Complex 3D shapes are often hard to fully appreciate in 2D photos. Having said that I think the F8 is beautiful. The angles are more sleek and less clumsy than the Pista. The S-duct is more subtle. The rear has more of a feminine curve than Pista. The interior looks great to me. The front looks like the wind melted it. I think they did a great job. I love to drive my Ferrari’s, especially on long road trips with friends. Limited ed cars always have that gnawing feeling that the miles have to be modest...and I HATE that. The F8 looks like a great option for me. Pista performance, comfortable spec possible, leather, frunk space, usable without sweating about miles. And NOT hybrid.
I am surprised on the reactions of this car. I think the design is wonderful. It's going to look even better in person.
https://www.motor1.com/photo/3255909/piano-industriale-ferrari-2018-2022/ Here is the presentation that Ferrari gave to investors. Note as a publicly traded company they have an obligation ( cough) to provide accurate information so a lot is very generic. The company plan is changing as a publicly traded company. Period. They will extract maximum profit from us as they have stated they are not going after volume. That means TM and special options more common. That means rising prices. As the company changes our experience changes. The company realized that the value they created was spread to us and we could Live in the depreciation for less. I suspect that is also about to change. With 15 or so more Models coming how could it not. I like the F8 and am Waiting to put a deposit down on pricing. If in fact it’s 3-5% more ok. If it’s 50k more then I’ll go 488. I suspect as others have mentioned this thread will become history and as all of the same outrage of the 488 vs 458 went away, this will also. Short Memory after a drive. Well it’s going to get more expensive and the old guys at the club will bemoan the end of the world. And my kids will still drive Ferrari’s someday. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
My wife (an interior designer) said something interesting after seeing the photos last night: “Finally, a design that does not look like it is primarily for the “Cheezy Guy” crowd.” Now, setting aside her feelings for the current 458/488 lineup (she has a strong opinion on pretty much everything design related because that is her job.....sorry about that), I think she gets SOMETHING right with her comment: + The smoother rear 1/4 and back of the car make it a touch more mainstream + The 458/488 cars are magnificent (at least to me) in their function but they can be perceived as cheezy + The F8 was likely designed to address “the cheese factor” similarly to how the 720S has addressed it (mostly non-existent). The 720s is just a hell of an executive car. She summed it up like this to me: “This is a car you would not feel sheepish about pulling up in front of your building with your company investors inside waiting for you and watching. Some of the prior cars, you would have felt some sheepishness”. It’s a more mainstream car. And I think they designed it to address (at least partially) some of the over-the-topness of the prior designs. Just another take but there you go....
You've got an Eagle? Watch out, JC will probably show up wanting a drive in the Eagle and then a good dinner to!
Hope the blackened area under the right twin tail-lights is a mesh screen rather than a big piece of black plastic. The left side one seems like a mesh screen that you can see through it but the right side is a little bit doubtful.
Bingo. When the 7XXLT comes out it will far exceed 720 and of course this 'F8'...it's almost old news already
They are vents, I posted a pic showing that. Ask yourself, why would one side look like mesh, but the other side doesn’t? Ferrari is not gonna make one large mesh vent for the engine on one side, and a dummy plastic cover on the other? That makes no sense, and there would be inadequate/unequal cooling.
In my opinion, Ferrari sets their own standard for design and performance and they hardly ever need to be mainstream. I see what your saying, but I think making it more appealing to people who aren’t car people is a step in the wrong direction. Yeah sure these opinions may change a bit as we learn more and see more about the F8, but just because we stop complaining about the design doesn’t mean we like it. The 488 is still not as great as the 458 and time won’t change that. I think there needs to be a distinction here, and I’m sure many would agree, that there is a difference between liking the cars design in general and then liking the car in comparison to its lineage and heritage. The F8 is a cool car no doubt, but it’s laughable compared to all the V8s that came before it. The F8 looks like someone with an illegally obtained 3 year old version of photoshop was commissioned to create an ‘artists’ rendering of the pista v2. In fact I have seen many of such renderings that looks better than the F8.
The 488, Pista and F8 to a non car person, if shown in the same color, will be essentially non distinguishable unless the micro details are pointed out. Like Porsche guys who can differentiate between a 991 and a 992 or regular 911 from a Turbo yet to the person on the street, they all look the same.
Personally, I would definitely prefer the F8 over the 488 but if I currently owned a 488, I would wait for the genuinely new generation to be available.
I find these constant comparisons with current McLaren cars (and future ones) so mind numbing............This IS the new Ferrari V8, it is what it is.......you prefer the Mac, great, go buy one and enjoy. This constant berating of Ferrari for remaining 'uncompetitive' is silly and frankly childish at times not to mention that most of these comments come from people who will actually drive neither! Bottom line Ferrari will probably still sell more of these than Mclaren will sell its 720 or 750LT or whatever they call their cars. And just so that there are no misconceptions, I think the F8 is ok and will probably look great in the metal but I will likely pass and get my giggles from the Pista.
Like it or not, Ferrari has competition. And in some ways, the competition has surpassed Ferrari. Ferrari cannot just rest in its laurels and use it’s past to sell cars. That’s like bringing your thoroughbred from a few years ago, showing him at a race and then packing up and leaving. Also, this is a new age of social media, where YouTube reviewers, and Instagram posts and followers can weigh as much as the thoughts of old money types who regularly buy such cars. Nobody can say with a straight face that Mclaren has not stepped its game up significantly, and it’s up to Ferrari, Lamborghini and Porsche to respond in kind. From the F1, Mclaren threw the gauntlet down. Competition improves the breed, that goes for horses as well cars.
You do appreciate when it comes to performance that we are taking about a few tenths of a second here or there, and that at the hands of a professional driver. For most of us mere mortals who actually buy these cars there is no difference outside of childish bragging rights. There is a lot more to a car then headline performance numbers especially when the differences are becoming ever so minute.
