What is your all time favorite mid V8 Ferrari?

My Exige did most things great. It just never did this…





I sense you are a handgun type of guy. Go with the Deagle. Thank me later .

 

What a glorious sound! I confess that part of the appeal of the 360 to me is it has those nice rounded shapes like my old Four Cam.

You are right about the handgun thing. For my lightweight addiction, a Kahr PM9, but for connoisseur time, a Novak built Browning HiPower.

Here is me babying the Four Cam. That thing was tough as a boot. Thousands of miles around Riverside, hill climbs and vintage stuff.

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Sick !!!

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I would like to change my answer on favorite mid engine ferrari

 

Many to choose from for sure but maybe my 1976 308GTB. Nothing sounds better then a carbed 308 with free flow exhaust and hi lift and large overlap cams. And being a right hand drive car that carbed sound comes out right next to the drivers ear. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login

 

Kinda miss my 308QV. Always started and ran well, all the buttons/switches knobs worked, REALLY hard to steer at parking lot speeds but felt great once out on the road. And...just the right amount of loud.
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LHD 348 GT Competizione please....

 

The first one .
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Ghandini got it right ……all.the rest are spawned from this .

 

Image Unavailable, Please Login 348 Spider. Road, Sun, Seat, Arse. No computer committee meetings to decide who and how to drive.

 

Middle of cycle, they switched badging, today many folks switch back.

Folks say the Dinos are not 'real' Ferrari.

Ignore them.

 

Bonus points for Purgna!

 

348 is incredibly underrated. The steering is sublime. Great Choice.

 

Did Top Gear get it right ??


https://www.topgear.com/car-news/top-gear-magazine/top-gears-greatest-cars-last-30-years-ferrari-f355-and-ferrari-458


“We got these two right. These are the best mid-engined V8 Ferraris there have ever been. No ifs or buts.”


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It's got to be 308 for me! My first and only Ferrari I have ever owned and to my eye the prettiest. The new cars just don't do it for me but perhaps that would change if I actually drove one!?!? Anyone offering?
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Nice first post!

 

I agree with the F355; it's arguably correct at the top (IMHO) - I like the F8/Pista over the 458, even with the turbos - just me.

Successors will eventually overshadow the 296 and SF90, those being the last hybrids before the transition to full electric.

I can see Maranello getting around 2035 with some legal maneuvering/efuels limited to the Icona series.

(It's just pure speculation on my part.)

 

Right now I do enjoy my 328 GTS. The issues I have had with faster modern cars is there's very little use for them on city streets. You can't wind them up without looking for the cops in the rear view mirror all the time.

I am hoping its this when I finish it. A Dino is not a Ferrari. Its better.

Look at that wonderful motor....

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This is true across the enthusiast car spectrum. Other than track days, the new stuff is pointless. And for track days I don’t really care about contrast stitching on the ashtray, leather sun visors, etc. Classic cars get more appealing every year.





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You go under this Fiat and to some degree, you almost laugh at its simplicity and use of share parts from other cars. But then you understand that its just wires and cables and bolts and screws. No computers. No screens shouting at you. The only screaming is the noise of the engine and mechanical parts. So simple yet so appealing.

Its laughable and magnificent at the same time. We may be the last generation to appreciate it but that's their problem.

 

Coming up on 11 years of ownership of my '88. Every time I think about it finding a new home I go run the twisties and say, "Not yet. Not yet." Photo shot in New Mexico in 2016.
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Gorgeous

 

Well shoot...I picked 458 Italia because I like the late generation N/A beast, and it's definitely my favorite I've ever driven personally, but I'm ashamed to admit that by now I'd forgotten the gated manuals exist. So I guess coin toss for me between the last gated manual N/A and the 458. I do not love the turbos. They're noticeably faster but dont make enough noise, and my lady friend says the turbo doesn't vibrate the seats the same. Plus, I still got owned by a guy on an eBike while driving a California T last May, so the turbo was still not fast enough to drag race a weird looking old man on a bicycle at 2AM down Flamingo Blvd, even though it was indeed a LOT faster than a similar NA California lol

 

Mondial QV.