Mega Thread: The 430 Replacement (F450, F500, etc)

that design is very hard to look at... quite ugly lines.

 

There's a lot more resemblance in the PS than others. Still not sure I like that, but it's progression.

 

I think we should give some credence to this one but who know... The fact that the magazine is italian makes me take it more seriously... I am sure that the Italians take a lot of pride in Ferrari... Who wouldn't?

 

I like this pic the best of all the renderings presented so far. different but still has 360/430 DNA or language in its design.

 

Although it would look ALOT better with 360 C.S. style side mirrors

 

I think the last photos posted have been the most probable. Looks nice honestly. Gives so much potential for an edgy track-based version.


_J

 

Yeah, has a lot of 430 in its blood. . .IMO, what it needs, aesthetically if not functionally , is an upper air scoop to balance the lower one. The angular crease makes it look like it got its b@lls chopped off.

 

Not that my opinion means anything on this subject, but I wouldn't put any credence in any of these photos. This only one that seems somewhat plausable is the black half baked version earlier in the post.

JMO

 

Exactly. Everything else is just speculation.

 

That does not make me want to trade in my 430.

 

I completely agree with you - it does not do anything for me - gives me absolutely no passion to get rid of my 430 or CS - which might be a good thing!

 

+1 the black one is actually it IMO

 

+100 the mirrors are far off balance and interupt the lines. It seems they have run out of ideas .

 

http://www.worldcarfans.com/9090429.006/new-ferrari-f450-mule-spy-video

New video of the Ferrari F450 Mule has been sent in to us from one of our spies on the frontlines. Shown in two minutes of video as it takes laps on a race track, we get to see the car driven the way a Ferrari was meant to be driven.

First, a few speculative points about the car. The rear wheel drive F450 should receive at least a 500hp 4.5 liter V8, mated to the California's double-clutch gearbox. It has been rumored that the power output will top the F430 Scuderia's 520hp, possibly by increasing the maximum rpm to 10,000, while tuning the cooling system. The bigger air intakes, seen very clearly at 1:37 into the video, could be a part of this system.

This car looks to have a bigger front end, and we get another look at the exhaust pipes that flank the center of the car's rear end. The side sills also look to be have some taped up bits, seen at about 1:19. The car definitely sounds great, and even runs the track pretty well. Towards the end of the video, we get a few slow and steady shots of the car and a sister mule as they pull out onto the open road.

Look for more spy pics and spy video of the new Prancing Horse as its debut draws nearer. The Ferrari F450 is expected to debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September.



The video brings back some great memories of the track at Maranallo

 

This is in the wrong section.

 

http://www.worldcarfans.com/9090429.006/new-ferrari-f450-mule-spy-video

 

Thanks Jim!

 

Link is down.

 

Oh Noo!

What happened to the beautiful F430 sound?

 

I found this on www.worldcarfans.com. Have a look.

http://www.worldcarfans.com/9090429.006/new-ferrari-f450-mule-spy-video

 

Nice vid.

The car looks pretty planted coming out of the turn.

 

The link still works for me and the new V8 sounds mean.

 

Sounds a little too tame for me. Prefer the sound of the Scuderia.

 

That engine sound is Beethoven. I hope they paint the two air scoops up top to match body color--they look kind of weird there, sort of out-of-place.

 

It's an embedded youtube video here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mhXF7V-_GQ

Sounds ok to me..

The yellow car has different rear intakes and diffusers to the red car spyshots too.