The official Daytona SP3 Thread!

But only the ugly ones among them... This car looks more like a failed cosmetic operation.

 

Did you see the actual car or are you judging from the pictures?
If it is the latter, I d be interested to see what you think once you see it live




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whatever you say, but two days ago i was not sure now i like this car. i see outside ferrarichat this car is favorably accepted by people and those who've seen the car their reaction is mostly positive. in real-life the car sure looks much more dramatic than that of those photos. i remember people returning from laferrari private preview said tons of negative comment here on this forum , but this time the percentage is relatively low, very very low.

 

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In fact, it doesn't really matters what other people (and of course me by myself) think about it.
The car is unaffordable for most of us anyway and all of them have already been sold.
If you want to see such a car, you must really search it and that is really not my aim...
But don't you think you always give Ferrari (whatever they do) more credit than other car brands?

 

Thanks for this. So as suspected it was based on the LaFerrari chassis (albeit some alterations). Again, makes complete sense as all auto manufactures use the same chassis for a number of different platforms.

 

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Who did it better?


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Yap, the front is a complete disaster...

 

I kind of like it. It is P4/5 like - it's going to be hard to beat that on a modern car, but this one looks pretty good. I love the blue seats - hark back to racing cars in the early '60s... love it.

the rear - and front ... well, they are not amazing but still not bad. Ferrari had a prototype in the '60s with that rear treatment... it never made it into any form of production but I see where they were/are going. It's iconic shape so I'm good with it.

As for the power - I was expecting it to be 1000HP/PS ... or have KERS or HY-KERS so I'm surprised there is no electric boost to the car. still 800 HP - is enough in reality. I'm sure the next version of the FXX will sport way more power etc... so all is not lost.

in any event - I don't really have to worry - since I'll never be in a position to afford one... its all academic.

 

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I'm sold on the profile view, as seen in this simulation and based on photos/videos. Fascinating shape and beautiful!

 

Ferrari was certainly challenged on the SP3 with a lack of space for the SF fender shield and used the door location. That solution remined me of another Ferrari with the shield on the door. The factory tried this unique location below the side window as shown on this 250 LM factory photograph of the first car in that series.
The SF shield fender location certainly has greater historical preference...

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Car shown is chassis #5149 GT.
Factory press photo.

Marcel Massini

 

Ok. So Testarossa was being driven virtually unmasked on the road few months before official presentation. Times have certainly changed since then...


And speaking of Testarossa, I have hoped that Ferrari revisits its theme. If Icona series proceeds to newer models it is a possibility, but probably still rather unlikely.

To some extent F12berlinetta imitated the flanks of Testarossa and I liked it a lot.

812 Superfast continued the theme further, but the flanks dropped too low for my liking.

In general, the strakes are problematic. I think it was cool in the 80's, but how do you do it today to make it look good / modern? The rear of SP3 is not bad, but not sensational either. The front strakes don't give me any vibes at all, but the current Ferrari design language requires matching elements on front and rear (and rightly so), but maybe the match was not so successful this time.

 

Sounds like a fair effort to explain what the car is "not" ... and why the performance may fall below expectation.

Unusual language, for the introduction of a new, highly anticipated Ferrari ... no?

 

This is indeed a nice shot. Even the front strakes look good here and are in perfect harmony with the rear strakes. Of course this pic appeared just when I had written otherwise.

 

Porsche said something similar about performance to when they introduced the 911R to a feeding frenzy of demand. This was about driver experience not setting lap records...

 

911R wasn’t $2 mil.

 

Looks like five different design teams designed this car. To say it is a modern inspiration from the past is a marketing stretch — there was a way to incorporate the past and this is not it. It is androgynous and looks like it could have been produced by any manufacturer. The historical elements to it are so subtle one has to wonder if it was even truly inspired by the pst, or more likely, this is something a marketing team came up with after the fact.

With the designs coming out of Maranello that brought us the SF90, Monza, and now the Daytona SP3, all “best effort” models for Ferrari, it is quite safe to say the LaFerrari is looking better than ever right now and was the last great hypercar to ever come out of Ferrari.


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Looks like a Mclaren in this photo.

Like I said above, an androgynous supercar that could have been made by anyone with a different badge on the hood. Because of this, to me it is neither special more timeless.

I don’t know what Ferrari is thinking these days, they’ve lost their identity.


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Pedro, you will love it in ten years from now ..

 

I would have placed it on the bottom of the door. Not historical correct but now it is just a bit too busy.

 

I suppose Ferrari has to downplay performance of SP3 that people understand what they are getting. I'm not surprised if 296 GTB beats it on the track.

Then again, it appears to be much faster than similarly priced new Countach and certainly much better value for the money.

 

Strakes R US doesn't do discount.

Take it or Leave it.

NEXT!