I’m not sure how much money you have to make to care about perfect, numbers-matching parts and paint on your car, but it seems to be a lot and it seems to prove that money cannot buy you happiness because the people who care about these things always strike me as deeply unhappy.
True joy, for me, often comes from doing what you shouldn’t. And I love cars, so doing wrong things with cars is about as close to an ideal way to spend time as I can find.
There are a lot of ways to go about this, including inappropriate powertrain swaps, but I’ve always been partial to paint that doesn’t make any sense on a car.
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In particular, the topshot for this post about the Ferrari GTC4 Lusso came from me because as soon as I saw I could get a damn British Racing Green Ferrari I had to jump at the chance. Ferrari calls it “Verde British,” which is Italian for “we can do whatever we want because we’re Ferrari.”
The fact that this is an AWD, Ferrari hatchback only makes the wrongness feel that much more right. I can’t think of another new Ferrari I’d rather have.
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But why stop there?
Here’s a Mustang in “Guard Green,” which is also basically that dark hue that we all recognize as British Racing Green. (Yes, there’s precedent for green Mustangs, Bullitt in particular, but that’s not British Racing Green.)
I’m especially partial to the Edmunds.com long-term tester, which they got in a green that feels pretty BRG to me:
If anything, the only new cars I don’t particularly care for the color on are new British sports cars.
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