Tuesday 8th July 2003

New Ferrari!

Hold your horses! It's a new Ferrari!

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This is the beauty that Ferrari will stun the world with in January. Attendees at the Detroit Auto Show will be the first to see the new 2+2 coupe in the flesh.

Adopting sexy curves rather than the Enzo like edginess, the new coupe leads on from the current 456. The 456 was a deceptively large car and we can expect this new beast to be in the same mould providing power with comfort.

The lengthy bonnet is likely to house the Ferrari V12 and those muscular haunches should be in keeping with the performance. A new Grand Tourer is born...

Links: Ferrari Links, Ferrari Owners

[d3ano]

Is it me or does this look a bit lie the TVR350?



...if you squint real hard...

looking at it again (front view) Cerbera speed 12.

And top view new Merc

AND!!! what the hell are thoughs things in the back????

>>> Edited by d3ano on Tuesday 8th July 11:00

[bugmeister]

That was my thought on the side profile as well.

[t1grm]

Sorry but the proportions look all wrong too me. From the side profile the rear looks too bulbous and at the front the bonnet looks too low resulting in a stretched-limo look. Hopefully it’ll look better in the flesh. All IMHO of course

[hungryjim]

Holy shit its great but its just not right sum how!

[Stig]

Blimey - it's a Bristol fighter!

[dans]

Erm

looks rather like a TuscanR to me.

[Davey S1]

Totally agree with Stig on this. the bonet is too long. This seems to be a theme of most new GT's at the moment such as the Fighter and Merc SLR

Think I would stick with a 575 and sell the kids.

[Bodo]

Stig said:

Blimey - it's a Bristol fighter!

With Elise S2 headlights

[swilly]

Beaten to it......TuscanR rip off methinks, although Ferrari could argue that it doesn't match up to the R

[manu]

Bonnet is long so engine can be put between axles...
Car is therefore mid-engined.

[granville]

It was always going to be a tough act to follow, the 456...the encapsulation of utterly immense elegance.

I'm really quite looking forward to this product launch: hopefully it will maintain the bloodline and I find these sketches encouraging.

Let's just hope ol' Luca can resist trying to insert VW's ubiquitous V10 in the damn thing, though!

[danmangt40]

it's no less awkward than a 575, and regardles of what it looks like in print, it's bound to astound in the flesh, as a few of the above seem to think a 575 is a natural beauty. I happen to remember when everyone was wildly disappointed with the 550 when it was brand new. (Who knows, someday we all might tout the 7 series as the most gorgeous car in history and deny we all ever hated it.)I especially like the new 2+2's scooped sides. And remember, the bulbous profile shouldn't be compared to the 550/575 anyway, but to the 456, which I think is not only looking a decade old, but is far less curvy than the car in these drawings.

[danmangt40]

VW...V10....you're thinking of lamborghini and audi's relationship. Ferrari should worry about the maser v8 being shoved in it, which probably wouldn't be all that terrible... that'll be in the 360 when it becomes the 420.

[BCA]

Personally, I love it, looks superb. the side profile drawing is a little out I suspect, look at every other drawing and its superb.

Wish I could afford one

[britten_mark]

I must be odd, I thought the 550 was gorgeous from day 1.
This looks OK but reminds a bit of some 60's Corvette styling exercise. Still early days yet.

[swartos]

It looks like a cross between a Lambroghini Gallardo and Murcielago.....

[Davey S1]

I remember quite a few of the press slagged off the 550 when it came out (before they had driven it then it was nothing but praise)saying that it looked like a Toyota Supra.

Now its supposed to look more like Daniella Westbrook with its 'uni-nostril'

[Twin Turbo]

It's got the potential to look superb...can't wait to see some proper piccies as opposed to the artists impressions.

[madmike]

First off, it does look very elegant. However:

It does have Elise headlights. And I believe I've seen that profile once before.




Oh yeah, that's it.

Mike

[KoenigseggCC]

Is it just me or does the back end look rather similar to the new Bentley Continental GT?

'Segg