Great thread. So if one is in the (US) market for a non-GPF 812 during the pandemic, how do you do it? Look for a lack of honeycomb filter in the exhaust? Ask to check MODIS? Exclusively look at 2019 models and earlier if all else fails? For 2020, it seems like it could be risky.
A few notes on my experience with GPF. My non GPF 812SF sounded great throughout the rev range- mellifluous from the low end and manic at the top. My GPF 812GTS is louder on startup and quieter at idle and the lower rev range cruising (good for RE neighbors)but dip into the pedal and it becomes just as loud and manic as the SF but more guttural. Whereas the SF at the top end was Luciano Pavarotti singing an aria hitting the high Cs and expecting glass to break while the GTS is Placido Domingo doing the same but with some baritone heft and shaking the foundation at the same time. The difference is small but profound and preference is in the ear of the beholder. Ferraris have always been about sight,sound as well as performance. As the administrators of the world dictate what we will be driving (if anything) Ferrari is doing it’s best to keep the sound alive as long as possible. For me the GPF equipped GTS hits all the right notes more so than my nonGPF SF. Sent from my iPhone using FerrariChat
You look in the engine bay, and if it has a thick hose coming out of each air intake tube then chances are it has GPF. You can find a picture somewhere on here. My 2020 812 does not have GPF, and was produced in June 2020.
Image Unavailable, Please Login check the engine bay... but, I believe everything except a few late MY2020 812SF for USA do not have GPF at all, so you are pretty safe
