDragon86 said: Would there have been any suitable Ferrari factory convertible at the time? Yes, but a 308/328 convertible would have been redundant with Magnum PI. And as squeezem3 said above, they wanted to advertise their newest model, the Testarossa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpaul1 Posted November 13, 2018 Report Share Posted November 13, 2018 yeah you can't ignore such a beautiful car like the Testarossa. even today MV series put apart i can't recall any car that had so pure lines than the Testorossa. the only one i see that could pretend do better is eventually the F-40. some do better technically like the 959 but are slightly less beautiful. and no chance to see a 959 in the series anyways. that car was, and still is a very exclusive car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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