Hot FF in Shanghai
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I hope the occupants got out unscathed.
This happened to an FF whilst on a test drive in Frankfurt too.
http://jalopnik.com/5856379/300000-ferrari-ff-catc...
This happened to an FF whilst on a test drive in Frankfurt too.
http://jalopnik.com/5856379/300000-ferrari-ff-catc...
ZOLLAR said:
I'm guessing not an engine fire due to the fire and damage being in the rear (I should be a detective 
).
Any ideas on what it may have been?.
Looks like it may have started small at the front (first pic) and travelled to the back via a pipe/hose to the fuel tank at the rear. ).Any ideas on what it may have been?.
cronk-flakes said:
Looks like it may have started small at the front (first pic) and travelled to the back via a pipe/hose to the fuel tank at the rear.
Good point I think you may be right, I may be wrong but the 458 fires weren't they due to the incorrect engine bay lining/sealant?.Surely Ferrari wouldn't have made the same mistake twice.
On a side note the FFs have really grown on me, I think they look pretty good now.
As a result of previous Ferrari fires (affecting mid-engined examples), along with fires in Lamborghinis, etc., I had engaged in a discussion which concluded that mid-engined cars were more prone to fire because the fuel tank and various bits attached to it are vulnerable because they are sandwiched in the very hot space between the engine and the passenger compartment. However, Ferrari's ability to produce front-engined cars which also self-combust is now blowing my previous conclusion out of the water. So, what is it with Ferraris catching fire? Are they just badly made? I'm pretty sure Aston Martin, Porsche, BMW, etc. who all, produce comparably powerful cars do not have the same issues and, while I accept that a Ferrari fire is far more likely to grab the headlines, surely if the same percentage of total production Ford and Vauxhalls caught fire we'd know about that too because of the sheer volume of cars affected and the fact that they'd be littering the roadsides everywhere.
MitchT said:
As a result of previous Ferrari fires (affecting mid-engined examples), along with fires in Lamborghinis, etc., I had engaged in a discussion which concluded that mid-engined cars were more prone to fire because the fuel tank and various bits attached to it are vulnerable because they are sandwiched in the very hot space between the engine and the passenger compartment. However, Ferrari's ability to produce front-engined cars which also self-combust is now blowing my previous conclusion out of the water. So, what is it with Ferraris catching fire? Are they just badly made? I'm pretty sure Aston Martin, Porsche, BMW, etc. who all, produce comparably powerful cars do not have the same issues and, while I accept that a Ferrari fire is far more likely to grab the headlines, surely if the same percentage of total production Ford and Vauxhalls caught fire we'd know about that too because of the sheer volume of cars affected and the fact that they'd be littering the roadsides everywhere.
Other manufacturers' cars might catch fire too. They just won't spread round the internet like wildfire.MitchT said:
As a result of previous Ferrari fires (affecting mid-engined examples), along with fires in Lamborghinis, etc., I had engaged in a discussion which concluded that mid-engined cars were more prone to fire because the fuel tank and various bits attached to it are vulnerable because they are sandwiched in the very hot space between the engine and the passenger compartment. However, Ferrari's ability to produce front-engined cars which also self-combust is now blowing my previous conclusion out of the water. So, what is it with Ferraris catching fire? Are they just badly made? I'm pretty sure Aston Martin, Porsche, BMW, etc. who all, produce comparably powerful cars do not have the same issues and, while I accept that a Ferrari fire is far more likely to grab the headlines, surely if the same percentage of total production Ford and Vauxhalls caught fire we'd know about that too because of the sheer volume of cars affected and the fact that they'd be littering the roadsides everywhere.
It's just a bit of glue.
MitchT said:
sinizter said:
Other manufacturers' cars might catch fire too. They just won't spread round the internet like wildfire.
I already addressed that point.There are no figures (that i can find) on the number of cars in each marque that catch fire so any conclusions are just conjecture.
If we knew that 10% of all FF's caught fire then we would know there was a problem but 2 early production cars is hardly a story at this stage especially without knowing why or how the fire started.
Either way i hope the occupants were ok and if there is a fault in the FF that Ferrari rectify it before we any more 'hot' topics about them
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