Mmmm ferrari 458 Italia and FF

[simonNOSking]

Stopped for lunch out side GrayPaul in edinburgh. Reverted back to a child for a few moments. Lovely 458 Italia ans a surprisingly good looking FF.

[Eighteeteewhy]

I don't know why but the FF is the only Ferrari that doesn't look it's best in red. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not?

[CooperS]

I've seen a beuatiful blue ff around Stockbridge on the morning commute out of town

[AndrewW-G]

Eighteeteewhy said:

I don't know why but the FF is the only Ferrari that doesn't look it's best in red. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not?

There hasn't been a 4 seat V12 Ferrari that looked good in red, since the 365GTC/4 and even then it was best in other colours. Even the very first series 2+2 Ferrari (250GTE) looked better in other colours than Rosso Corsa and that was back when Rosso Corsa was real Rosso Corsa and not dayglow orange!

[Jasandjules]

I can't wait to see a 458 convertible........... And then win the Euromillions to buy one!

[crazy about cars]

simonNOSking said:

Stopped for lunch out side GrayPaul in edinburgh. Reverted back to a child for a few moments. Lovely 458 Italia ans a surprisingly good looking FF.

hmm.... i think you need to clean your camera lens...

[simonNOSking]

McDs fingers. ha ha

[F1GTRUeno]

There's a thread for this.

[Diamond blue]

AndrewW-G said:

Eighteeteewhy said:

I don't know why but the FF is the only Ferrari that doesn't look it's best in red. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not?

There hasn't been a 4 seat V12 Ferrari that looked good in red, since the 365GTC/4 and even then it was best in other colours. Even the very first series 2+2 Ferrari (250GTE) looked better in other colours than Rosso Corsa and that was back when Rosso Corsa was real Rosso Corsa and not dayglow orange!

Ahem, I think that Rosso Corsa is the same "proper" red it has always been as opposed to yucky orangy Rosso Scuderia. This Italia is proper red as far as I can see.

[AndrewW-G]

Diamond blue said:

AndrewW-G said:

Eighteeteewhy said:

I don't know why but the FF is the only Ferrari that doesn't look it's best in red. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not?

There hasn't been a 4 seat V12 Ferrari that looked good in red, since the 365GTC/4 and even then it was best in other colours. Even the very first series 2+2 Ferrari (250GTE) looked better in other colours than Rosso Corsa and that was back when Rosso Corsa was real Rosso Corsa and not dayglow orange!

Ahem, I think that Rosso Corsa is the same "proper" red it has always been as opposed to yucky orangy Rosso Scuderia. This Italia is proper red as far as I can see.

The original Rosso Corsa was a darker blood red, very similar to the modern Rosso Barchetta, with the colour becoming lighter from the mid 1960's on (there are dozens of paint codes for it) . . . . I have a can of Rosso Corsa that was in the spares pack given to the first UK owner of 0152EL (which was one of the first Ferrari road cars imported into the UK) by the factory in the mid 1950's

[Diamond blue]

AndrewW-G said:

The original Rosso Corsa was a darker blood red, very similar to the modern Rosso Barchetta, with the colour becoming lighter from the mid 1960's on (there are dozens of paint codes for it) . . . . I have a can of Rosso Corsa that was in the spares pack given to the first UK owner of 0152EL (which was one of the first Ferrari road cars imported into the UK) by the factory in the mid 1950's

Yes I know there are lots and lots of variations of "Corsa" But I would say the modern version, 322 I believe, is rather nice but I am biased

By contrast the mid 2000s Rosso Scuderia is a much less attractive shade made worse by it being effectively influenced by Marlboro sponsorship