RE: Ferrari GTC4 Lusso T for Paris

[Cheib]

SteveSteveson said:

footsoldier said:

It's a rubbish ski car - there is no way to fit a ski rack to this, or an FF.

Just what I was thinking. I do wonder how many people saying this have been skiing. They generally have good roads, that are cleared of snow regularly and well maintained. Much better than most UK roads in winter (because they get it for 6 months every year, not one in a blue moon) What you need is something that will carry skis on the roof and swallow ski boots and clothes with ease.

I didn't know that, utterly ridiculous.

You could always use some of those nasty magnetic ones like you get in hire cars at Geneva airport....but that would mean foregoing the must have panoramic roof! Although then maybe you could bodge something using those clamps they use to move large sheets of glass on building sites !

[colin-4uir3]

Am I the only one thinking that this could be a gem of a Ferrari?. It's lighter than the V12, not corrupted by 4WD, virtually same power output and once DMS gets hold of it it'll do over 720bhp comfortably. Oh and it'll be cheaper than the V12 to buy and run - ok so running costs not a huge consideration if you can afford to buy in the first place, but come on would you really use this as your ski vehicle over a nice SUV which you'll have in your garage too?. Think not.

Remember 4 seater V12 Fcars suffer painful depreciation too, 365 Daytona excepted, so this could buck the trend.

[colin-4uir3]

Am I the only one thinking that this could be a gem of a Ferrari?. It's lighter than the V12, not corrupted by 4WD, virtually same power output and once DMS gets hold of it it'll do over 720bhp comfortably. Oh and it'll be cheaper than the V12 to buy and run - ok so running costs not a huge consideration if you can afford to buy in the first place, but come on would you really use this as your ski vehicle over a nice SUV which you'll have in your garage too?. Think not.

Remember 4 seater V12 Fcars suffer painful depreciation too, 365 Daytona excepted, so this could buck the trend.

[Twoshoe]

colin-4uir3 said:

Remember 4 seater V12 Fcars suffer painful depreciation too, 365 Daytona excepted, so this could buck the trend.

I may be wrong but I think the Daytona is actually a 2-seater.

[TooMany2cvs]

Twoshoe said:

colin-4uir3 said:

Remember 4 seater V12 Fcars suffer painful depreciation too, 365 Daytona excepted, so this could buck the trend.

I may be wrong but I think the Daytona is actually a 2-seater.

Yup. I think the /4 of 365GTB/4 confuses people into thinking it's the number of seats, rather than cams.

[thegreenhell]

samoht said:

rodericb said:

Would this be the first Ferrari which has engines of differing cylinder counts? Those 208's were V8's.

I think so, yes. Evo agree - http://www.evo.co.uk/ferrari/18306/ferraris-firsts...

evo said:

The GTC4Lusso also becomes one of very few Ferraris (the 365BB and 512BB, and 208 and 308 were others) that has offered two different power units in the same body style - and then, the first to include two configurations (V8 and V12) in the same body.

I have a feeling some racing cars got re-engined between V8, V12 and inline four engines at some point, but unsure if they were really the 'same' chassis.

365BB and 512BB weren't just different power units offered in the same body style - the 512 replaced the 365 model with a slightly bigger version of the same engine and some styling tweaks. They never offered a choice of two different engines in the same car at the same time. Otherwise it's like saying the 308 and 328 were the same car offered with different engines.

[thegreenhell]

Harry Metcalf took his family of four down to the French Alps for a ski trip in an FF in one of his videos, although I think they must have rented skis when they got there, the peasants.

[mfp4073]

The front looks OK, but....from the vents in the front wings to the rear bumper it reminds me of an old BMW?

[Dr Gitlin]

After driving the V12 FF all I could think of was what it might be like if they gave it a 2.5L or 3L NA V12 (driving the rear wheels) and a hybrid system for the fronts instead of the second transmission. Same thought when I heard about the V8 GTC4...