RE: New Ferrari 12Cilindri is 812 Superfast successor

RE: New Ferrari 12Cilindri is 812 Superfast successor

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Cold

15,262 posts

91 months

Saturday 4th May
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HighwayStar said:
Pulse00 said:


That rear glass section looks terrible.

Not a fan at all. Not even convinced it'll grow on me either. Just a mess in so many places. No elegance.
That rear 3/4 pic just reminds me of the old Honda CRX. Not a separated at birth thing…
The rear is a tragedy but we all like different things.
CRX, Renault Wind. Potato, tomato. biggrin



Drl22

767 posts

66 months

Saturday 4th May
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Not a fan of the looks, the name and that price is just crazy. If I was in the market for a V12 Ferrari, they peaked with the F12.

pheonix478

1,377 posts

39 months

Saturday 4th May
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ghost83 said:
Not keen if I’m honest
Felt the same. Have a play on the configurator. Think you can spec it to look great. Bizarre decision to make those sections black only, they really ruin the look. I'm sure you can have them painted body colour by Ferrari Taylor Made for the price of a good small car though rolleyes

Edited by pheonix478 on Saturday 4th May 17:27

rallye101

1,950 posts

198 months

Saturday 4th May
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Proud of myself, said Daytona front to myself 10 seconds before I saw the top gear video....fussy alloys

dpop

212 posts

133 months

Saturday 4th May
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I'm really liking this (especially the drop top) despite not loving the Daytona... However, it has yet again reminded me that the 550/575M is still a total 2nd hand "bargain" if we can call it that - 60/70k-ish for the 575 autos, 100-ish k for the 550 manuals...

ghost83

5,485 posts

191 months

Saturday 4th May
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pheonix478 said:
Felt the same. Have a play on the configurator. Think you can spec it to look great. Bizarre decision to make those sections black only, they really ruin the look. I'm sure you can have them painted body colour by Ferrari Taylor Made for the price of a good small car though rolleyes

Edited by pheonix478 on Saturday 4th May 17:27
Only looks good in Nero Daytona with Sabia imo

thepritch

620 posts

166 months

Saturday 4th May
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I had a look on the Ferrari Website earlier. Really shocked as how bad it was. Considering how great their cars are (or rather, can be….) it looks like they put no effort into their website. Really very poor. Images of their car line up were appaling. I guess Ferrari’s just sell themselves.

swisstoni

17,093 posts

280 months

Saturday 4th May
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thepritch said:
I had a look on the Ferrari Website earlier. Really shocked as how bad it was. Considering how great their cars are (or rather, can be….) it looks like they put no effort into their website. Really very poor. Images of their car line up were appaling. I guess Ferrari’s just sell themselves.
To buy a new Ferrari you have to sell yourself to them, not the other way around.

ducnick

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1,804 posts

244 months

Saturday 4th May
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BFleming said:
ducnick said:
... with the blacked out glass rear window it might look too van like...
Which Ferrari van do you think this could be confused with? I get that you may not like privacy glass, so why not just say that?
You are right, I don’t think privacy glass suits a sports car. Wouldn’t be the first Ferrari van…. But I agree it would get confused with a 250 swb bread van.

smilo996

2,811 posts

171 months

Saturday 4th May
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what a day on PH. An actual rally car, a restomod of a rally car and now this, an absolute banger from Ferrari.
Starting with the 458, Ferrari design has been in fire and this is no exception. Definitely Daytona hints and the front, the rear haunches, bold and superb. The rear deck also. Plus a V12 WNTL. Brilliant

Mikebentley

6,157 posts

141 months

Saturday 4th May
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Not a Ferrari fan generally but the Coupe is a great looking car to my eyes and would be on the lottery list. My only negative is the front looks a bit like the latest Honda NSX they did.

Glenn63

2,828 posts

85 months

Saturday 4th May
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smilo996 said:
what a day on PH. An actual rally car, a restomod of a rally car and now this, an absolute banger from Ferrari.
Starting with the 458, Ferrari design has been in fire and this is no exception. Definitely Daytona hints and the front, the rear haunches, bold and superb. The rear deck also. Plus a V12 WNTL. Brilliant
I’m the opposite, I think pretty/good looking Ferraris ended with the 458, even the 430 imo. 812 I do like though. Same with engine noise, just a steady decline from the 430 onwards, even the V12 sounded better in the past. Even if I had the funds I don’t think a less than 10 year old Ferrari would make it into my collection.

AKjr

386 posts

12 months

Saturday 4th May
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The green with the brown interior looks sensational, a great colour combination.

I struggle to get excited about cars like this these days, they often seem unnecessary given their cost and power (I know I know) but bloody hell, that's nice.

MDL111

6,985 posts

178 months

Saturday 4th May
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Glenn63 said:
I’m the opposite, I think pretty/good looking Ferraris ended with the 458, even the 430 imo. 812 I do like though. Same with engine noise, just a steady decline from the 430 onwards, even the V12 sounded better in the past. Even if I had the funds I don’t think a less than 10 year old Ferrari would make it into my collection.
To my eyes the Roma and 296 are the first pretty standard Ferraris since the 355 and the 550

blueg33

36,092 posts

225 months

Sunday 5th May
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MDL111 said:
To my eyes the Roma and 296 are the first pretty standard Ferraris since the 355 and the 550
Roma definitely, but I also like the F8.

Not a fan of any of the recent v12’s but I like this new one.

stuart100

485 posts

58 months

Sunday 5th May
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Not much more performance than the old one then (not that that was needed). This looks odd to me especially the black glass back. The spider looks a lot more interesting. Can’t say I’m excited with this though. I haven’t liked the F12 or 812 either.

Bloxxcreative

522 posts

46 months

Sunday 5th May
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I think it looks horrific. Might be one that looks better in the metal, but I wouldn't turn my head to look again if I saw it drive past. I'm sure it sounds great at least.

Each to their own though. I'm sure it'll be a sell out and evident by the comments everyone has a different taste.

myhandle

1,197 posts

175 months

Sunday 5th May
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I think it’s great, the rear looks like something Gandini might have designed and the front is of course very Daytona, the whole thing looks like an outrageous yet stylish concept car brought up to date.

Pleased to see so many on here like it, on every other platform I’m on I am about the only person who likes it. F12 and 812 owners seem to like it least of all … I think it’s the best looking front engined car they have done since the 599.

pheonix478

1,377 posts

39 months

Monday 6th May
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blueg33 said:
MDL111 said:
To my eyes the Roma and 296 are the first pretty standard Ferraris since the 355 and the 550
Roma definitely, but I also like the F8.

Not a fan of any of the recent v12’s but I like this new one.
That's funny. Not a fan of any of the current offerings except the 812. This new one has grown on me in a day. In black I think it looks fantastic but no matter how it looks the real story is a 9500rpm NA V12 with no turbos or hybrid bo11ocks. If that doesn't make up for the intransigent decision to colour those sections black I don't know what does!

HighwayStar

4,318 posts

145 months

Monday 6th May
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pheonix478 said:
blueg33 said:
MDL111 said:
To my eyes the Roma and 296 are the first pretty standard Ferraris since the 355 and the 550
Roma definitely, but I also like the F8.

Not a fan of any of the recent v12’s but I like this new one.
That's funny. Not a fan of any of the current offerings except the 812. This new one has grown on me in a day. In black I think it looks fantastic but no matter how it looks the real story is a 9500rpm NA V12 with no turbos or hybrid bo11ocks. If that doesn't make up for the intransigent decision to colour those sections black I don't know what does!
Had a black Porsche… would never had a black car again… spending the sort of money this car will be I’d want it to look great from every angle. The NA V12 wouldn’t make up for that rear end on the coupe and I don’t do convertibles. I’d slum it in the 812. If I had the money….