I’ll be surprised if most of your friends won’t drool all over you when they see you in this stunning Ferrari 360 Modena Replica, made by Extreme Cars. Judging by the looks of these vehicles, these guys seem to have done quite an impressive job in turning a humble Peugeot 406 Coupe into a jaw dropping Ferrari.
According to Extreme Cars, the replica kit, which consists of numerous exterior panels (doors, mirrors, roof, lights, bumpers etc) and an interior package (centre console, seats etc) costs about 17.000 Euros or 22.000 USD.
If driving fast is your thing, then it’s hard to imagine improving upon the Challenge Stradale. New for 2003, the roadgoing rocket ship is a cross between the 360 Modena production car and the competition version that races in the Ferrari Challenge series. As such, it’s more café racer than 250GTO. But with the exception of the essentially unobtainable Ferrari Enzo, with which it shares several exotic components, the Stradale may be the world’s most impressive and exhilarating street car. “Our challenge,” says project leader Patrizio Moruzzi, “was to put race-car technology into the road car.”
The Ferrari 360 Modena is not a car in the traditional sense. Cars are about transportation, get to grandma’s house, haul home the groceries, they’re a necessity, like food or ESPN. But the Ferrari 360 Modena F1 has little to do with transportation, little to do with necessity. It’s a 395-horsepower, $155,000 sports car. It’s a pleasure machine, pure and simple.