New Ferrari With Manual Transmission?

It was nearly 20 years ago now that I drove my 900hp stick shift Camaro all over on the street, tracks, road trip from Chicago to North Carolina (to run the Maxton mile). Not always but when needed would just flat foot the throttle, tap the clutch and grab gears. No problem at all.

That car was slow compared to what I've experienced since.

Are you correct in saying that it's significantly performance limiting? Yes if you mean a few tenths in a quarter mile.

Not so much on a road course even if drivers are equally capable.

This is especially true of Ferrari with exceptionally great gear ratios on the manual trans cars. Even compared to the newest 8 speed gears 1-6 and final drive are very close, advantage to the 8 speed would only be top speed and fuel economy.

To each their own, just my opinion

 

I have a 2024 EMIRA with the manual tranny which is a dream to drive. It shares space with my 2007 599 which was converted to manual and a sweet 296. The Lotus is the car that Ferrari should bring back. More modern than the older Ferrari, which of course has brutish power and a wonderful harmony.

 

I have been saying it for years.

Naturally aspirated. No more than 500hp. As light as possible... Maintain a smooth ride. Sexy styling and a manual.

They would seel into an oblivion

 

A manual is so much slower than the F1 gearboxes and I honestly couldn’t care less.

 

Every person that desires a manual knows the DCT's are much faster But for us it's about the experience

 

For some it could be about experience too! For me i connect Ferrari with racing, for me racecars never had manuals in them, they all had sequential or paddle shift cars, so for m the F1 and DCT comes closer to the racecar experience than a manual does...

 

How does the existence of a manual restrict you from getting your DCT

 

I never said that..... but people are always raving on manuals and their experience, and trying to **** on the F1's and DCT for lacking experience and what not. while for the younger crowd it could be the other way around was what i was trying to get across...

 

Essentially that's US people who worship the manual transmission, because they've had to cope with terrible slushboxes since the 1950s.
In Europe - where manual gearboxes have been the norm except for luxury limos until the arrival of hybrid cars - that's only an emerging fashion, which will probably become more popular among older people as the younger ones will not learn anymore to drive manual cars.
Either way it makes little sense when one considers Ferrari cars are about performance, but it becomes more relevant as Ferrari turns itself into a supplier of bragging rights.

 

You mean the "ordinary people" who can buy a $400,000 car every few years--right-gotcha.

 

Good points... But... EVs are going to smoke dct anything cars anyways.

So Ferrari had to make a choice. Be a luxury brand and offer experiences.

Or...

Build the fastest best road cars... And well they don't do that anymore anyways and with EVs they won't be able to compete either.

 

EVs win short races, but put both on a race track and have a good 1 hour run.
A fast gasoline car may take 5 minutes to fill up, but an EV will take 30 minimum.

 

Yes but almost no one drives these cars to track. The buyers of these new cars don't care. And even the enthusiast don't care about lap times that much anymore. They would rather a 6 speed manual over a pdk all day.

What you are saying is absolutely true it's just almost a no factor in people purchasing decisions.