From the same folks at Motor Trend that published the bull-**** test last week, now comes this . It seems he cant seem to wipe that boyish smile off his face. Imagine being given those 2 cars to play with (I have the same 2 cars currently). Published on Oct 1, 2013 On this episode of The Downshift, Motor Trend's Michael Shaffer participates in an epic rally across California in two of Ferrari's most marvelous machines, the 458 Spyder and the F12 Berlinetta. With over 400 miles to drive on some of the world's greatest driving roads and a pair of rocket ships from Maranello, this is the stuff that dreams are made of. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbUgclVxf3c&feature=youtube_gdata]Ferrari Rally! Living the Dream with the 458 Spyder and F12 Berlinetta - The Downshift Ep. 66 - YouTube[/ame]
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The F12 test they published last week was very positive. It's unreasonable to denounce a magazine whenever the Ferrari doesn't take first place.
I was going to say the exact same thing but with different words. So I'll just quote this ^ for the sake of the forum. =)
Not arbitrarily, no. But when there are findings such as performance parameters and weights and measures that don't jive with what others have found, questions are very appropriate.
Honestly, do we really give a hoot what journalists say positive or negative? I sure don't. I'm not letting someone else tell me what is good or bad. That's my job.
When Ferrari gives the magazine a car for them to test they send along their guy Luca Torre. They have already run a computer simulation of what lap time the Ferrari will run at the track. It's up to the magazine 'hot shoe' to match that time. CH
+1 ... journalists are really only a single step away from weathermen. They don't have to get anything right and nowadays are clearly all focused on their own agenda. (Except Fox news of course) Great video! And listen to the FF early on, beautiful sounds all. Rick
