Ferrari's future
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Ferrari's future
Damn, I bet that is a light car.
If Ferrari puts a car into production that looks like that POS I'll.. uhh.. well I don't know what I'll do, but I'll be pretty disappointed in them.
The steering wheel looks pretty good, pretty much wont have to take your hands off it. Could be a bad thing in some peoples book though.
You should start watching F1, get plenty of practice at being disappointed with Ferrari.
Sorry I was too distracted by the advert for the new 6.0 litre V8 VXR8 to even notice that little Matchbox Ferrari. 
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More ugly, in and out 
Either Ferrari are gunning for a piece of the Lotus Elise market, or Jean Todt wants a fezza in which he can actually see over the dashboard.
"... a two-ton car with 1000bhp is not the future ..." Hell yeah 
Sure, cars like that are fun to watch being driven by some guy on TV and hitting 400kph but Ferrari make, as much as it's possible, practical uber-cars for drivers, first and foremost, and I think they still will (but the Enzo is not practical, obviously).
I think what Ferrari are thinking of at the moment is very Colin Chapman-like (he's the Lotus founder FYI) - low weight, efficient power, don't go overboard with massive engines and gimmicks like 1000hp (face it, 1000hp is a goddam "because I can" gimmick and noone actually requires that much power on a public road). I'm not too fussed about them nixing the V12 either - hell, some Tifosi would say real Fezzas don't have more - or less - than 8 cylinders! No doubt a 12 is a glorious thing to behold, but the extra consumption of just about everything is going to be a factor in the carbon-conscious world of the future and I think they're justified in looking at all the options. But I wouldn't complain if they reintroduced and modernised the 1500cc flat-12 as used in their 1965 F1 cars
Basically, if Ferrari want to make smaller, more power-efficient cars I'm for it :up: The focus of Ferrari has always been making great racing/sports cars - not catering to the Average Joe market with overpriced, overrated hausfrauwagens (Porsche are off my list forever, thanks to the ****ing pointless Cayenne) - and I don't see them losing sight of that. The ghost of Enzo would haunt them all forever if they did Forza Ferrari!
It's all moot though - when the hell am I (or any of us) going to be able to afford one anyway?
Sure, cars like that are fun to watch being driven by some guy on TV and hitting 400kph but Ferrari make, as much as it's possible, practical uber-cars for drivers, first and foremost, and I think they still will (but the Enzo is not practical, obviously).I think what Ferrari are thinking of at the moment is very Colin Chapman-like (he's the Lotus founder FYI) - low weight, efficient power, don't go overboard with massive engines and gimmicks like 1000hp (face it, 1000hp is a goddam "because I can" gimmick and noone actually requires that much power on a public road). I'm not too fussed about them nixing the V12 either - hell, some Tifosi would say real Fezzas don't have more - or less - than 8 cylinders! No doubt a 12 is a glorious thing to behold, but the extra consumption of just about everything is going to be a factor in the carbon-conscious world of the future and I think they're justified in looking at all the options. But I wouldn't complain if they reintroduced and modernised the 1500cc flat-12 as used in their 1965 F1 cars
Basically, if Ferrari want to make smaller, more power-efficient cars I'm for it :up: The focus of Ferrari has always been making great racing/sports cars - not catering to the Average Joe market with overpriced, overrated hausfrauwagens (Porsche are off my list forever, thanks to the ****ing pointless Cayenne) - and I don't see them losing sight of that. The ghost of Enzo would haunt them all forever if they did
Forza Ferrari!It's all moot though - when the hell am I (or any of us) going to be able to afford one anyway?
omg, could you imagine 600hp in a tiny thing like that? That'll be like hooking a Jet Engine to a "lil red wagon"
I certainly wouldn't turn my nose up at a 500hp car that weighed 1000kg. Just imagine how fast one horse can run pulling only 2kg
That Commodore or whatever the Vauxhaul version is, is much cooler than the new Ferrari...
Yep, Commodore. A mate of mine has the new HSV Clubman Commodore - 6.0 V8, plus it can hold one driver and four wasted idiots! A bloody monster, 'king oath
LOL it kind of reminds me of a Rat Fink car. All it needs is a big gear shift sticking out the top.
So just what are they really trying to do with this concept?
Make a car for a really rich guy that feels the need to make up for "an inadequacy" and is also concerned about global warming?
So just what are they really trying to do with this concept?
Make a car for a really rich guy that feels the need to make up for "an inadequacy" and is also concerned about global warming?
Hmm, that ‘Millechili’ concept car looks like a little Lambo Gallardo.
I quite like it. Better looking than that ugly Zonda monstrosity. And smaller/lighter is what every 'sportscar' needs. Aston Martin has a lot to learn (until it can make it's sports cars half the current weight and 2/3rds the size). But I'll miss the V12s.
Ha ha ha!! Me too!!
Looks like the car industry find back to the basics. 
Wow, after 60 years, Ferrari finally realised that a car ought to be light to be any good... Great reaction time there...
So does this mean that car manufacturers (namely sports/supercar) will be using V6s or V8s instead of V12s? 
I had the same idea.
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