A Ferrari California sports car, seen in the Lido area in Beijing in 2011. The fine Ferrari looked great, wrapped in a shiny pink wrap with darkened windows. The owner also added blue headrest pillows.
The high-quality wrap covered almost the entire car, including the door handles, the mirrors, the bumpers, and the convertible roof. The pink Ferrari California stood on a set of extra-large tires with gray-silver multispoke alloy wheels.
The license plate is interesting. Eight is a lucky number in Chinese culture. The plate has two eights. That’s lucky twice. Once for the Ferrari and once for the pink color scheme.
The first generation Ferrari California was made from 2008 until 2014. It has a 4.3 liter V8 engine under the long hood. Output is 460 horsepower and 485 Nm or torque. The gearbox is a seven-speed DCT with flappy paddles. The California is a fast car; its top speed is 310 kilometers per hour and it does 0-100 in four seconds flat. But it needed lots of fuel: 13 liters per 100 kilometers, according to its Chinese specifications.
The Ferrari was so bright that I almost didn’t see my girlfriend’s black Suzuki Swift. The Ferrari’s front license plate had hit a curb. Fortunately, the car’s bodywork wasn’t damaged. The Ferrari California was an expensive car. The base price in 2011 was 3.48 million yuan. A wrap of this quality cost around 20.000 more. But a pink Ferrari with so much power is worth every fen.