RE: Ferrari Portofino: Driven
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article said:
Even with Comfort mode or the now familiar 'bumpy road' damper setting engaged, there isn't enough leeway in the new springs to prevent the car from becoming agitated over the kind of middling disruptions that a close rival might judiciously smooth away.
Which is the long way of saying it doesn't ride as well as a DB11?Syndrome280 said:
I wouldn't usually post something so blatantly geeky and esoteric, but I can't look at the front without thinking of the Phanto enemies from the NES game Mario Bros 2.
Seriously, it's uncanny.
I knew there was *something* it reminded me of and you sir have hit the nail on the head!Seriously, it's uncanny.
BVB said:
Interestingly the California it replaces was the car that almost all female Ferrari customers bought. About 80% of it's sales were to women.
Yipper, is that you ?Even if true, what has this got to do with anything? Women I know in performance cars are no worse than blokes. Probably smoother with their input actually.
Beni997 said:
Rawwr said:
Anyone else find the interior is a bit of a mess? What the hell is going on here?
I don't like the new steering wheel at allBizarrely the interior style deteriorated just as the exteriors started improving. Much as I love them, the 612 and 599 weren't the best looking... The original California got the worst of both worlds - unfortunate nose and mess of an interior.
Still, if my numbers came up...
t Sherlock ...andy43 said:
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article said:
Its follow-up is much more comely,....
....For the Portofino, the engineers have again delved into the details; chiefly to chivvy at the passage of air through the engine....
... it gurgles a little too gassily and wants for the seamlessness....
... In Sport mode, with the paddles in play, the gear ratios suddenly shunt together with heft and speed, complimenting an engine that never demeans itself with too much linearity or mid-range paunch, but instead revs progressively and impeccably - and perhaps a little more vigorously than its forbear...
...The net effect is not unlike the inability of the drivetrain to make peaceable, blameless progress; Ferrari's persistence with a taut and edgy handling character ultimately handicapping fulfilment of the brief at the opposite end of the scale. Of course that rather makes the car sound like a chip off the old block: neither one thing or the other, doomed by a mandate just broad enough for Maranello to fail to wrap its collective head around...
I can just hear the gentle rhythmic thud of derestrictor's head on a wall somewhere.......For the Portofino, the engineers have again delved into the details; chiefly to chivvy at the passage of air through the engine....
... it gurgles a little too gassily and wants for the seamlessness....
... In Sport mode, with the paddles in play, the gear ratios suddenly shunt together with heft and speed, complimenting an engine that never demeans itself with too much linearity or mid-range paunch, but instead revs progressively and impeccably - and perhaps a little more vigorously than its forbear...
...The net effect is not unlike the inability of the drivetrain to make peaceable, blameless progress; Ferrari's persistence with a taut and edgy handling character ultimately handicapping fulfilment of the brief at the opposite end of the scale. Of course that rather makes the car sound like a chip off the old block: neither one thing or the other, doomed by a mandate just broad enough for Maranello to fail to wrap its collective head around...
Looks good if a bit bland. Sounds like some softer springs and it would be a great money no object daily driver. I don't get the negativity about the article. Read well to me and writer is obviously adapting his style for PH "audience". The spec sheet is at the bottom if that's all you care about.
The rear seats are about as useful/useless as those in a 911 or a DB11.
I put a deposit on one the day it was announced and was invited to the launch at Earls Court to see it in the flesh for the first time.
The car is even better looking in real life, particularly with the roof closed, the designers and engineers have done an amazing job to create such an elegant profile.
I put a deposit on one the day it was announced and was invited to the launch at Earls Court to see it in the flesh for the first time.
The car is even better looking in real life, particularly with the roof closed, the designers and engineers have done an amazing job to create such an elegant profile.
Funny thing ... When the California T emerged I thought it looked sharp and made the original California look a bit clumsy. Now the Portofino has appeared I now think the California T looks a bit odd while the original California looks more elegant and classic. Funny how seeing something new recalibrates your view of something that went before.
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