I had read in the past that Ferrari moved the mirrors high on the A pillar for lower drag on the Testarossa, but that cars drag was such a mess, that it makes me wonder if they made the effort.
Sure enough, I found this info : "
The early Testarossas were fitted with the famous single high mirror, also known as the "flying mirror". The strange location of this mirror was related to a European law regarding the external rear view mirror, which was interpreted by the designer as the need of having 100% rearward visibility. As this simply was an incorrect interpretation of the law, Ferrari later decided (also after many complaints about the single high mirror) to use double low mirrors, first shown on the Geneva show in 1986. The first cars having double low mirrors were s/n 67079 for Euro versions and s/n 67487 for US versions (first US car with Model Year 1987). "
here :
Red Headed - Testarossa
