Take your pick: a green Ferrari or a red Aston Martin?
Typical colors
In fact, we always associate Ferrari with the color red. Completely illogical, of course, since the brand has been releasing cars in that color since time immemorial. The “Ferrari red” has its origins in racing. Because of recognizability, race cars used to be painted in an agreed color. That color was determined according to the manufacturer’s country of origin. That was standardized and not to be deviated from. Italian cars had to be red, so not only Ferrari’s but also from Alfa Romeo’s and Maserati’s. German cars, such as those from Mercedes-Benz were always silver gray, French cars blue, and race cars from the United Kingdom were given the color British Racing Green.
Ferrari Roma in British Racing Green
Ferraris were available for years in only two shades of red. Those times are over and now Ferrari offers many more shades of the color: from almost orange to burgundy. Now it is not that every Ferrari leaves the factory as a red. Take this Roma, for example, which rolled off the assembly line in green. Officially, the color has “Verde British. Looks beautiful on him. And especially when combined with the dark brown leather bucket seats in Daytone-style.
Under the hood is a twin-turbocharged 3.9-liter V8, good for 620 hp and 760 Nm that hits the road via the rear wheels. A sprint from standstill to 100 km/h takes 3.4 seconds, and the counter stops climbing at 320 km/h.
Red Aston Martin DBS Superleggera
Where Roma wears the British color, its challenger, this Aston Martin DBS Superleggera has a red jacket. Red is a rather unusual color for an Aston Martin, as it is predominantly ordered in shades of gray. In any case, red looks good on the muscleman. Especially when combined with the dark wheels, black roof and black interior. The red accents in the interior must be your thing. The DBS Superleggera has an atmospheric 5.2-liter V12 under the hood, sending 725 hp and 900 Nm to the rear wheels. The Aston is just as fast from 0 to 100 km/h as Roma, but kicks it up to 340 km/h as a top speed.
Take your pick!
Both cost over €300,000, have a delicious engine, rear-wheel drive, comparable performance ánd an atypical color for the brand. So say it: which of the two can best have the other brand’s color?
