Friday 17th October 2003

Ferrari Scaglietti

Bolognese with that sir?

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Ferrari have released more pictures of their new 2+2 and have confirmed the name as the rather pasta-like 'Scaglietti'.

The 1840kg front engined coupe makes use of an all aluminium space frame chassis housing a front mounted 5748cc V12 good for 540bhp at 7250rpm. The gearbox is rear mounted and the change mechanism is a new electro hydraulic set up with six ratios.

The body has been designed by Pininfarina and is an evolution of the 456 ingredients rather than being anything particularly radical - some might even say it looks a bit ordinary in the pictures. Interior space is improved and the boot capacity is 25% bigger than the outgoing 456's.

Ferrari claim a top speed of 195mph and 60mph reached in 4.2 seconds.

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[GTA]

Looks like a fiat coupe from the front.

[PetrolTed]

...and before anyone says it, it doesn't look like a TVR

[Captain Beaky]

Just what I was thinking. I used to have a Coupe and I'm pleased to see that its styling hasn't gone to waste.

[FourWheelDrift]

Lovely.

[sccbishop]

Oh god no! Is that "flame surfacing"?!

[tuffer]

Its a little bland, come on a Ferrari should be something that makes you go

[v8thunder]

Scaglietti was, IIRC, the designer of the Ferrari 250 GTO and 250 LM, as well as a host of gorgeous Alfas and various Italian rebodies.
So this is the 456M replacement - Ferrari's Cerbera. With this, the only cars left in the world with pop-up headlights are the Chevrolet Corvette and DeTomaso Guara.
The styling reminds me of a mixture of 250GTE, Pininfarina coupe and Maranello. They've kept it conservative to reflect the slightly more refined nature of the car.

>> Edited by v8thunder on Thursday 16th October 15:42

[BADAPPLE]

Reminds me of a MK3 RX7 a bit. Don't like the front at all.

[Swilly]

Volvo!

[2ba 355]

If you cover the front grill, the shape of the headlights and the front wings are as if you are looking at the Fiat Barchetta ! Which is a pretty car anyway

[cacatous]

PetrolTed said:

...and before anyone says it, it doesn't look like a TVR

Looks like an Invicta from the front..

[cacatous]

v8thunder said:

the only cars left in the world with pop-up headlights are the Chevrolet Corvette and DeTomaso Guara.

And the Lotus Esprit...

>> Edited by cacatous on Thursday 16th October 16:19

[bobfrance]

Ew!
Hope it looks better in the flesh.

[bertie]

cacatous said:

And the Lotus Esprit... >> Edited by cacatous on Thursday 16th October 16:19

Which went out of production a short while ago...

[greg_d]

This may seem a bit harsh, but I think that you could put any japanese badge on it and it wouln't look out of place

Nissan Bolognese anyone!!!

A wasted opportunity in my book, nowhere near special enough, give me an Aston martin Vanquish any Day......

[meno-porsche]

PetrolTed said:

...and before anyone says it, it doesn't look like a TVR

Oh yes it does!! Still I would not mind one.

[mr_tony]

ok well early days and judging cars from early press releases is often a mistake. Presence is something thats hard to judge from just a photo / sketch...

however Im suprised nobody has mentioned the hyundai coupe (obviously based on the 456 in the first place), ok it's not a direct resemblance, but the cut out sides / headlights look (from memory at least rather similar....)

Also not a million miles away from being the basta*d child of a maserati 4200 and the outgoing 456... (which is no bad thing IMHO!)

[bugmeister]

Ford Capri anyone......

[dick dastardly]

Some more pics just in case anyone hasn't seen them:

[ErnestM]

Poor choice of names IMHO.

In the US a "scag" is a rather unattractive female of negotiable morals. Not great for the marketing boffins to deal with...

...Also, the official "death" of the Esprit is 2004. The last 33 US spec models are being cobbled together as we speak...

ErnestM