RE: Ferrari FF Shock: It's A Four-Wheel-Drive Hatch
Discussion
Dagnut said:
bremb0 said:
"Although the Pininfarina-designed body appears to have come from a brief that called for the adding of BMW M coupe and Reliant Scimitar genes into the Ferrari mix, and although the new 4x4 drivertrain is rather a departure from the norm, the FF sticks to its knitting with a V12 powerplant up front."
It's pretty much nigh on identical to the beemer.
I personally wouldn't buy it if I was looking at a ferrari.
Edited by bremb0 on Friday 21st January 12:08
LongLiveTazio said:
They must be aware they're sharing a name with Jensen. Pretty shoddy from Ferrari IMO. Someone must own the rights to it still, surely?
They aren't calling it a Jensen FF nor saying the FF stands for Ferguson Formula. It's like when Pontiac nicked the GTO designation from Ferrari except back then the 250GTO was a current model. Anyway could have been worse, they could have called it the effeff like those Fiat 500 esseesse
Great, a Ferrari for the family, Kids in the back dog in the boot and lets go skiing!!!!
Where this fails, is that at +/-£200k, any prospective owners (im guessing), will own luxury estates / 4x4s with REAL seating for 4 and a proper boot.
If you want a new Ferarri it is a 3rd or 4th (or 5th, 6th....) car and does not need to fullfill practical demands of an everyday car / family wagon.
HOWEVER, I will eat my hat (and shoes and everything else I own) if Ferrari market it as an every day car at say under £100k, then that practicality and 4x4 is totally justified!!! Not bloody likely.
Where this fails, is that at +/-£200k, any prospective owners (im guessing), will own luxury estates / 4x4s with REAL seating for 4 and a proper boot.
If you want a new Ferarri it is a 3rd or 4th (or 5th, 6th....) car and does not need to fullfill practical demands of an everyday car / family wagon.
HOWEVER, I will eat my hat (and shoes and everything else I own) if Ferrari market it as an every day car at say under £100k, then that practicality and 4x4 is totally justified!!! Not bloody likely.
bremb0 said:
Dagnut said:
bremb0 said:
"Although the Pininfarina-designed body appears to have come from a brief that called for the adding of BMW M coupe and Reliant Scimitar genes into the Ferrari mix, and although the new 4x4 drivertrain is rather a departure from the norm, the FF sticks to its knitting with a V12 powerplant up front."
It's pretty much nigh on identical to the beemer.
I personally wouldn't buy it if I was looking at a ferrari.
Edited by bremb0 on Friday 21st January 12:08
ChipsAndCheese said:
I immediately thought of the first Z3 based M Coupe, not the more recent Z4 M Coupe.
Me too.Edited by ChipsAndCheese on Friday 21st January 12:05
My biggest issue is the dry weight of 1780kg - that's a seriosuly obese car.
Edited by RenesisEvo on Friday 21st January 12:20
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