The Ferrari Meera S feature was special not only due to the exclusivity of the car, but also because not many motoring publications have ever written about it.
As the car was first commissioned by Saudi royalty, it was the subject of a test drive in an Arab motor magazine called Sport Auto in Saudi Arabia when it was (almost) new in the April 1985 issue. The magazine publishers loved the car so much they made it the cover star, where you can see it driven at speed, kicking up dust! This article is special in many ways. Sport Auto was the first (and only) to introduce Arab readers to the Michelotti-modified Ferrari. It includes the only photos of the Meera while sporting the original KSA registration plates. It also corroborates many of the facts you mentioned, such as having Tateo Uchida as codesigner, technical specifications, the exposed circuits and diodes in the transparent dashboard (so hard to read in dark, according to Sport Auto) and the rearview video camera. One photo showed this camera hanging on the top right corner of the rear screen, very reminiscent of CCTV cameras used in banks in the 1980s!
The last paragraph in the Sport Auto article might help add to ownership timeline and value. It translates: “For the record, this car is a one-off, and ended up in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where it was sold for one million Saudi Riyals. However, it is now up for sale for 400,000 SAR.”
Disregard poorly wrapped smart cars with leopard print seat covers, eyelashes and fluffy wheel covers and pink is a nice colour that works well on the right car.
This is bland and doesn't embrace the colour. You could pick it up from the factory in lease spec and make it look like this within the same day. I reckon it'd have been beautiful in Porsche's frozen berry with black accents and a dark red interior. I'm sure a lot of people would find that gaudy but it's better than having no fun.
Well those DCT boxes shift way quicker than i ever could in a manual. I remember vividly the heavy clutch setup in the XY GTHO and after tearing around mountain roads i needed a leg massage. It was ridiculous heavy and no power steering didn't help either lol...
You may well question why we are reporting the loss of Jaguar’s latest design director in Classic Jaguar? It is our view is that each generation of designers from Sir William Lyons and Malcolm Sayer all the way through to Ian Callum have created iconic models which are either now regarded as classics or will be in the future. Prior to Julian Thomson’s 21-year stint at JLR where his credits included the R-coupe and RD-6 concept cars from the early 2000s, he worked at Lotus for 12 years during which time he penned the iconic Elise S1 in 1996.
These achievements alone gave us every reason to believe there were exciting times ahead as his vision for Jaguar became a reality. Upon hearing the news, Ian Callum ‘tweeted’ his disappointment at the loss to Jaguar of such high calibre talent. Callum himself left in 2019, compounding Wayne Burgess’ departure the same year, this now leaves Jaguar with none of the long-term triumvirate team in place. Thomson has not yet revealed his plans for the future, and neither have JLR announced who is to be his successor.
1992 F1 has incredible acceleration because it weighs only 1150 kg and has a power of 620 hp or 545 hp / t. The modern Porsche 918 has a power ratio of 520 hp / t. F1 is a very light supercar with a powerful engine, all modern supercars weigh more than 1600 kg
MEERA OF ARABIA
The Ferrari Meera S feature was special not only due to the exclusivity of the car, but also because not many motoring publications have ever written about it.
As the car was first commissioned by Saudi royalty, it was the subject of a test drive in an Arab motor magazine called Sport Auto in Saudi Arabia when it was (almost) new in the April 1985 issue. The magazine publishers loved the car so much they made it the cover star, where you can see it driven at speed, kicking up dust! This article is special in many ways. Sport Auto was the first (and only) to introduce Arab readers to the Michelotti-modified Ferrari. It includes the only photos of the Meera while sporting the original KSA registration plates. It also corroborates many of the facts you mentioned, such as having Tateo Uchida as codesigner, technical specifications, the exposed circuits and diodes in the transparent dashboard (so hard to read in dark, according to Sport Auto) and the rearview video camera. One photo showed this camera hanging on the top right corner of the rear screen, very reminiscent of CCTV cameras used in banks in the 1980s!
The last paragraph in the Sport Auto article might help add to ownership timeline and value. It translates: “For the record, this car is a one-off, and ended up in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where it was sold for one million Saudi Riyals. However, it is now up for sale for 400,000 SAR.”
Disregard poorly wrapped smart cars with leopard print seat covers, eyelashes and fluffy wheel covers and pink is a nice colour that works well on the right car.
This is bland and doesn't embrace the colour. You could pick it up from the factory in lease spec and make it look like this within the same day. I reckon it'd have been beautiful in Porsche's frozen berry with black accents and a dark red interior. I'm sure a lot of people would find that gaudy but it's better than having no fun.
Well those DCT boxes shift way quicker than i ever could in a manual. I remember vividly the heavy clutch setup in the XY GTHO and after tearing around mountain roads i needed a leg massage. It was ridiculous heavy and no power steering didn't help either lol...
You may well question why we are reporting the loss of Jaguar’s latest design director in Classic Jaguar? It is our view is that each generation of designers from Sir William Lyons and Malcolm Sayer all the way through to Ian Callum have created iconic models which are either now regarded as classics or will be in the future. Prior to Julian Thomson’s 21-year stint at JLR where his credits included the R-coupe and RD-6 concept cars from the early 2000s, he worked at Lotus for 12 years during which time he penned the iconic Elise S1 in 1996.
These achievements alone gave us every reason to believe there were exciting times ahead as his vision for Jaguar became a reality. Upon hearing the news, Ian Callum ‘tweeted’ his disappointment at the loss to Jaguar of such high calibre talent. Callum himself left in 2019, compounding Wayne Burgess’ departure the same year, this now leaves Jaguar with none of the long-term triumvirate team in place. Thomson has not yet revealed his plans for the future, and neither have JLR announced who is to be his successor.
1992 F1 has incredible acceleration because it weighs only 1150 kg and has a power of 620 hp or 545 hp / t. The modern Porsche 918 has a power ratio of 520 hp / t. F1 is a very light supercar with a powerful engine, all modern supercars weigh more than 1600 kg
Nice and cool car on top picture
Cool car — nice new design and tech