Trademark Filing Hints That A New Ferrari Testarossa Could Be On The Way

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For many, the Testarossa is nan pinnacle of Ferrari roadcars pinch its striking looks, midship flat-12 centrifugal and starring roles successful movies and TV shows. Still, nary car has carried nan "Testerossa" nameplate since it went retired of accumulation successful 1996. Now, though, that could beryllium changing — Ferrari has reportedly trademarked nan sanction "849 Testarossa" astir 40 years aft nan car first debuted.

The move comes pursuing an eight-year ineligible conflict complete nan ownership of nan connection "Testarossa" that was yet decided successful Ferrari's favour earlier this month, according to CarBuzz. Ferrari has wasted nary clip making judge nan moniker stays wrong nan building, trademarking it successful Iceland of each places. In each honesty, there's a batch of weirdness surrounding this filing.

First of all, 849 Testarossa is not technically an hold of nan charismatic Testarossa trademark, which remains successful effect until nan mediate of October adjacent year, CarBuzz reports. Also, it was revenge pinch nan Icelandic Intellectual Property Office, dissimilar nan Testarossa trademark, which was revenge pinch nan World Intellectual Property Organization.

Here's why Ferrari whitethorn person done this, according to CarBuzz:

[Y]ou tin forgive Ferrari for wanting to transverse each nan T's and dot each nan I's connected this one. Although Iceland is officially portion of Europe, nan onshore wide straddles some nan North American and European tectonic plates. Wildly analyzable territorial authorities intends a filing pinch WIPO does not automatically guarantee a trademark crossed each nations, truthful having a fail-safe '849 Testarossa' successful your pouch that runs until January 16, 2035, is nary bad thing.

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To me, adding nan 849 to nan beforehand of Testarossa makes maine deliberation this is much than conscionable a ploy to support nan sanction successful Ferrari's hands. It follows nan wide nomenclature of Ferrari exemplary names for illustration nan 812 Superfast, SF90 Stradale, and 296 GTB. Adding successful those numbers makes it look acold much legitimate. "849" is simply a small too circumstantial if you inquire me.

If there's 1 point automakers for illustration doing, it's reviving aged nameplates successful nan hopes of feeding connected your nostalgia. Ferrari's main rival, Lamborghini, did conscionable that erstwhile it reintroduced nan Countach a fewer years back. Hell, moreover Ferrari has done it, reusing nan GTO nameplate connected nan 599 to harken backmost to nan 288 GTO of nan mid-1980s.

I cognize Testarossa's styling isn't for everybody, and possibly it's because I'm large and loud, but I've ever had a superior soft spot for nan supercar. I'm conscionable crossing my fingers, hoping that immoderate Ferrari does to revive it lives up to nan tone of nan original.