LaFerrari Review Thread

Exactly.

Yet, the bickering will inevitably continue, which is a pity.

Funnily enough none of these cars will ever reach pontoon fender 250 TR levels of notoriety.

 

thanks MisterMaranello

i like the kinda bare dash of the LaF, no touchscreen nonsense just some buttons and a steering wheel

but i'm old fashion lol

 

Good post, in addition there are few circumstances where any of the three can be driven really quickly on the road. Sure you can take objective facts and try to find a winner that way but as I have said many times, I don't think too many human being live their lives in a totally objective way.

Its quite telling of the reviews I have watched there hasn't been much rambling about figures but rather more about the experience.

 

It's a bit like the old Countach v TR arguments, different strokes for different folks.

 

Have someone info how many LaFerrari was on test drives. Yes I know about 2, when they tested LaFerrari on Fiorano track, it was red/black exterior and black alcantara seats and red leather and 4-point safety belts and plate on steering wheel Fernando Alonso.....when they tested LaFerrari on normal roads it was red/black exterior and black alcantara seats and black leather and normal safety belts and plate on steering wheel F150.....have someone info about more LaFerrari on test drives?

 

exactly. there are a few who claimed lap time as irrelevant and yet continuously felt the needs of defending a mysterious source of this particular car doing off the chart ring time. i remember those relentless pages a few months ago.

 

The same car should be used for the road and track drives. Otherwise it seems like ones set up for each situation.

 

Rubbish. One car had 4 point harnesses for track driving and the other had standard seat belts for road usability.

 

Exactly, good explanation

 

It is an obsession of little consequence, to some degree encouraged by some of the companies themselves that seek to get a place in the sun alongside Ferrari. As for Ferrari, it has rarely made the fastest road car at any point in time. But they have always been fast and exciting, and often beautiful.

 

It depends on what you mean by the term "fastest". Ferraris usually are at the top of their segment when they come out. The Enzo broke R&T's all times acceleration records, the 599 was the fastest V12 supercar in its price range, the 458 was only surpassed by the upgraded 12C years later and I am sure that the LaFerrari will also rewrite the record books. If you are referring to top speeds, Ferrari isn't interested in those for the past 10 years at least.

 

Good point but I also believe they should have used the same car for both tests. Feels a tad more honest.

 

That wouldn't have been very practical since they needed one track car with the harness lapping the track and at the same time another car out in the hills. They don't dedicate a whole day to each and every journalist. It's a time management issue.

 

Nice combo, in Monte-Carlo of course...
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So they shouldn't use the same car for both test? I seem to recall that the the others drove the other 2 brands on the road and track using the SAME vehicle. Which makes sense. At least you know how the car transitions from one to the other. But then again I guess if you want to test a Ferrari you play by their rules?

 

Actually not! When Chris Harris drove the P1, the one on the road had a different plate number to the one he drove at the track. That is standard procedure. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb8tGX-HPQE

Funny how people always pick on Ferrari though...

 

Oh, I see a car for the track and a car for the hills. Sounds like business as usual huh? And they only had one day for this test? The journalist got three laps each. How many were there, 5 or 6? At a minute 20 a lap, that's not too long. Hmmmmm...... just a thought.

 

You are mistaken... once again. These things take a lot of time. See my previous post about the P1.

 

It looks like xp7 on the street and the still shots on the track said xp7.

 

So they have cars for the track and cars for the street. I see, we will have to wait for a customer car to see how it goes from the street to the track then.

 

No problem, don't want that happening. I'm a Chevy fan for the record. Plan on purchasing a Z06...