RE: Ferrari announces F60America

[Krikkit]

Looks nice enough and all that, but £1.5m? What a bunch of morons to pay that for such a ludicrously overpriced car.

xRIEx said:

365daytonafan said:

TIGA84 said:

Surely you could coachbuild a one-off F12 to exact the same spec for £1m less?

I very much doubt that.

Exactly.

"for example bespoke paint for brake calipers can cost as much as 300,000 euros (we kid you not)..."

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyI...

300k for brake caliper paint? Really?

[mikEsprit]

Pretty enough, but when you can buy 5 other F-cars for the same money, line them all up, and not have the crowds focus on the most expensive one, I'd say you have an over-priced car.

[Vee12V]

StottyEvo said:

So the engine brakes and suspension are unchanged? For the money their asking I thought this would be some kind of custom build on the F12 platform, like the Lamborghini Veneno. Its more Lamborghini Reventon though, which is a rebodied Murciélago.

The Veneno is also just a different body, same hardware underneath. Or did you mean Sesto Elemento?

[MikeGalos]

soad said:

Looks good to me. The only thing I dislike is a name.

Hmmm, reusing the "America" name for a Ferrari built specifically for the American market to celebrate 60 years of Ferrari in America and painted in the North American Racing Team colors?

Seems reasonable although they could also have reused "Superamerica"

But, then again, I think it should be the "Ferrari 525 GTS America" to properly reflect it being a real road Ferrari (and not a Dino) and using the traditional displacement per cylinder numbering so perhaps that's what you objected to.

Edited by MikeGalos on Friday 10th October 19:54

[MikeGalos]

AlexHat said:

I like it....well except the bright red plastic interior.

Actually, it's a bright red composite half interior.

[Dinoboy]

Love it.

[xRIEx]

Krikkit said:

xRIEx said:

365daytonafan said:

TIGA84 said:

Surely you could coachbuild a one-off F12 to exact the same spec for £1m less?

I very much doubt that.

Exactly.

"for example bespoke paint for brake calipers can cost as much as 300,000 euros (we kid you not)..."

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyI...

300k for brake caliper paint? Really?

I'm only going on that PH article.

[chelme]

Must be awesome to behold, own and drive (although I'd prefer the interior to be different colours).

The negative comments here seem to be coming from those who will never be able to afford one....

I think an 599 Aperta sold for circa £750 recently. Not sure how much they were going for new but its an awesome looking thing especially in the flesh and will definitely appreciate in value. These will definitely gain in value too. Can't believe some people here need this to be explained to them. Perhaps they need to go back to playing on their PS4s...

[xRIEx]

chelme said:

The negative comments here seem to be coming from those who will never be able to afford one....

I'm fairly sure all the comments are coming from those who will never be able to afford one.

[kambites]

xRIEx said:

chelme said:

The negative comments here seem to be coming from those who will never be able to afford one....

I'm fairly sure all the comments are coming from those who will never be able to afford one.

Indeed. That doesn't preclude people from having an opinion, either positive or negative.

[suffolk009]

xRIEx said:

I'm fairly sure all the comments are coming from those who will never be able to afford one.

Sadly we don't all have access to Harris' line of credit.

[daytona365]

As a penniless oik, I have to say, my first impressions looking at that, is that it's trying far, far too hard.

[bubney72]

Absolutely stunning!

[boxerTen]

I've never understood Ferrari's reluctance to produce V12 spyders. They have no such problem with V8 spyders. They could easily shift a few thousand of these F60s, or a few hundred, or even just a few dozen. Instead they've made ten. And its pretty much always been this way with the twelve-cylinder cars.

[15yrold]

Krikkit said:

300k for brake caliper paint? Really?

what the fk is it made from

[Mastodon2]

Looks bloody great to me.

[lamboman100]

Looks like an ugly Mazza, with that big gaping mouth. It's not a million dollar car.

[P4ROT]

TIGA84 said:

So an F12 without a roof - for £1.2m more?

They must be off their fking heads.

Surely you could coachbuild a one-off F12 to exact the same spec for £1m less?

Although you are way off price wise, I do agree with you in principle. If I could afford £1.2m, then I would much rather spend (probably more) by going to Zagato and getting a one off. However, my opinion should be considered influential, important or interesting by the extent to which I have 1.2 million....

Edit: Can you guess?

[_Leg_]

kambites said:

Well I suppose it's no more ugly than the rest of Ferrari's current range...

Lol, yup, why they don't recruit Skoda's design team I'll never know. Lmao.

[kambites]

_Leg_ said:

kambites said:

Well I suppose it's no more ugly than the rest of Ferrari's current range...

Lol, yup, why they don't recruit Skoda's design team I'll never know. Lmao.

What are you talking about?