Your right Al, if you fitted slightly stiffer springs,19inch rims with lower profile tires on a regular 4200 it would be the same
Ferrari were just tarting up the last of the line old 4200's they had in stock, Bits of bling and stuff, its normal procedure for manufacturers when a model line ends!
Dave
Slightly 'stiffer springs' with the same part number
The wheel alignment is slightly different, the car is lower by 10mm, and despite the bigger wheels I'm pretty sure the rolling radius is reduced (perhaps just on the front? Can't quite remember).
I'd be interested to know if the larger GranSport wheels are lighter than the 4200 (normal or facelift) wheels as I'd have thought that would make some difference to the handling too.
I suspect that to the average driver like most of us here, the driving difference between a GranSport and a 4200, especially a late 4200, is most probably about as noticeable as the aero effect of the surf boards...
Visually, well, that's a different story.
The blue car looks lovely, but I wonder if it's 1 owner since import.