Ferrari 849 Testarossa Styling

From Ferrari? Lots, are you talking new or old?

 

IMO one of the exciting aspects for oval pistons is a more compact engine allowing a shorter wheel base. Plus a new design from scratch would allow higher revs. The future of sports cars design should be about the experience rather than net horsepower figures IMO

 

io'm talkink about modern era Ferrari...i understand you own a lot of them,that's why i'm asking

 

Are you asking about design or which car I don't like how it drives?

 

i'm talking about design....

 

They have filed dozens of patents... No one is working on this engine, not a single part exists elsewhere... Honda tried with very large investments before giving up, because it is impossible to find reliability with oval pistons... It will probably remain on the drawing board.
Unless you want a reconstruction every 20,000 km ! The sealing issues at high speeds rpm are currently unsolvable.

 

This photo is exactly what I was saying elsewhere. There is no argument about either specimen in the photo.
Let's be serious---and not overcomplicate the ideas of if it looks good on paper or in person.

 

prepare the room for friends !
I think you should also look at older Ferraris...

 

I appreciate it, but what Ferrari has become goes far beyond my person, who matters very little. At that time, a new launch excited me and made me dream for months in advance... today, I turn my head and look elsewhere, except for Icona and 12C. When these worthy representatives of the myth are at the end of their journey, it will be wiser to turn the page.

 

The only part of the 849 design that really bothers me at the moment is strangely the wheel arches, I think their round shape is a bit out of character with the rest of the generally more angular shape of the car. Squaring them off, however, might cause the car to have a bit more in common with the SP3. From the rear ¾ view, with the carbon element behind the wheel arch as it goes into the tail, kind of recalls the BMW M1, at least for me. (I know, not a Ferrari, but no bad thing!)

Day355, you should stay as we need a variety of opinions here.

 

As you saw there were people here who were not impressed by the car.

 

Oval piston rings might be challenging

This shortens the length of the engine?

Not much of an advantage with a V 6 or 8 cylinders

 

Funny that you picked the words "Ugly like a fat woman".

One of the primary goals for the 849 styling was to erase fat from the SF90 body, while still incorporating the required larger intercoolers.