THE F70 (LaFerrari) Thread

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spy pics?! may I introduce you to my friend James, according to his boss, he's a blunt instrument!
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Nope, afraid not. More Internet noise. It will get worse.

 

Even for copying some talent is needed. But this is even worse: it´s admitting the failure of our times!

 

Congrats, that is great. Do you deal with Beverly Hills or Auto Gallery? Since you don't have your profile filled, was wondering what you have in your collection. Hope I am not asking anything uncomfortable, and want to wish you a congrats, I am sure the car will be incredible.

Best,
Tony

 

Ferrari is in Facebook, Twitter, Google+, YouTube, Flickr, Weibo... But I can't see a link to an Instagram account in neither of its social pages.

 

Some people are so frantic for information at this point that they will believe anything.

>8^)
ER

 

the story came from autoblog

Ferrari F150 Enzo successor is Geneva bound

 

Yes, I saw it there too. So did this one - what's your point?

Are you the Enzo-succeeding Ferrari F150?

"The rendering you see here was created by an organization called goldRush Rally, which published the image on its Facebook page. The claim is that this rendering was based on a "snapshot of a plaque with a sketch of the new supercar." We certainly won't speculate as to what kind of "presentation" a luxury-rally throwing company like gRR would be invited to – to say nothing of why there was a plaque bearing the image of a supercar that has been so well cordoned off from public eyes – but we'll roll with it because we love the internet."

I love the internet too, but the supposition being spouted there is all BS.

It was a drawing/sketch made here by araksfilip, then that was modified in Photoshop by a friend of mine. Then later the Goldrush folks shared it on their FB wall. Then Autoblog saw fit to write an article about it - does that really make it "news" or give it any shred of credibility - nope.

There used to be a popular saying - 'Don't believe everything you read on the internet' - but in recent years people seem to have forgotten that. There are legitimate sources of news and info on the web, and not all of them should be discounted, but to use the defense "the story came from autoblog" as if that solidifies its credibility is laughable at best.

>8^)
ER

 

That's funny. Autoblog didn't bother to check if Ferrari had an Instagram page, and neither did Jalopnik. Ferrari does NOT have an Instagram page, and even if they did, which they don't, that certainly is not the page. There are so many things wrong with that page, and that 'press release': who could possibly believe that? Well, I guess "leading automotive blogs" like AutoBlog and Jalponik. Is automotive journalism really this bad? There are a few trusted sources none of which have released this information. This is the easiest thing to "research" on the face of the earth; if you have a question about something being official, look to the horse's mouth (no pun intended) Ferrari list all of the various social networking sites that they are connected to on their HOME WEBSITE. Instagram is NOT listed. How hard is it to go the company's website? Apparently it's too hard for 'leading automotive blogs' like Autoblog and Jalponik. I guess they'll figure it out soon enough and go back to posting bad photo shops and calling them "official spyshots". Please. There are only a couple car magazines that are trust worthy and it seems there are fewer everyday.

 

Sorry but I had nothing to do with that image, never drew anything in my life.. I belive you got me mixed up with someone else on this forum, pehaps arhimed

 

And now it has come full circle. It ended up here where it all started.

 

It really is a phenomenon. For speculation, excitement,and just plain noise, it beats even new Apple products in the days of Steve Jobs.

I think we can safely disregard any "information" on the internet until we get to see the real thing, boring though that may be.

 

+1

 

Now you know why they are so tight with security. They will get the biggest "pop" if they maximize the release of information. It's not to keep it from their competitors. It's all PR.

The F70 will not make Ferrari much money. What it will do is promote the brand in ways that few things can, including F1 victories.

The Mac P1 though I do believe will make Mac some money. The reason is that the make a lot fewer road cars than Ferrari so it will impact their sales in a much bigger way for years. They still make money from the old F1.

 

Ahh - yeah, I knew it started with an 'a'. Sorry to both of you.

>8^)
ER

 

Why is this page still up? That's my question.

 

Therapy

 

Just to piss off Jim and make us post a lot on Fchat.

 

I agree with you about promoting brand, but I am sure they will make huge profit on F70!

Engine was already developed, CF was developed for F1, KERS was already developed for F1 too. So it was not like "engineered from scratch". However, if they engineered special engine just for F70 that was never seen before, developed special unseen CF until now with some very specialized hybrid system that is not similar to KERS than I would say that this vehicle is for promotion only. Dont get me wrong, this is not F12 with different bodywork, they had costs, but not so high like you assume.

Bugatti Veyron was intended to promote VW economic power and in same time Bugatti`s engineering capabilities.

 

Rowan Atkinson?s McLaren cost £910k to repair - BBC Top Gear

 

Even Road & Track is referencing it. And the videos on their site are from MarchettinoYT's YouTube videos. Automobile journalism is not what it used to be.

-F

 

I am shocked how so many people are stupid and think Ferrari have named her the f150 and go on how dumb Ferrari are and that Ford will sue them

An internal code nothing more

 

No, I don't think so. It's a limited run. The cost of design, development, tooling, testing, marketing, dealer training, specialized tools, spare parts inventory, warranty and certification processes in each country, etc will be difficult to make back. Selling another 120 cars a year for the next 3 years won't make much difference to the bottom line of Ferrari from direct sales of this car.

They won't lose money but they won't make much. But, they will apply some of the R and D to future cars (particularly Kers). The last Enzo brought us CCB's and the F1 box.

McLaren has a lot more to gain. 500 cars at $1M is like a full year production of the Mp4-12c at $250K, not to mention what it does for the brand.

 

€ 1.2m x 499 units = almost 600 million € (800 million $) by excluding the options and other things that will shoot upwards the price tag!

If that's not much money for you..