I just googled for that thing... who DARED to call it Montecarlo... It smells the kansas countryside the absolute opposite of the Principality of Monaco. I wonder why prince Rainier didn't sue GM.
And believe it or not, it's actually popular in some circles here. Different strokes, I guess! If it's not well known in Europe, perhaps Prince Rainier was blissfully unaware too.
OK taking a real long shot here- how about F95 Baracca Baracca is Francesco Baracca the famous Italian flying ace of WWI whose mother famously passed the black prancing horse on to Enzo Ferrari. 95 as 2024 is 95 years since the founding of Scuderia Ferrari…. My idea is inspired as the V12 is the core of Ferrari and the symbol has its own heritage that then became even more known with Ferrari. You could also use 77 or 78 (using 2024 or 2025) as its that many years since the founding of Ferrari the independent company. Sent from my iPad using FerrariChat
Nice Idea but I don't think they will use it...Baracca means also something not so nice in Italian language. It is often used to describe something not so well designed or that does't properly work
Why not just F250? It's the 250th project, and there is a long list of 250 V12s. Although I guess it's too much obscure for the uninitiated.
How about the Ferrari 850(or whatever the HP figure is) Supersport. In motorcycle lexicon a Supersport bike is a sport bike made for the road not track. Sent from my iPhone using FerrariChat
The same was said of the F12, the 812 and thr Competizione. Here we are years later with tens of thousands of V12 dumped into the market and countless “ limited edition” V12 priced at multi million a piece and again another narrative surrounding F167 being the last NA V12…if it is indeed a NA v12 expect ferrari to produce near 10,000 of it, in addition to thousands of unlimited GTS variants and countless iconas, special, one off etc…over are the days of true / scarce special editions. Ferrari being a public company chasing profits has turned that company into a marketing campaign specialising in diluting the supply of cars at increasingly higher prices and abusing the loyalty of some ( still loyal) customers. I’d like to see Ferrari being honest for once when they market a car ( or encourage a narrative)as being the last of…anything post F12tdf and Laf are just high volume non special to me.
Ok, I’ll take the bait. 1. The certain indisputably knowledgeable sources on here saying F167 is last regular production V12 did not say that about previous models. 2. Ferrari actually is not saying this is the last V12 and it is highly unlikely they would even if it is. Why close off their optionality. They didn’t say 458 Speciale A was last NA V8 even though it was. 3. Ferrari does not owe any of its customers protection from depreciation. People who are worried about depreciation shouldn’t buy cars. Cars depreciate. Also anyone worrying about depreciation can’t truly afford the car. 4. Nobody is saying regular F167 is collectors item. It just may be last chance to spec a V12 if that’s important and to many people it is.
off topic question: which Ferrari is safer to avoid injuries during public road crash? mid or front engine car? I'm not talking about mid engine car with carbon tub like laFerrari
Good question with many variables- front end vs rear end crash- direct or offset- and the size and height of the vehicle or structure it hits. Ferraris are generally low front end cars (the PS is an exception)and I’d hate to hit a large suv or truck as the Ferrari may undercut their bumper and the other vehicle joins you in the passenger compartment. For a front end crash I would prefer a front engine car as the engine block will help slow the impact and it puts more distance between you and the impact. Most front engines are designed as they get pushed towards the passenger compartment to dive under the compartment as the front crumple zone absorbs the impact. Of course a rear end collision is different and rear engine cars may not have the same crumple zone with a rear end hit. I’m sure there are others here who may have more auto engineering background and can chime in… Sent from my iPhone using FerrariChat
