(488gtb) Anyone

[throt]

ferdi p said:

Still undecided...
Possibly Black with Crema Goldrake racing seats, Shields, yellow calipers, led steering wheel & not alot else!!

ferdi, whats a nice spec costing on a 488?. I was told around 30k should do it. Is this correct?..

Tia.

[ferdi p]

throt said:

ferdi, whats a nice spec costing on a 488?. I was told around 30k should do it. Is this correct?..

Tia.

Racing seats, led wheel, shields & some other 'cheap' bits will be around 20k I reckon...
Throw lots of carbon at it & you can get to 40/45k quite easily!!

[throt]

ferdi p said:

throt said:

ferdi, whats a nice spec costing on a 488?. I was told around 30k should do it. Is this correct?..

Tia.

Racing seats, led wheel, shields & some other 'cheap' bits will be around 20k I reckon...
Throw lots of carbon at it & you can get to 40/45k quite easily!!

Thanks, buddy. The LED wheel sounds cool..

[79TurboS]

Name and deposit down around 2 months ago was quoted mid to late next year which suits me fine. Only dilemma will be do i let go of my 991 gt3 or not when it arrives. Spec wise will keep it simple, red on black with red stitching, shields, led steering, upgraded rims and couple of other small bits.

[throt]

79TurboS said:

Name and deposit down around 2 months ago was quoted mid to late next year which suits me fine. Only dilemma will be do i let go of my 991 gt3 or not when it arrives. Spec wise will keep it simple, red on black with red stitching, shields, led steering, upgraded rims and couple of other small bits.

GT3 is NA, will it be the last, maybe not. If you can afford to though, then keep it, jmo....Just boils down to money really.

[Superbock]

To anyone who has one on order you will not be disappointed. Saw this one at Spa F1 last weekend. Bellissimo

[br d]

Obviously I'm going to need to see one of these in the flesh and will be test driving one but from that angle I don't think that is an attractive car.

[RamboLambo]

br d said:

Obviously I'm going to need to see one of these in the flesh and will be test driving one but from that angle I don't think that is an attractive car.

Dare I say its a facelifted 458

TBH there are bits I prefer over the 458, like the turbo side air intakes, and less fussy rear end treatment but I think the front bumper is absolutely atrocious. Some of the renderings look better than the real thing as they are shown slammed to the ground with wheel arches filled whereas in reality the production cars have a tendency to sit on stilts with the suspension being far too high and massive gaps between wheel and arches.

[michael243]

Amari seemingly has another one now...

[throt]

br d said:

Obviously I'm going to need to see one of these in the flesh and will be test driving one but from that angle I don't think that is an attractive car.

I was not keen on it, Br, too GT'ish compared to the 458. Its gagging for optional extras to make it look like it should have..

[Emonda03]

Very nice looking white one for sale on Amari's website ( Lhd ) ...how does he manage to get these so soon?, obviously very well connected!!
Also he has done a very nice video on a review of a yellow one, again it looks very well in the video

http://www.amarisupercars.com/detail?vid=157186

[johnnyreggae]

On another site it was alleged these two might be just borrowed for the photo - anyone have chassis numbers to further identify !

[br d]

throt said:

br d said:

Obviously I'm going to need to see one of these in the flesh and will be test driving one but from that angle I don't think that is an attractive car.

I was not keen on it, Br, too GT'ish compared to the 458. Its gagging for optional extras to make it look like it should have..

I know what you're saying Keith, the Speciale really grabbed me, so much more than the boggo 458. But the 488 needed something different, something special that separates it. It doesn't seem to have that on first looks. Need to get up close to one.

[throt]

br d said:

throt said:

br d said:

Obviously I'm going to need to see one of these in the flesh and will be test driving one but from that angle I don't think that is an attractive car.

I was not keen on it, Br, too GT'ish compared to the 458. Its gagging for optional extras to make it look like it should have..

I know what you're saying Keith, the Speciale really grabbed me, so much more than the boggo 458. But the 488 needed something different, something special that separates it. It doesn't seem to have that on first looks. Need to get up close to one.

""Keith"", st, you have a good memory, Brad.
Hope you well and good too..

[topjay]

Yellow one with black roof at Ferrari Egham, looks good

[mattf93]

GrahamPM said:

So what are you fancying???
BTW -
HELE is now standard as is Sat-Nav and Bluetooth.
Graham

Am I right in thinking HELE is 'High Emotion Low Emission' EG start stop? Is there any way to exclude it from spec, as to some I am sure its not something they will want on a car of this type.

[R8 BKK]

mattf93 said:

Am I right in thinking HELE is 'High Emotion Low Emission' EG start stop? Is there any way to exclude it from spec, as to some I am sure its not something they will want on a car of this type.

The UK spec & option list dated April 2015 shows HELE as an £800+vat option. Hope this helps

[And]

Having seen a yellow LHD 488 in the flesh the cabin and overall styling struck me as a fresh sensible evolution of the 458. However to my completely untrained eye those bigger air intakes in the rear haunches (feeding the turbos I guess) make it look from some angles like a slightly bigger car and with less delicacy than the 458. In yellow at least, in red they don't seem so bulgy.

Don't get me wrong it's still ruddy lovely and clearly an amazing bit of kit but on looks alone i'd take a "skinnier looking" 458 as I would an F40 over an F50 should I score a remarkable lottery win.

[Kyodo]

I've seen one or two at Egham and admit I'm quite taken with it. Then we had a factory tour and got up close with many in a variety of colours and to be honest, they don't look any bigger or bulkier than the 458.

[estacion]

I have now seen a 488 gtb in the flesh and it is a very impresive evolution of the 458. The car I saw was in grigio ferro, a new colour for 2016, which to my eye looked amazing!