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These Italian exotics appeared on license plates last month

In June, many Italian sweets were registered on Dutch license plates again. And a Mansory Urus.

In June, the RDW provided more than 56,000 passenger cars with a new license plate, most of which came from the new series. We are looking for some special examples and start with the three top brands from Italy.

Ferrari SF90

Last month, seven SF90s were registered, with an average asking price of €573,631. These are two new Stradales, in Rosso Corsa and Nero Daytona, plus five SF90 Spiders. Four of them are in red, but one owner opted for a nice yellow paint job. Very striking!

Photo: @fotografiebenzo

However, something special was seen with two SF90 Spiders. The internal code for the SF90 Spider is F173 HGA or F173 HGB, the latter indicating the ‘Assetto Fiorano’ version. This coding is usually also recorded in the RDW register, as ‘type’, ‘variant’ and ‘version’.

Recently, however, the code F173 HGF has also surfaced. According to Ferrari Kroymans, this has to do with the expiration of the old European type approval, plus the necessary adjustments to comply with the latest regulations. For example, the SF90 is now equipped as standard with Emergency Braking (regardless of the choice for Adaptive Cruise Control) and a Front Driving Camera for traffic sign recognition. Slightly less fun is that the warning for speeding can no longer be switched off as standard.

2+

Ferrari has long used ‘2+2’ in its model names. A good way to indicate that the space in the back is really only suitable for children or small adults. For the average Dutchman, the back is simply too small.

Since the introduction of the California, however, the term ‘2+’ has also been used. Could it stand for ‘2 plus nothing’? Because let’s be honest, the space in the back of models like the California, the Portofino and the Roma is completely unusable. In the early Californias you still had the possibility to replace the back seat with a space to store some luggage, but nowadays that is no longer possible. There are always two seats, but there is hardly any legroom, unless you and the driver are not taller than the average Italian.

But then again, you don’t buy a Ferrari because it’s practical. And you saw that in June, when two Portofino M’s and two Roma Spiders appeared on new license plates. With those almost useless seats in the back.

Ferrari V6

Photo: @btb_car_collection

In June, five V6 Ferraris were registered. A red 296 GTB and three 296 GTSs, but also a Ferrari that is not actually a Ferrari: a 1971 Dino 246 GT. Because although the Dinos are now seen as Ferraris (rightly so of course), it was a separate brand that was founded in 1957. It was not until May 1976, during the production of the Dino 308 GT4, that the Dino logos were replaced by the Ferrari logo, thus ending the Dino brand.

Kroymans Daytona Spyder

Before we get to a beautiful classic, let’s quickly look at the other Ferraris that came to the Netherlands via import: a gray Mondial 8, a red Mondial QV Coupé, a red 308 GTS QV, a red F355 Berlinetta, two F355 Spiders (green and red), a gray 456 M GTA, a red 512 TR, a yellow F12berlinetta and a red 599 GTB Fiorano.

A nice list, but the topper is a 365 GTB/4 ‘Daytona’. This specific example was ‘decapitated’ in the 80s by the firm Baccelli & Villa. This yellow Spider is an old acquaintance: it was part of the collection of Frits Kroymans, but was sold in 2010 after the bankruptcy. A few years ago a restoration followed, during which the black interior was replaced by a beige interior. And now the car is back in the Netherlands, including a Dutch license plate!

Lamborghini Miura

From a beautiful classic Ferrari we go straight to a beautiful classic Lamborghini, the Miura. In June there was unfortunately a Miura S that had to hand in its Dutch license plate, but luckily there was a replacement immediately, in the form of a beautiful Miura P400 from 1968!

Urus-Mansory

Photo credits: @thor.supercars

The Urus remains the most popular Lamborghini model, with nine new registrations perfectly distributed over the different versions: 3x Urus, 3x Urus S and 3x Urus Performante.

One ‘normal’ Urus turns out not to be completely normal, because it turns out to be a Urus Mansory. Beautiful or ugly? Let’s just call it a matter of (bad) taste.

Dirt road

On July 1, 154 Huracáns were registered. Five of them were only registered in June, including an LP640-4 Performante Spyder (originally red, but now with a multi-colored wrap), an STO, a Tecnica and two Sterratos.

The Sterrato is the well-known off-road version of the Huracán and stands 4,318 centimeters higher on its legs. Not that you can really go off-road with it, but it might be a bit easier to defy the Dutch speed bumps. There are now six Sterratos on yellow plates.

Photo credits: @thor.supercars

To close the brand with the bull: there are also two Revueltos on the license plate, both in green! One of them is not just any green: this car has a special TVR-like color, which changes depending on the angle (see header photo).

Maserati

From the bull we go to the trident. In June, 21 units were registered. This time not one EV, but all equipped with a petrol or diesel engine.

Striking among these were two cars with a power of 427 kW, or 582 hp. One a gray Ghibli Trofeo from 2022, the other a Levante Trofeo from 2021. Both equipped with a delicious 3.8 liter twin-turbo V8, with which you can drive to 100 in about 4 seconds and can happily accelerate to about 300 km / h. The Ghibli is even a bit faster in terms of top speed, namely 326 km / h.

This was a contribution by Edvar van Daalen

Header photo: @kw.carvisuals

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