What is the best Ferrari?

[300bhp/ton]

Someone who's opinion I share:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ9s3P34v9s

[Bo_apex]

John has conveyed perfectly what it's really all about.
Good video

[Behemoth]

Brilliant, thanks for posting

[Pommygranite]

Better than a 355?

I sense it depends what era you are from.

[wijit]

Very subjective. Personally while it's good to see some of the ridiculously great Ferrari's, I really like the Mondial but I think I'm the only person who does!

[Camlet]

Thank you for posting. The video is wonderful, charming, John is a gentleman and his opinion has considerable weight. What it says to me is a great car, whatever its make, can become part of your life and unlike many things, never changes. So you enter the relationship with your very special car as a 30 year old, you learn every part of its character, its smell, its noise; it becomes your friend, your mistress, your child. And 40 years later as a 70 year old, she is still with you, as your life changes she remains the same. She takes you back to every moment - good and less good. She has become much more than just a car. She has become you. John's relationship with his car feels like this. I'm not even close to 70 but I purchased my first Ferrari in 1999. She is still with me and has been joined since by more powerful, more significant siblings. But she will stay with me until the end, the others will in time inevitably depart. My first is the best Ferrari.

[TR4man]

John Pogson gives his views on the F40 in this similarly wonderful film

http://youtu.be/LcTcP7yGdq4

[andrew]

the one you're selling

[TR4man]

...and for your further enjoyment

http://youtu.be/-ppdTBN7MYw

[Google [bot]]

Great vid and good bit of perspective, thanks for posting.

[antjrice]

Stacked against all time, not sure it'd be my No.1 but if you gave me the pick of the sweetshop right now, it'd have to be the F12berlinetta.

[Pommygranite]

TR4man said:

John Pogson gives his views on the F40 in this similarly wonderful film

http://youtu.be/LcTcP7yGdq4

Great video. At 6.45min in the 355 P199 YPL was Clarksons GTS I believe.

[Pesty]

F12

[belleair302]

I find this piece very interesting and wow what a car...

http://www.petrolicious.com/this-ferrari-275-gtb-4...

[belleair302]

Likewise as a piece of automotive art and design these get better year upon year...

http://www.petrolicious.com/ferrari-bb-512-is-a-pi...

[300bhp/ton]

Pommygranite said:

Better than a 355?

I sense it depends what era you are from.

Having owned none. So looking purely from a passion and enthusiast point of view. The two Ferrari's I'd like to own are the 308 GT4 and the Mondial coupe. Regardless of money. I'm 35 so not sure they tally with either era really.

[Murph7355]

300bhp/ton said:

Having owned none. So looking purely from a passion and enthusiast point of view. The two Ferrari's I'd like to own are the 308 GT4 and the Mondial coupe. Regardless of money. I'm 35 so not sure they tally with either era really.

Can you explain why?

The GT4 has grown into itself I think over time. But the Mondial....?

And neither comes close to, for example, a 355 for me. Nowhere near on looks, noise, performance, usability. In fact any measure apart from the number of seats

[nutbehinddawheel]

458 Speciale Aperta- A car for every occasion- today and tomorrow .

[Pommygranite]

300bhp/ton said:

Pommygranite said:

Better than a 355?

I sense it depends what era you are from.

Having owned none. So looking purely from a passion and enthusiast point of view. The two Ferrari's I'd like to own are the 308 GT4 and the Mondial coupe. Regardless of money. I'm 35 so not sure they tally with either era really.

How come?

Or do you just like to be contrary?

[300bhp/ton]

Murph7355 said:

Can you explain why?

No probably not But I'll give it a go.

Murph7355 said:

The GT4 has grown into itself I think over time. But the Mondial....?

And neither comes close to, for example, a 355 for me. Nowhere near on looks, noise, performance, usability. In fact any measure apart from the number of seats

When I was a lot younger, the 308 GTB was my hero car, posters on the wall. And yes, when the 355 came out, it was amazing. Lots of hype and JC raved about it, which I think made it even more so in the spot light. If you asked me then the question, then yes, I'd probably have said 355 too.

Now I still think these are awesome and the 355 was probably the last "pretty" Ferrari.

But over the years I've come to realise I prefer to like what I like, rather than what is deemed popular or the "in" thing to like.

I just love the way the 308 GT4 and Mondial Coupe look.


That and the realisation that for road driving, it really doesn't need to be latest and greatest and most definitely not the most powerful or claiming the fastest Nurburgring lap time.

I would never try and claim them as superior Ferrari's, just the ones I like the most. And given the opportunity (lotto winnings), then I'd be looking at these two over all the prancing ponies.