This is the latest shiver of Ferrari’s customer-commissioned Atelier Ferrari service – the Superamerica 45. Based on a standard 599, its bespoke framework was spaced by New York real estate magnate and Fez collector, Peter Kalikow, and includes a rotating hard-top. Just like the Renault Wind. Only made out of carbon fibre.Save for the bespoke roof, alike carbon boot into which it can collapse and some stodgy b-pillars, it’s not massively different from the production 599. There’s an aluminum a-pillar trim here, chrome front grill there and a set of new wing mirrors in between. Oh, and that somewhat turgid WKD blue paintwork.
It was painted thus to mach Kalikow’s other Blue Antile Fez – a 1961 Ferrari 400 Superamerica. Marnaello’s paint smith’s set off the unique tone by finishing its lower peripheral appendages in a slightly darker shade, then splashing some colour onto its diamond-cut wheels. Inside, dark blue carbonfibre trim and instrumentation clashes wildly with 'cuoio' brown leather trim. This isn’t Kalikow’s first go at customizing a Ferrari: in 2006 he commissioned Pininfarina to create the 612 Kappa, which is based on a Ferrari 612 Scaglietti. Tweaks were self-effacing and included gentle reshaping of the bodywork, Enzo rear lights, chrome headlight bezels and a photovoltaic sunroof, allowing manual modification of its tint.
