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Video: Harry Metcalfe's Ferrari 550 Barchetta

evo chief Harry Metcalfe talks us around his Ferrari 550 Barchetta before unleashing it through Tuscany

by: EVO team

6 Dec 2011

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Harry Metcalfe took his 550 Barchetta convertible supercar out to Tuscany for battle with the Ferrari's new SA Aperta (video here). Here he talks us around his 2007 purchase, and what makes it so much more special than other Ferrari 550s.

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