David Huang

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April 15, 2001, on Ferrari 355TB Review:
"Why this you-have-to-got-a-second-or-third-mortgage-in-order-to-buy-it car when you can get a better car with a lot less money?" I think it is not about the performance of the car but instead of emotional value of the car. We are not talking about the technical performance of the car instead of the design and the way the car body curved. If we treat the high price car purchase as buying an artwork, I think we probably can understand why people pay that much money for it. Why would anyone pay the equivalent of a Third World Country GNP for a 19th century painting? Emotion! Can the technology of Toyota Supra Turbo (before it got discontinued) outperformed Ferrari in many ways? Oh, yeah! But which car can make your heart pumping and blood boil when the Supra parked next to the Ferrari? I pick Ferrari any day of the week, plus Saturday and Sunday. We just can't justify the rationale behind the decision when come to picking an artwork, and in this case, an art piece from Italy. ...