Ferrari 849 Testarossa Styling

I don’t get it. Looks like a dumb down F80. Too square in places and the duck bill rear what’s with that, not to mention the front grill protrusions. I’m sure it’s fast and will sound good. But the design I do not see it.

 

We really need to reserve judgement until we see it in person. I think that is how cars are these days (and have been for some time).

But I just left the garage looking at my F355. Thankful, I am.

 

All of those resources and they manage to **** up a new car design. A world awash in cheap money and a high stock price can even fool Ferrari into thinking they can't lose. This would be a good chassis to have Pininfarina re-design and Ferrari to make you a "one-off"

 

Its official - sent the image to my wife- asked her for her thoughts. Got "not sexy"

 

Woof.

 

Agreed. What on earth is up with that? It’s such a mess of a design.

 

There will obviously be takers but will buyers be skittish knowing the depreciation could be similar to the SF90…..

 

Let’s see:
Duck bill front bumper looks like a grey market add on to the good old BB to make it US compliant in the 1970s(a true V12 supercar)
Rear end ain’t too shabby- it has an SP3 vibe
The side view looks like a 9 yo kids CAD mockup of a supercar
And it has…wait for it…wait for it…aV8!
In a Testarossa no less! Enzo is not only turning over in his grave, he’s trying to claw his way out and take the company back.
I don’t care how much HP they put in this thing, it’s design by committee, a bastardized amalgam of SP3, 12C, and F80.
I never thought the 296 would be the best design of the current crop of cars but it is. Stylish, understated in a Ferrari way and has flashes of beauty. The others cars make clip on aftermarket cladding modified Ferraris look good.

 

I don't like any of these. We don't live in a 2D world.

 

Ferrari has lost their damn mind! They caught Jaguar disease or something over at Maranello.

 

Ferrari Testarosssa.

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Well, we have it on the 12C, the F80, and now this. If it isn't a language, it's at least a dialect. I'm pleased that it's less dominant on this car. But I don't like it on any of them.

 

$900k starting price.

 

If true help support SF90 pricing - SF90AF Spider is one of the best looking modern cars / aging well.
But 900k - really?

 

What is the actual pricing I wonder? edit, looked it up, $550k or so before options and tariff stuff. $750k-850k car.

 

That used to be a lot of money for a car back in the day....like 18 months ago

 

Not love at first sight. But I can see this one growing on me.

I do wish they'd knock it off with the black trim though.

 

At first I thought it looked weird. But give it some time look at it from different angles. They car does look good. Its a weird design but its aggressive. Play with the configurator and I think it does come up with some good designs.

I think it works and in the flesh itll be impressive... I hope

 

How do they do it? They keep getting uglier and uglier every time!

I don’t think I will ever buy another new Ferrari not with this kind of **** design!

 

Good observations here. For me, when Ferraris start to look better in Nero than in Rosso Corsa, there is a serious disconnect in the design studio.

 

@rob lay said it well not that long ago about the direction Ferrari has gone: https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/posts/150248059/

This car looks terrible in photos. Maybe in person it will look better? The SF90 looked okay in photos and better in person, but this seems way too two-dimensional in design and seeing it in person will not make it better.

 

The basic shape is quite beautiful and curvaceous. But then the secondary and tertiary forms are awkward and modern.