Can't argue with any of that, but drive a 488GTB and I daresay you'll be amazed by how much better it is. A few years ago I drove a Cali and 458 back to back on the Dean Wills' track, the difference was astounding.
I’m sure you’re right and would still have a 458/488 over this, but they really have moved the game on a long way from the California. For someone looking for a car that’s easy to live with, and you can put the kids in (if they’re small) and go for a bit of a blast, as well as have plenty of fun on your own it makes a very compelling case. The torque in this thing was ridiculous. 760Nm!
It's silly isn't it. The 575 has 588Nm and I've never had the pedal floored on a public road. Even driven with care, it's "goodbye license" in a heartbeat.
The car doesn’t have anywhere near those torque figures in the first few gears anyway it’s all marketing you will only have access to the full torque figure in 7th gear which means you’d never really feel that on our roads. The first 3 gears have limited torque levels to build an NA like affect more like to save the drivetrain!
Probably true, but I don’t recall thinking at any point “Gee this thing needs more torque / power”... Frankly on public roads it’s bloody ridiculous, and anyone who thinks they need more speed than this car offers has their hand firmly attached to their knob.
It's not the power that makes a GTR so fast. It's the way it puts it to the ground. And, what self respecting Horse eats rice? Horse San.
You’ve obviously never driven anything that is really fast. I’m saying there’s a huge difference between the road and the track. On the road a 355 feels - and is - plenty fast. A Portofino (or 458 if you’ve got masculinity issues - the performance is virtually identical) offers, frankly, utterly ridiculous speed potential. On a track (as Ian said) the Portofino probably wouldn’t feel that quick once you got used to the way it behaves.
