488 GTB (458 replacement)

Production is delayed until September!

 

buying from an austrian dealer.
peter

 

source?
peter

 

Ferrari Italy. Call your dealership,

 

will check, thanks.
any reason given?
peter

 

they're taking the turbos out

 

Good one😉

 

Since they can't test in F1 anymore, they're experimenting with dividing the compressor from the impeller like Hamilton's car.

 

Why? Also, are they doing that for the benefit of road cars or f1?

 

they have a 5 week factory shutdown from mid July anyway

 

I was just kidding.

 

Cali T accelerating, some sort of indication as to 488 sound IMO

[ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pMDj479sxU[/ame]

 

A Cali T passed me yesterday on full chat when I was running down to the local Ferrari garage to pick up my SCUD after the winter, I like the look but the sound was Sooooo disappointing

 

That was cruel😅

 

My dealer's demo Cali T has a special "press map" for the sound (the ignition is harder, and some trickery with the valves) as the result of a request from a somewhat famous (now cancelled) TV show that wanted more sound when they used the car... It crackles and bangs a lot more than a standard Cali T, but the shift pop is still the most enticing sound feature.

 

in a german forum there is talk about turbo issues with the 488 and production delay until at least the end of september. apparently many orders have been cancelled so far. my dealer has not yet been able to confirm the delay so i have no way of verifying this, please take it with a grain of salt.
peter

 

It seems like they're talking about the same thing on rennteam.

 

Ferrari official told me in person that the demo cars will arrive mid of July, first deliveries end of September.

 

As posted earlier, my dealer says their first customer car slot is in October. They will receive a demo car on loan in August.

 

Which country?

 

Was told the same.

 

360 CS is amazing when it pulls the same time as a Scud.

 

Very true and its not like they are going to round up. Most likely rounding everything down.

 

Doesn't seem possible, even at a short track like Fiorano. CS is 17 seconds slower at Nurburgring than Scud.

Odd data as even Ferrari has said the Scud is faster than the Enzo at Fiorano, but this list shows the Enzo as substantially faster.

Ah here we go:

Fiorano Circuit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Scud is 3 seconds faster than CS at Fiorano. 1:25 vs 1:28.

 

458 / 488 with a much neater form of side intake - at least in my opinion. Spotted in Maranello. -> https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=905895962796605&set=ms.c.eJw1ytENwDAIA9GNKgixsfdfrEpJP5~%3BuHJBri1mR4uPPWqtNpcd713FD193nD~%3BQYydMpXM~%3BP~%3B0cnc9msa88feAGRzhpP.bps.a.905893196130215.1073741851.100001286306783&type=1&theater

(Not my photo!)