RE: Driven: Ferrari California Handling Speciale

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GTiFrank said:

SrMoreno said:

You didn't get Chris Harris to test it, then....

I've got to say I'm with monkey on this one. Spoke to a Mclaren Engineer at Longcross test facility last year about the MP412C, Noble, 458 track test EVO did where the 458 got the fastest time. He was moaning about the 458 they pitched it against being pretty much a slick shod GT Racer. Sad that Ferrari should do this to themselves, does nothing but damage to their reputation IMO.

Dead brand anyway, destroyed by Di Montezemelo. F1 performance is pitiful, road cars are butt ugly and average at best. Said it before, its the wealthy chav brand of choice. Very sad what it has become IMO.

[Ftumpch]

I concur with most of the comments... what is going on with Ferrari?? This, 360/430, FF, F50, 599, and the F620 all have the same sort of cartoon-character overblown awkwardness, as if they have been designed by a precocious 8-year-old dosed to the eyeballs on Ritalin. Even the 308GT4 was more elegant than this lot.

And then there's the totally stunning 355, 458, 550, 612, Enzo...

It's almost as if they've decided to hedge their bets, make sure they have one car in their line-up that appeals to the enthusiasts, and trade on their image to sell their other models to people with zero sense of aesthetics who just want a status symbol.

Seems pretty clever actually... but then maybe the revisions made to the California are a sign the engineers are starting to rebel??

[GTiFrank]

Yep pretty clever. Can't argue that they have fallen from grace a bit in recent years with cars like Zonda's/Hurrrrahayya becoming what an Enzo used to be.