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Ferrari Blu Elettrico is an extra range colour, your dealer can order it for you. It is one of their colours they regularly use.

 

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he didn't turn to ct off

 

Ferrari 296 GTB 0-340 km/h

 

211 Mph. Pretty strong

 

The 296 is fast but this video is not flattering for Ferrari. I had hoped Carwow would elaborate on why the 296 kept glitching but I'm guessing they never found out why.

 

It looks cold out in these tests I wonder when it was filmed. Im pretty shocked how quick the 296 is and actually kind of surprised how slow their 765’s are in the tests.

 

Ouch, broken Ferrari.

 

Trap speed in the 1/4mile was shocking low with 141mph for both cars. I think you have a 765lt as well, there is no wonder that the Trofeo R has no traction at all on a average airfield tarmac on coldwr temps. I was surprised to see that on a rolle race the Mc could hang with the 296gtb, it is dead even..There are almost 4 years diffierence on those cars and an official power difference of 65hp..
The Gt2 Rs is still a beauty in my eyes, just to slow with the other 2 in a drag race

 

What do you mean 4 years? The 765 LT came out last year. The 296 this year. The 765LT is underrated on HP, pushing 800 hp or above

 

I had a 765LT 2+yrs ago, FWIW.

 

Thanks, I got mixed up with the spider which came out after

 

I never trap under 146, and trap mostly 147-149 in my LT. Even with wheel spin, run 10 seconds or less in the 1/4. I’ve never run a 10.3. That would a horrid time for the car imho. So idk what’s up with the LT they always use for these tests but it’s slow.

 

Well i got my 765lt in November 2020, did you mis a couple of years..
And what let you think that the 296‘Gtb isnt underrated as well

 

i am with you, with that, lets hope the 296 is more consistent in those tests and not so many failures as in the video above

 

Agreed. Not good publicity...fast as hell but unreliable and glitchy. Hopefully a one-off issue as don't think we've heard this on sf90.

 

I had other minor things in my Sf90 AF. But most of the time relaible now around 4100km, so driven quit a lot also many times on track. BUT i think it would be wrong to think the 296gtb has less or more problems than the SF90. Those hybrid cars and with completly digitals display will probably always be more susceptible for errors than the analog cars, i think, specially with low volumes manufactur. (thats what i think) The only hybrid so far i had with no errors was a cayenne turbo s ehybrid, but maybe i was just lucky.

 

I have 6000km on my 296, I drive pretty hard, never plugged it in, one time I did around 15 100-200km/h runs back to back. Nothing of this sort happened to me. It’s been flawless so far.

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to begin with, the fact that not a single Ferrari model at the dyno has never exceeded the declared power XD (often even slightly under)

 

The 765LT is quite a bit lighter than the 296.

The 765LT is making more power than advertised.

The tarmac they are using is horrendous for anything less than AWD - I see better numbers on well maintained roads in the US.


Plaid > 765LT / SF90 => 296GTB = 750s (est) > 720s in terms of straight line performance depending on the test and options.

CF wheel option would be amazing to see. One of the magazines were pushing the best numbers I have seen with an AF + CF.

The 765LT is an awesome car but aside from straight line performance I wasn't impressed with it vs. a standard 720s Performance.

Lower top speed (not that it matters 200+) and it did not perform as well on the track as I thought it would vs. the 720s.



I have only purchased Mclaren, Aston Martin, Lotus, etc. new until my latest 296 GTB order.

In fact I was one of the first contacted by my Mclaren dealership a few months ago to build my 750s. I put a deposit on one at the same time as the 296 GTB was announced.

Unfortunately Mclaren decided against releasing a brand new hybrid model to replace the 700 series so I declined and rolled my deposit over to the next gen.


I think the 296 GTB while a little heavier is going to be a better all around performance car than my 720s and 570s.

Nimble, faster, more responsive, optional CF wheels should be a big improvement like on the GT500 CFTP.

720s and 765lt has turbo lag and it is noticeable below 3k-4k RPM.

The 750s will suffer from the same minor issue.

The 488 GTB even feels way more responsive throughout the revs than Mclaren models.

Plaid is a wildly fun car in the straights but is horrendous to drive like a sports car outside of that scenario.

Plaid non-track brakes are down right terrifying after more than 1 high speed stop.

 

296 beat by a tiny fraction the 765LT on Car Wow’s YouTube video…. Other than 296 kept going into limp mode with hybrid failure when launch control was used.

 

to add the fact that a F8 tributo is as fast as a 720s, but Nobody ever mentioned the F8 tributo has more hp then the quotad 720Hp in comparisson to the 720s... Ever heard that some ECU can detect dyno runs.. Porsche is a very good example of that.. So yes in turbo engine it is very likely to have more than the official HP numbers in real world, which is a good thing

 

How much track experience do you have in a 765LT? I am betting none. The grip, the downforce, the additional acceleration all exceed the 720. The only issue are the tires.

That was never the plan. The 750 is more like what Ferrari did with the F8 until McLaren had time to properly design and test the next version. Also, many prefer to not have the complexity of a Hybrid for the reasons the 296 displayed in that video.

It is much heavier than a 720, probably 20% heavier. I am talking real weight vs. claimed.

So does every turbo car however if you know how to drive them you would keep the rpms in a range to mitigate some of that. The 488, Pista and F8 exhibit the same. This includes my 488 Evo.

Not even close but perhaps your perception in some particular situation. I have or have had them all except the 296 which I am waiting on so don't really care, just providing my experience.

 

I have driven every Mclaren (own 3) short of the F1. Tracked 2 of them.

I have not tracked the 765LT but already acknowledged its "high points" over the previous models.

However the reality is still the same, when it was first launched some of the original track times by "professional" drivers were disappointing to say the least. Especially for a "LT" model. Buttonwillow for example the 720s still holds a better "official" time. Also Hockenheim. Not saying the times couldn't be better for the 765lt but they aren't officially on those two from what I read in the past. VIR 765lt has a +1 sec advantage but that makes sense since it is a longer track with a decent straight. I would love to see the 765LT track sub 7 on the Ring. I also think the 720s time on the ring was "off".

The 750s was a result of the disastrous g1 Artura soft launch. The "750s" (or whatever it would have been called) was originally intended to be a Hybrid but things did not go as planned. They reverted to plan B because of those issues. At least that is what I was told by Mclaren NA. I put a deposit on the model 2 years prior and rolled it over to the next gen.