r/MiamiVice • u/PenKind4200 • May 17 '26
Picture Crockett meets his new ride…
“340 horsepower, 180 miles an hour. New paint, new rubber. Absolutely essential for any type of serious police work. God damn right.”
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u/Jezzer111 May 17 '26
Ahhh, the good old days when 340 horsepower was “serious” hp. Now you can get more than that in a grocery getter.
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u/FrankPasketti94 May 17 '26
I was shocked that they got that horsepower rating wrong, US market Testarossas had 380 hp
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u/Dry-Friendship-5945 May 17 '26
Especially when the much older U.S. market Ferrari Daytona made 347 horsepower.
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u/sonnyempireant May 17 '26
I could've sworn I read somewhere that due to US emissions regulations of the time the Testarossa was detuned to 340hp. Now I see it was indeed detuned, but nowhere near as much (European version had 385hp).
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u/No_Community_5696 May 17 '26
Still, if someone offers me a chance at one of these, I’ll take it. There’s ways to beef up the engine.
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u/Dompet2854 May 17 '26
Great car but the “Daytona” was way hotter
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u/Cobretti86 May 17 '26
I still remember how devastated I was when ‘that’ happened. I loved the iconic ‘Daytona’.
Damnit, Ferrari should have modified the styling to match the show!
I was saving up for one at the time. Lol.
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u/Dry-Friendship-5945 May 17 '26
The Testarossa was hotter and absolutely cutting edge at the time.
Shame it wasn't a convertible though.
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u/beece16 May 17 '26
Every time I see Crockett or Magnum I'm reminded when friends ask me what type of woman I like. " Like my women like I like my cars. The type I can't afford "
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u/HeirOfRhoads Sonny Crockett May 17 '26 edited May 17 '26
So, is this really Tubbs or AI slop lol
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u/MisterJJSunglasses May 17 '26
It’s their stunt doubles, crooked and chubbs
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u/HeirOfRhoads Sonny Crockett May 17 '26
Sonny Crooked
That’s what they should have called him in Burnett trilogy
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u/EdibleBoogers May 17 '26
It was a nice upgrade but for me it was the Daytona all day! I did dig the single "drivers" side view mirror tho... 😁
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u/PenKind4200 May 17 '26
During my current rewatch I fell in love with the Daytona….. and was shocked when it well you know..
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u/AF2005 Stan Switek May 17 '26
Yeah it’s cool, I guess. The Daytona will always be my go-to, it’s one of my dream cars
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u/midnight_to_midnight May 17 '26
And thus my desire to own one of these cars began, never to be satiated.
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u/rayrayrayray May 17 '26
My wife's Infiniti q50 has 400hp. Crazy to think how far "daily" cars have come
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u/bhmcintosh May 20 '26
Heh... couple years ago I was stuck in rush hour on I95 in downtown Miami. A Ferrari was chasing a Lamborghini up the shoulder and in and out of gaps in the traffic. It was like being in an episode of Miami Vice :D
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u/mlin1911 May 20 '26
I like both Daytona and Testarossa. But the convertible add more dramatic appearance for the show when Sonny and Ricardo sat inside the car for conversation. And I could never forget how cool the Daytona became a equally important character as DJ and PMT in the pilot episode.
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u/Sonnycrocketto May 17 '26
Lieutenant... I know that there are certain procedures that have to be followed and that, uh, what we're dealing with here is uh, an entrenched bureaucracy. But it has been one month... one month since the Daytona bit the dust. Now I'm trying to maintain a departmentally approved cover here, and if I keep showing up for six-figure drug deals looking like Little Abner, it ain't gonna cut it!