THE F70 (LaFerrari) Thread

That looks far more realistic and with some evident design purity. Speaking to someone who has seen it, they say it is amazing. Here's hoping.

 

It's just another angle on the renderings done by Wizzoo7 on DeviantArt. His take on what the Enzo successor might look like, but only a few of the details are close to being correct.

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I quite like that!

 

I doubt that those side view mirrors are DOT / street legal in any country --- but, maybe they are pitot tubes instead...... does the F70 have flight capability ???

Also, that design does not look all that dramatically different from the Enzo, IMHO --- so, I wonder if Ferrari would settle for merely such an "iteration" rather than go for a more radical change ????

 

a repost but my personal favorite ...
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I thought it was Nike.

 

Just passing on what I heard. The P12 front bumper was very close to the new Enzo's and Ferrari is going to change the New Enzo. There was also a similarity in the rear that has sent Ferrari back for changes. Good source but who knows...

 

Sounds like reverse F1 drama.

 

i find it amusing, mclaren is trying so hard to match Ferrari, yet Ferrari is only concerned about making sure they are dissimilar

 

The wind tunnel will mean that they will all eventually be exactly the same other than the badge.
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I am not surprised by this, as even in the 430 "sneaked" pics, we saw a redo to make sure it didn't have ANY Lambo references.....

However, I am surprised that a quick restyle would be EASY. Given the international differences in regulations that have to be met, the aesthitic balance that has to be met, and the over all Aero package that has to be accomidated for, this this a chnage that ISN"T just a simple Re-Draw......

 

I find this hard to believe. It takes many months (if not years) to come up with a new design and if Ferrari had finalized one then it would have been the best that they could come up with aesthetically and aerodynamically. I don't think it would be easy to scrap it and come up with a new one in a month or two, which is just as good.

 

that's rather pessimistic, but no there will always be differences, there isn't one single aerodynamic shape, it's only the lack of creativity that is a limitation

despite all of Ferrari's idiosyncrasies i hope they never loose that will to just be independantly different, something mclaren hasn't 100% yet grasped IMO

 

This was the first time in my life I saw a photo of a car and said "Holy S*it!"

 

one of my fave cars..i prefer it with the front splitter attached...course it's simply a race machine that has never, will never race...Courage chassis, incredible 3 rotor engine. 787B's 4 rotor is still my fave engine however. just insane, incredible.

 

Jim, having seen the nose I don't think the two cars had that much in common. Its interesting that you brought VMAX earlier, as Ferrari have not settled on a number or gearing. Personally I hope they stick with their first number.

 

F430's first clay models had a similar design with the front bumper on the MP4-12c.

Frank stephenson's fault..

 

Just reporting what I heard from a credible source but once again who knows?

 

Tweaks can be done very quickly and can make a big difference in how something looks.

 

Still time for two pairs of 'round' tail lights?
CH

 

I hope this turns out not to be true. The original idea surely should be better than some forced change. I'd find it lousy that Ferrari could have been influenced like that.

But then again this might turn out to be true or not true and either case most of us will never know for sure. I guess as long as we don't know about that hypothetical original idea everything will be OK.

Bottom line is I prefer not to know they changed the design after the McLaren

 

They do it in F1 all the time. I'm guessing changes can be done pretty quickly before a car goes into production.

 

F1 cars are one-off protoypes really. Road cars have to meet all sorts of standards, not to mention that the Gestione Granturismo works at much different rates compared to the the hectic schedule of the Gestione Sportiva.

They could make changes but F1 is not a good analogy.

 

I'm pretty sure the standards that need to be met in F1 are even more demanding than what you need to meet in street cars. (I don't mean legal standards, more along the lines of aerodynamics and performance)

Before a car goes into production, it should be quite easy to change body panels. And I don't think that you need to crash test new body panels unless they are part of the chassis. (I may be wrong on this one) I don't think car companies need to crash test a car every time they do an update to their fascias. (I might be wrong here again)

 

A number of the newer standards have to do with pedestrian safety so body configuration does enter into it.

If you think that adapting road car configuration is faster than F 1 you've never met a bureaucrat.