I'm personally seeing Lotus Evora/2nd gen NSX/Huracan Evo elements on a car that looks like it's a 488 Pista mashed up with a J50, 812, and Portofino.. No skin in the game for the F8 and hope its everything and more for Ferrari and F8 owners, but it has me more curious than excited for the brand's future if they are going to take steps towards what McLaren and Lambo are doing with quicker refresh/facelifts/releases In person I am sure it is going to be bananas. But something looks off to me or I see some more "general" supercar elements in the car that I wished the F8 would have been more unique on. Lexan rear glass is cool FWIW. Just my 2 cents
Well I want to know when they will have the demo model available for a tour of the US dealers. I want to drive it. Last year I drove the Portofino after having just traded my Cali T HS for the 488 Spider and I really didn't notice the extra horsepower much. The handling wasn't really any better and it felt a little quicker on the turn in than the Cali T HS but that may be due to the EPA steering. Anyway, the real test will be in the drive I think.
More precisely, the F8 is a stop-gap car until the direct replacement for that platform is ready, and that will be a V6 turbo/hybrid (No Dino). I wasn't enthusiastic about it until I realized it would be the very last rear-mid V8 in the very long line from 308 to F8. Kind of nice Ferrari got to pen a tribute to that amazing history before it became a bygone era, which is what is about to happen. The new V8 turbo/hybrid will be a regular range supercar with performance that beats LaFerrari, and it will be way more expensive.
It's an improvement over the 488 which was bland and boring looking, but that's as kind as I can be to this mess. Is it aggressive? Sure. Beautiful? Hardly. To me, the last beautiful Ferraris were 430 Scud, 458, and the F12. The latest gen Ferraris all look like a bunch of vents and aero fighting for position on both ends of the car, while the side view is rather pedestrian. It just doesn't work for me. Hell, McLaren does a better job of integrating their cooling and aero into the cars. Also, am I the only one who'd prefer a baby Ferrari under this model (ala 570S) with less power and weight, but more fun factor? I just don't get the appeal of a 700hp+ heavy Ferrari... Once you've gone 0-60 in 2 seconds, what do you do then? Where's the fun in that?
Now they have equipped this model too with four instead of two taillights, then transferred some Aero features from the Pista, technologically nothing new, just a few more hp to be nominally on the level of a 720S, cool, that's it. Oh, I forgot, there are additionally the well known promises of a dry weight that can never be achieved in reality. Wow, what an innovative product. A product that was developed very quickly under a lot of pressure, a product without any new and unique features. Market leadership looks different. I'm bored, Ferrari.
They got it right with this one. Fantastic looking car, and I think it will look especially good in darker colors.
I think the real tribute was the 458 Italia. That was the last naturally aspirated V8 from Ferrari. Ferrari's history was the sound and natural aspiration and the swan song was the 458 for that. At least that is how it is for me. Many might agree and others may disagree. Ferrari had to go Turbo and next hybrid. Then eventually they are saying electric. All the history will give way to progress with road markers along the way for what once was. Gotta keep moving forward if you wanna go fast...
hmm, the interior looks awfully dated in this picture. The exterior looks like the mix of huracan PF and portofino and pista. If they ditch the side scoop of 488, the line will be much cleaner. I think the rear is going to take some time to get used to. I think Pista tail is better integrated.
Absolutely stunning this car. Can't wait to drool all over one in person. In the meantime though we've got some renderings Image Unavailable, Please Login
This F 8 is just a " pizza " design, with 3 parts of differents cars without coherence or directive line...So caricatural that it seems to be draw by a 15 years old teenager without a little bit of Ferrari culture... Personnaly, i m thinking it s the worst design since the 1994 F 512 m !!! It s very sad to see such a BS for the brand... Less than zero !!!
I was teasing... when the 488 came out everyone cried bloody murder about the door handles. The F8 has the same ones, but everyone's on here today arguing about other aspects of the car. They don't bother me.
Okay, my opinion is formed. Sorry, I don't like the tail. J50 tail looks way better. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Ok. Whatever you say. As far as the Tribut- I think it looks very nice. Definitely a nice refresh. But whats going to happen when the real replacement comes out? Im very curious to see how sales of this model will do knowing that its going to be new for about a year.
Actually, now that my opinion is formed of its look, I think if I were a pista owner, I would feel good. Pista looks way better. Who cares about the engine being the same? All cars are about 700hp anyway these days. Notwithstanding above, how it sounds and handles would be more important.