I just can't wait to give-up my CS plus $100-150K to cruise around in "Auto" mode in powder blue metallic 430 Scuderia.
the CS is indeed history, classic history and everyone will want one sooner or later BUT there are simply not enough available !
I am sorry Roberto, but get ready to be slammed by CS owners. IMO, CS is way better looking car than scuderia.
I like both cars. approx. 350 US stradales one year of production. approx. 600-900 US Scuderias two to three years of production. The CS will never be "history".
As I posted in an earlier thread: Not that anyone should care what I think, I just like to pontificate. It took me years to warm to the bulk and style of the 360 after the 355 ended production. The technology, assembly quality and performance advancements have been impressive, but only when the Challenge Stradale arrived did I decide to buy a 360. The CS appealed to me as a return to a light weight special edition car and I found many of the styling elements very eye catching. While the 430 is irrefutably a higher performance car than the CS, I think the styling was a step backwards as was the weight gain. Now we have the 430 Scuderia, another evolution in technology and performance wrapped in a less than appealing skin ..of course I think the Ferrari Enzo looks like a compressed Darth Vader helmet and wouldnt trade my CS for an Enzo never. A few last questions for Ferrari: 1. Where are the Carbon Fiber mirrors which were so cool on the CS? 2. Whats with the Auto button on the 430 Scuderia? 3. Whats with that metallic sky blue 430 Scuderia seen in the press ..maybe it will look good on a Friday night in Miami when youre using the Auto feature. 4. Whats with that god awful promotional video .to whom are you attempting to appeal? 5. The Challenge Stradale was used to homologate the 360GT racecar .any real racing purpose for the 430 Scuderia? Im done. Keeping the CS and hunting for a Carrera GT.
You know something is definitely wrong when the Ferrari looks more Lamborghini than the Lamborghini (Superleggera, that is).
I'm relieved to say the pic of the 430S makes it look better than most of the uninspiring pics I've seen before. I'd also that if the CS didn't exist, many respondents to this post would go'ga-ga' over the looks of the 430S. Problem is, the CS does exist. The 430S therefore comes up short on looks, relatively to the CS that is.
As my pops' CS was getting loaded onto the flatbed to be taken in for belt service yesterday, I found myself just standing there admiring the car and thinking to myself how incredible it looks. Haven't seen a 430S in person, but based on the pics, the 430S isn't king just yet.
Looks are subjective, I love the CS looks but I am not like the 360 coupe as much as the 360 spiders styling...with the 430, I like the coupe better than the spiders styling....but what is not subjective is the performance, and here the scuderia blows the stradale away...no question here....85 more hp, significantly more torque, smoother and quicker F1 tranny, superior electronics, chassis, handling and comfort....i suspect the Scuderia will msrip for 260-300k and go for upwards of 400k on the open market...
It's interesting how all those who have not driven the 430S are commenting on how the CS is much better. Are we forgetting that Ferrari is not only known for visual appeal but also for how it drives and meets the other senses? I'm going to reserve judgement until I drive it.
Another advantage of the Scuderia is that it will NOT require that idiotic, rip off belt service the previous Ferraris supposedly require.......
With the complex body shapes now so common, I can no longer pass judgement based upon photos and video alone. I need to walk around the car to really judge the styling against my tastes. I saw quite a few 430 Scuderia in and around the factory in late September and I found them no more attractive than a F430, just different. That said, we all know it will be a terror on the track.
