A few things ferrari SHOULD do...

Agreed.

 

A) Give it more power just because Corvettes are getting out of hand...they are not 'competitors'...

B) make a rehash of an older model. yes, it may be an icon, but lets leave retro to Ford, Chevy...

 

The F430 Stradale with less than 1200 kgs.

 

I personally agree with giving the F430 more power. They should give it at least 530-550 bhp. I'm getting sick of Z06 owners bragging about smoking a $200,000 Ferrari.

As for Enzo's replacement, I really like the style of the Enzo compared to F40/F50 but that's just me.

Lastly, Ferrari making a pick-up truck? NO! Its not that I don't like trucks but because Ferrari is known for making exotic sports cars, not trucks.

 

"The F430 Stradale with less than 1200 kgs."

I'm still proud of them for having built the 360CS - I think it's becoming more and more difficult to build a car with a hard edge, especially for the US market. I had hoped for a "stradale" version of the 575, to complement the 575GTC, but it never came. At a recent gathering, I spent my couple minutes with FNA folks asking them to build raw, basic cars and "leave out the air conditioning." I give them high marks for patience.

I think that, if you love the F40 feel, you have to buy an F40. I hope the 430 "CS" will be a very extreme machine.

 

I have a 430 (I'm guessing most, if not all, responders so far do not) and, frankly, the last thing I would change is to give it more power. As it is, you rarely get to use it for more than a few seconds on the street. Wind it out in 4th gear and you are already in "take me to jail" territory. I wish it were 5-10% smaller, lighter than it is, even if it had a smaller motor to go with it. Today's cars are becoming sick with power. Bragging rights in the HP race doesn't impress me. Hell, I could sink 10K into my Subie STI and smoke all of them.

Dave

 

Of course, you are just KIDDING!!.......right?

 

"I have a 430 (I'm guessing most, if not all, responders so far do not) and, frankly, the last thing I would change is to give it more power."


I'd always take more torque and power (I've owned a 430 and have a 430 Challenge car); however, I agree that it is virtually useless for street purposes. I don't know that performance numbers will matter much in the near future when, as you point out, almost any car can be modified to supercar levels - the Evo is another example. I think the top level manufacturers are going to have to rely more and more on design and customiztion services to differentiate their products.

 

I was about to post a very ascerbic reply till I got to D) and realised you were joking!

 

The Ariel Atom does 0-60 in well less then 3 sec, the Caterham (Lotus 7 update) at about 3.1 sec. 0-60 all for under $75,000 each. I don't think anyone would argue that they are not in the same league as a Ferrari. They won't reach 200 mph but will smoke a Z06.

 

That **** was pretty kewl. It was Ferrari red with the CS strip and it had the scuderia shields. I think it belonged to the Ferrari team but I was laughing for days. Ironically the guys driving it were going pretty fast too.

 

Ferrari really needs to make cars that are so good people will stand in line to get them.

People will willingly pay 30% over sticker to get one.

People will buy a couple of overpriced used cars to get and undefined spot on a "LIST" to get one.


A car so cool that there are several, possibly many buyers for every car built.




















Oh........you say all that is already happening?

Hmmm.











Get real.
Ferrari is doing just fine.
There is not a producer of goods on planet Earth that is not envious of Ferrari's position in the market place.


GM, Ford, and Chrysler need help, not Ferrari

 

I agree with A, B, and C

 

...put a new nose on the 612.

 

Spoken like someone who has never owned either.

DAve

 

School is out.

 

haha, agreed, the STi is my race car and it does smoke my 355...but my smile is twice as wide sitting in those leather seats shifting with paddles....

 

yup...where is all of this stuff coming from...who are these people...and i'm getting really annoyed with BIZARRE statements like that...freakin' Z06, Viper, etc, etc, is/will never be a Ferrari no matter how much hp you stuff in it. just stop. i'm asking y'all. please! geesh!

 

hardtop

+1

 

Amici e Frattelli = Friends and Brothers,

Ferrari doesn't need to do anything. They are at the TOP! Il Commendatore, could not have done a better job, of deofication of his cars and legend. Especially in Modern Times. But, "The Old Man", had one regret about his street cars, that it was a young man's car in spirit, but the price is so expensive that only an older successful man could afford to experience his cars. The market place has many cars for the young men amongst us, that is true. There are NO Ferraris, that the average guy will ever own, new or used. in today's reality. That would be something I think he would have liked to have changed.

Ciao...Paolo

 

But if there were, some would claim that it would diminish the mystique of the marque. And, as much as I hate to say it, they'd be right.