RE: LaFerrari Aperta: Showpiece of the Week

RE: LaFerrari Aperta: Showpiece of the Week

Monday 21st January 2019

LaFerrari Aperta: Showpiece of the Week

Plain old LaFerrari a little too common? Best set aside £5m for the drop top...



There is no such thing as an 'ordinary' V12 Ferrari, particularly among the mid-engined stuff. There probably isn't an ordinary Ferrari of any kind, really, though some are a little less special than others (feel free to nominate your own suggestions there). At the opposite end of the spectrum are those Ferraris that are quite a bit more special than the others, and there can't be many more special - particularly of the past 30 years or so - than the LaFerrari Aperta.

Only offered to LaFerrari customers, the Aperta was originally announced as a 200-car run at the Paris show in 2016. Eventually 210 were made, still making it rarer than the F40, F50, Enzo and the standard car. There are four times as many Porsche 918 Spyders out there.


Unlike other Ferrari Apertas, the LaFerrari promised to deliver the very best of both worlds i.e. a genuine Ferrari drop-top experience without losing any of the dynamic integrity. That hasn't happened with its roadsters typically, the extra weight dulling the excitement and the chassis strength never quite stacking up. The firm claimed with this car, though, identical aerodynamic and torsional rigidity, with a modest weight gain never disclosed.

It required a few tweaks to the body to achieve, but the Aperta was very much still a LaFerrari - same 800hp V12, same 163hp electric boost and same mind-warping performance potential. Small weight gains cease to become all that important when you've twice the power of a Mercedes C63.

Given the tiny production run, the status afforded to owners by having the hallowed pair and the Aperta's significance - could the next Ferrari hypercar be purely electric? - it's a surprise to find one for sale at all. Here it is though, menacing as you could want in black with black (and more black) and available to buy for £4.8m. Broadly in line with those others that can be found emerging on the prestigious auction sites.


It's an imported car, rather than one of the UK allocation, but that's hardly likely to stop any interested parties. After all, opportunities to buy any of the Ferrari hypercars are difficult to come by, leave alone those in even more exclusive production runs.

Hence the five million pound price tag. It's twice what LaFerrari's are offered at, though of course exceptional status is always bestowed on the open top special stuff - look at the discrepancy between 458 Speciale and Aperta. So only the staggeringly well-off need apply - but that's always been the case with the 'special' end of Ferrari's back catalogue...

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CharlieAlphaMike

Original Poster:

1,127 posts

104 months

Monday 21st January 2019
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That 'Limited Edition' plaque on the steering wheel reminds of a 'Limited Edition' Ford Escort I owned many years ago biglaugh

kambites

67,461 posts

220 months

Monday 21st January 2019
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That does appear to be the ugliest steering wheel in the history of the automobile; the rest of the car doesn't look much better either.

I'm sure it's phenomenal, though.

WCZ

10,492 posts

193 months

Monday 21st January 2019
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insanely overpriced imo

MikeGalos

261 posts

283 months

Monday 21st January 2019
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£4,800,000 and you still get the unusable turn indicators rotating on the steering wheel idiocy.

PGNSagaris

2,926 posts

165 months

Monday 21st January 2019
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oh my, that is spectacular.


bluemason

1,070 posts

122 months

Monday 21st January 2019
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Most beautiful ferrari of all time.


theholygrail

261 posts

167 months

Monday 21st January 2019
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kambites said:
That does appear to be the ugliest steering wheel in the history of the automobile; the rest of the car doesn't look much better either.

I'm sure it's phenomenal, though.
You beat me to it! I genuinely couldn't live with that steering wheel.

Europa1

10,923 posts

187 months

Monday 21st January 2019
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bluemason said:
Most beautiful ferrari of all time.
That's...ummmmm...bold.

Gameface

16,565 posts

76 months

Monday 21st January 2019
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bluemason said:
Most beautiful ferrari of all time.
rofl

Nice try.

Butter Face

30,192 posts

159 months

Monday 21st January 2019
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Amazing description for that £4.8m car!

tight fart

2,868 posts

272 months

Monday 21st January 2019
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Didn’t the Austin Allegro have a steering wheel like that?

HTP99

22,443 posts

139 months

Monday 21st January 2019
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bluemason said:
Most beautiful ferrari of all time.
Lol!!

Amanitin

419 posts

136 months

Monday 21st January 2019
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MikeGalos said:
£4,800,000 and you still get the unusable turn indicators rotating on the steering wheel idiocy.
you're supposed to use the indicators _before_ turning

GranCab

2,902 posts

145 months

Monday 21st January 2019
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kambites said:
That does appear to be the ugliest steering wheel in the history of the automobile; the rest of the car doesn't look much better either.

I'm sure it's phenomenal, though.
Pipped at the post by .....



s m

23,164 posts

202 months

Monday 21st January 2019
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How much extra to get that paint finish?

Buster73

5,042 posts

152 months

Monday 21st January 2019
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theholygrail said:
You beat me to it! I genuinely couldn't live with that steering wheel.
Don’t be so daft man , of course you could.

Mr-B

3,766 posts

193 months

Monday 21st January 2019
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s m said:
How much extra to get that paint finish?
I'd want a £1400 discount if the paint wasn't perfect (which it won't be because it's a Fez)

Sandpit Steve

9,885 posts

73 months

Monday 21st January 2019
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Amanitin said:
MikeGalos said:
£4,800,000 and you still get the unusable turn indicators rotating on the steering wheel idiocy.
you're supposed to use the indicators _before_ turning
Except on roundbouts, where they’re a bloody nightmare as you try and work out how to press the button while simultaneously spinning the wheel. Maybe if you have a Ferrari daily you get used to them, but Im not that lucky.

Vocht

1,630 posts

163 months

Tuesday 22nd January 2019
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The car is incredible, the steering wheel is awesome, but the price tag is just silly. You can get probably get all, an F40, F50, LaF and an F12 TDF for the price of this.

Or 100 Lancia Delta Integrales in 100 different colours. I know what i'd rather have.

Amanitin

419 posts

136 months

Tuesday 22nd January 2019
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Sandpit Steve said:
Except on roundbouts, where they’re a bloody nightmare as you try and work out how to press the button while simultaneously spinning the wheel. Maybe if you have a Ferrari daily you get used to them, but Im not that lucky.
fair point. But I suspect the steering is very quick and roundabouts are mostly not that tight.
The drivers of these will vaguely consider using indicators only when they double park anyhow hehe

Edited by Amanitin on Tuesday 22 January 08:04