Ferrari 849 Testarossa Styling

Yes, four times out of five when Ferrari releases a new Manzoni car it's like getting catfished.

 

This. When the F50 came out, I thought it was so fugly...until I saw one and realized how dead wrong I was!

 

I like it. It has some SP3 + Testarossa. Besides ever since the 458 the mid engine cars have been pretty much the same with just slight iterations. Good to see some creativity. I might put an order in for one but need to do some research first. SF90 was good on paper but has been a flop. I didnt like the interior all electronic and no buttons.

 

Mondial 8

 

Nothing wrong with that! Just not the case for me. I love cars obsessively, but not all cars. I've never gotten any enjoyment out of anything but sports cars or the occasional sports sedan/wagon. My loss.

If you don't count my wife's sedans, I've yet to own a car with more than two doors. And my Lusso is the only car I've owned with more than two seats. I had to compromise and get a more practical daily when our third kid was born.

SUVs are necessarily a compromise versus the experience I'm looking for. But, that's just me.

 

That is fantastic! Kids certainly change everything! We even had a minivan for a few years. By necessity we have had pickups and suburbans for most of our married life - that’s country living. Fun to be able to have sports cars again. Tried for an FF/Lusso, but my bride did not love them. The Puro will let us drive a V12 and haul the pups (our new kids).

 

Awesome, enjoy! That V12...nothing better.

 

Regarding rear-engine Ferraris that don't retain value and whose aesthetics are quite divisive, we can look at the most recent example, the SF90, which is having great difficulty selling second hand. Do you know how many SF90 are for sale in Europe (excluding the UK and Switzerland)? According to Autoscout 24, there are 220 Stradales and 190 Spiders, totaling 410 cars. If we add to these approximately 50 more of both types in the UK (Pistonheads) and at least 25 more in Switzerland, we're talking about 485 cars for sale, which is a staggering number considering the estimated total number of cars that have been produced. The huge imbalance between the number of SF90s for sale and the number of potential buyers is evident and that has made the number of cars offered for sale below €400,000 to increase month by month.

 

It was auto, the opposite of a manual, I am sure you knew what I meant.

 

I have a 458 Spider and Portofino M. I wanted a V12 convertible Ferrari, but the styling just hasn't worked for me. I was interested in the 849 Testarossa, but . . . the styling just doesn't work for me. I sent a picture to my car obsessed niece (we have done drives in five car clubs in the last three weeks). She was not impressed: "i think we need to bring back the guillotine."

Rob