RE: Ferrari 812 Superfast - official

[sidesauce]

Supersaloons said:

And this comes from someone who drives a 997 turbo daily and a 550 Maranello in the weekends (the last true manual frontengined V12 Ferrari imho)....

Nope. Last manual front-engined V12 Ferrari was the 612 Scaglietti.

[Camlet]

Gatsods said:

LA458SP said:

Normal production replacement for F12.

Everybody is now free to go out and give their local dealer £250k for the latest and most powerful without being turned away because they don't meet the criteria for the limited run cars...

Happy days for all those 'enthusiast' who just want to drive the latest and greatest and are happy to live with depreciation

Not sure I get the 'enthusiast' animosity... £250k is still an awful lot of money

Nearer 320K by the time you've specced it.

[MDL111]

sidesauce said:

Supersaloons said:

And this comes from someone who drives a 997 turbo daily and a 550 Maranello in the weekends (the last true manual frontengined V12 Ferrari imho)....

Nope. Last manual front-engined V12 Ferrari was the 612 Scaglietti.

599 I believe

[KennyR32]

The Ferrari website states that it is the most powerful and fastest Ferrari. Isn't that the LaF? Or have I missed something?

Does look nice however

[Wills2]

Wow! What a machine stunning to look at and 800hp from 6.5ltr V12 revving to 8.5k incredible..

[DeltaEvo2]

Amazing! Just amazing!

[Cacatous]

Meh, I find the horsepower wars a bit tiresome now. There's a point where more power and speed is getting dangerous and soon we'll see a reversion to lighter, 'slower', more engaging cars from more manufacturers than just Mazda and Lotus.

[Wills2]

Cacatous said:

Meh, I find the horsepower wars a bit tiresome now. There's a point where more power and speed is getting dangerous and soon we'll see a reversion to lighter, 'slower', more engaging cars from more manufacturers than just Mazda and Lotus.

I reckon if you put your foot down in that Ferrari, you'd have no option to be fully engaged....

But yes it'll be far too fast for the road, but I'm glad they're making it.

[Ho Lee Kau]

Civpilot said:

I have to say the side view profile (profile, not details) is very Corvette like...



I'm not being negative towards the 812, It's the great looking car. If anything I am complimenting the 'Vette

Vette is nice, no doubt. I really like the latest Grand Sport, in yellow.
But 812 is sex on wheels.

[CoolHands]

not keen on the silhouette shape of this or many new Ferraris.

[sidesauce]

MDL111 said:

sidesauce said:

Supersaloons said:

And this comes from someone who drives a 997 turbo daily and a 550 Maranello in the weekends (the last true manual frontengined V12 Ferrari imho)....

Nope. Last manual front-engined V12 Ferrari was the 612 Scaglietti.

599 I believe

I stand corrected. You're absolutely right!

[405dogvan]

Ralphthemouth said:

""Variable geometry intake ducts and new 350bar fuel injection are partly to thank for these outputs""

My 2002 1.9 diesel Audi injects at 2000bar! How come it won't do 200mph? ??

Your diesel works on compression alone - Ferraris use ignition as-well - and it probably would do 200 with the right gears and a LOT of space (so it's not that it won't - just that it can't right-now!)

[DUMBO100]

Ferrari really are on form with their most recent cars, that is damn close to the perfect car and the best name I've heard in ages, although Super Veloce might have pipped it

[Jex]

Is this the F12M then, or is there something else to come?

[Wills2]

MDL111 said:

sidesauce said:

Supersaloons said:

And this comes from someone who drives a 997 turbo daily and a 550 Maranello in the weekends (the last true manual frontengined V12 Ferrari imho)....

Nope. Last manual front-engined V12 Ferrari was the 612 Scaglietti.

599 I believe

Indeed, they didn't make many though, values will be through the roof on the ones that are around.

[Tony Starks]

Ferrari really seem to be unable to design wheels that suit any of their cars

[V10Ace]

Ohhh my...

Absolutely love it and want one.

Well done Ferrari.

[V10Ace]

Gatsods said:

LA458SP said:

Normal production replacement for F12.

Everybody is now free to go out and give their local dealer £250k for the latest and most powerful without being turned away because they don't meet the criteria for the limited run cars...

Happy days for all those 'enthusiast' who just want to drive the latest and greatest and are happy to live with depreciation

Not sure I get the 'enthusiast' animosity... £250k is still an awful lot of money. If you can 'only' afford one Ferrari at a time, who's to say you're less of an enthusiast than someone with a few £m to drop on a dozen?

On-topic, the 812 - and that engine - both delicious on paper. Look forward to the reviews.

Both are valid points...

I really want one still, how much more can they turn the wick up on these things after this tho ?

[SidewaysSi]

This really had no appeal to me whatsoever.

[PurpleAki]

If Mansory or Kahn made a car that looked like that with those wheels, we would be ripping the st out of it.