12 Cylindri Spider picture and comment thread

^ detailing or paint correction?

 

They were charged with preparing the cars for the presentation. So likely 'detailing' there without the protection necessary when digging more deeply into a paint correction. Just heat up the paint and make it 'pretty' there. Well the paint at least...

 

Yes, the black rear winglets were already very scratched on the car I saw, they will need PPF for sure.

 

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Again today..

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The 2nd one looks silver, not the usual bianco artico going around everywhere. Can anyone confirm?

 

Scratches occur when dry rubbed which

That exact gold was popular in the 60s/70s when highly sparkled and put on dune buggies and surf boards.

 

Ferrari should have never cut ties with Pininfarina. The styling has slowly been degraded, IMO. As a former owner of a 2013 F12 Berlinetta for years, I liked the car, but I like my 2018 812 SF much better. It's only been a few months with the 812.... but....
The Cylindri looks too futuristic, something out of the Blade Runner movies, again, IMO. .

Never liked the 812 GTS styling. looks like the Batmobile. In addition, in Pennsylvania and Florida, there were so few days in the spring and fall, when the convertible top was actually pleasant to use. ///Rant over....

 

and, BTW, since I'm here, let me sing the praises of my 2012 Maserati GranTurismo S, bought new, now have 33K miles on it. It has a Ferrari engine. Not one single problem with the car in 12 years except for the sticky buttons...GLTA

 

I have been trying to reserve judgement on the 12C and see if the black panels would grow on me. I have to say the rear panel has not. Isn’t the large rear triangular panel on the coupe a complete and utter design fail? I am not getting it at all.

See the picture that amenasce posted above

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Perhaps when you see it in person…?

 

It's kind love it or hate it design

 

I saw it in person at Indy during Challenge last weekend, and it is love-hate at the same time. However, it does look better in person than in pictures. Definitely prefer the spider.

 

Is there a reason all the steering wheels have gotten so thin? Roma, SF90, Purosangue, 12C, all seem to have fairly thin steering wheels. I love gripping the large diameter wheel of the 812 SF/GTS - the CF and leather portions.

 

The give a finer steering feeling. I hated my E92's M huge steering girth. BMW is the worst offender in this regard.

 

Any pics of a black spider yet?

 

I mean how is it not even close to the 812?!

 

Interesting, I never thought about that. Our 992 targa 4S has a thinner wheel, But I guess I can’t really compare apples and oranges between the two very different cars.

I wish it was maybe an option - steering wheel design

 

Yeah, I had noticed myself that some cars felt better to steer, depending on the girth and diameter of the wheel, irrespective of the actual feeling of the rack. Then I discussed it with a professional racing driver and he told me that the design of the steering wheel itself plays a big role in the tactile feeling. What you are suggesting (steering wheel options) sounds like a great idea, but the the problem is that it costs millions to engineer and homologate a steering wheel (think of the airbags, crash tests and all the legislative nightmares attached to them) and I doubt that most drivers would understand the difference anyway...

 

But why though? Why can’t they just design something classic and beautiful? Why add stupid details and panels that can’t be painted? Don’t get it.

 

So they can sell carbon options on those bits
I too would've like to seen a lot less black bits but here we are dealing with it

 

Because beuaty is highly subjective and many people won't like it, no matter what. I, for one, don't care for classic designs...

 

Stop living in the past brother ... Ferrari is looking at their design language for the next decades ... they can't be stuck in the past forever. We are going though the evolution process now ... what is new and modern today will be the classic language down the line ... Some younger guy 20 years in the future will also not like whatever they introduce then ... and look back at the classic designs such as the 12Cilindri of 2024 and claim ...they don't make them like they used too

 

Are you actually using your eyes to look at the 12C though? You're making declarations based on assumptions that aren'tv grounded in the reality in front of you.

Personally, I'd love it if Ferrari was stuck in the past forever... imagine if they truly did justice to recreating the classic, sophisticated magic the core lineage again. A modern 250 for 2025-2035, 275 2035-2045, Daytona (which the 12C certainly is not...) for 2045-2055, Maranello 20255-2065. Just have Ferrari do Singer-style treatments to the basic frameworks of these cars. Sign me up! Alas, EPA and Safety regs will crush the dream, but one CAN dream at least.