Ferrari F80

Not sure about the intricacies of the deal but I've seen multiple reputable brokers offer allocation slots for the SF90XX Spider for around a $1M premium in the US so I assumed something similar could happen here as well. Perhaps Ferrari is a bit lenient on the VS cars compared to the hypercars.

 

You are a strange bird!

 

I have seen this as well, not sure how people are managing this.

 

While at TM they showed me a lot of the other configurations in order to try to avoid replication, they want the cars to be very unique and not similarly looking, which is fair, I have seen some crazy (good) configurations, I can not wait to see them on the road, it is great to see Ferrari customers are going for special color combinations.

Unfortunately TM adds a lot of time to the builds, I want this car yesterday.

 

I am not owner but cant wait to see those various F80 configurations. I think everyone owner will happy. But it looking with F80 most of the owners go over atelier or tailor made, so expect many individual specifications.

 

Is possible asking you ? You wrote about "ghost carbon". Is this type of carbon possible use on front part arround lights ? Or this part can be strictly only black painted or in normal "black" carbon fibre.

 

No that's you. I find it strange that someone who can supposedly pay $4M for a car can't conjugate verbs properly, begins sentences with objective forms of pronouns, etc.

 

Other than pink and beige I can not think of a worse colour than grey for a Ferrari (and I prefer beige to be honest). Personal preference of course, not meant to offend anyone.

 

Maybe Henry Ford had the right idea "any color you want as long as it's black".

 

Happy to see admin closed the "non-nagging," I mean non-bragging, thread.

 

It’s telling that you confuse cynicism with intelligence. In time, you may realize that tearing others down is a poor substitute for self worth. Sustaining an identity built on negativity must be exhausting. Happiness isn’t extracted from others, it’s cultivated from within.

 

Agree. And if you do as well, you'll stop bragging about F80 allocation as a means of cultivating, err, boosting, your own self worth.

 

This is turning into 'the one and only F80 thread'. No angst must spill out...

 

Good questions, one I asked at TM. The two options you have are black plastic or a very tight weave super black carbon, much darker than the rest of the carbon on the car, not sure how they get it so dark, perhaps a black clearcoat over the carbon. This carbon option cannot have the same ghosted finish, it must remain black. Hope this answered your quesion.

This is Ferrari Chat, a forum where enthusiasts, owners and non-owners alike, engage in discussion about all things Ferrari. It’s puzzling that you find it objectionable for someone to speak about acquiring an F80 in a thread dedicated to the F80. Unless I’m gravely mistaken, which I am not, this is entirely commonplace in this community, which I’ve been a part of for over 21 years.

If you haven’t taken the time, I’d encourage you to explore other model specific threads, where members routinely share builds, pricing, and ideas around their allocations. In fact, this very thread contains multiple posts from members discussing their allocation and configurations.

It’s curious that you’ve chosen to single me out. Perhaps you find me threatening for reasons you might want to reflect on. Regardless, I hold no ill will toward you, just a suggestion to reconsider the tone and assumptions you bring into this space.

 

Yes, you answer on my question. Thanks

 

Are people flipping F80 allocations in the US? If so, what sort of premiums are they going for?

 

I will indeed exit this thread now. Only reason I populated it to-date was to gain a deeper understanding of the types of people, and their motivation(s), who enable/overpay Ferrari to build repulsive cars (such as F80) that I find entirely uninteresting, ugly, counter to Ferrari's history of beautiful/luscious V12-powered cars, and responsible for the continued downward spiral / degradation of Ferrari as a once-great brand that is now beholden to bean counters, shareholder profits, and ridiculous government mandates. As you're the most "prolific" poster in this thread, and you're definitely drinking gallons and gallons of the new RACE Koolaid, you left yourself open to said exploration, which is now complete. Ciao e arrivederci!

 

Please don’t exit. I have an insane passion for the brand, and I think you and I are more aligned than you might realize. When the FF was launched, I was so upset I actually called Ferrari of North America to complain, back when I wasn’t even a blip on their radar. The styling just didn’t feel like Enzo’s vision to me. I have a degree in automobile design, and I live cars, especially Ferrari. My favorite Ferraris are from the Pininfarina era, and my heart belongs to vintage.

As hard as the transition has been, watching the company move further from my personal vision of what Ferrari is, change is something you either accept, or you risk losing your love. And I can’t lose Ferrari. I still relish the newness, but in many ways I live in the past. There’s still so much greatness in the brand. I promise you, it’s there.

If you can, come to Pebble Beach. See how Ferrari now embraces its past like no other brand. The respect they show for their cars and their owners is unmatched. Yes, they’re more corporate now, and being publicly traded brings its own challenges. But like my dad told me 50 years ago when I couldn’t afford the Volkswagen Scirocco I wanted: “You have to take the good with the bad.”

Please stay. Your opinion matters. Without it, there’s no balance in the conversation.

 

Whereas your passion/degree are in design, my passion/degree are in engineering. So you're right brain, I'm left. Thus my infatuation with V12 engines. The Ferrari V12 is (well, soon we'll be saying, was) an absolute masterpiece. That their halo car now excludes such infuriates me. There are a multitude of reasons that they now exclude it. But rather than admitting the truth of said reasons, their marketing department now "masquerades" it in a dizzying array of semi-fictional (definitely laughable) "features/benefits" that unfortunately those with zero understanding of engineering seem to drink up like the previously-referenced Koolaid.

 

Threads were merged on general f80 comments. Members can start specific threads on their orders / builds / processes where previously stated information or opinions do not need to be repeated. Please work toward a positive environment where differing opinions are ok. Use the ignore button where members cannot deal with each other, have a good discussion moving forward.

Robb

 

Respect for the owners ??? Well, I'm ready to hear a lot of things but not this.

 

Ferrari has always beem about performance. The N/A V12 might be the greatest engine ever, but if it doesn't lend itself to maximum performance (due to packaging reasons or whatever else), then in has to go, Enzo was all about winning, whatever the configuration might be.

 

Well I seem to recall Enzo had a 6 cylinder engine and decided with the second 6 cylinder engine he could put them together and have a V12. This was about 1940 when a lot of other things were going on...

 

Someone unsuspecting and knowlegeable like Jethro Bovingdon in his video of the F80 test praised the car a lot and ended by saying "If you want to go fast and have an authentic motorsport experience and feel involved in the process it’s a stunning bit of kit and I guess, for Ferrari it’s job done." But he also said in the video "On the track I missed the V12 a little bit they will hate to hear that because so much of the aero is dependent on that little V6 but I did miss that excitement I missed the raw car control that you need with some of the older cars".
One of the main reasons the V6 turbo-hybrid engines were introduced in Formula 1 in 2014 was to improve fuel efficiency.

 

Are people flipping F80 allocations in the US? What are the premiums like?