It sure does. It seems that automotive engineering and styling have moved on in such a way that we can no longer get even a decent feel for what focussed cars really look like by gawking at the best pics available. How Pininfarina manages to make massive, awe-inspiring leaps with almost every new model is something I'll never be able to wrap my head around. How the next design can make the one it's replacing, the one you just spent years lusting after, look so "wrong" is astounding. And then, as a sort of cherry on top of this tradition of impossibly high innovation and self-cannibalization, we get the occasional landmark design that's eternal^3. Having said all that, I must say that I'm not thrilled with the 458's rear lights. Not only have I always preferred two round per side, but the way the 458's interact with the rear is a bit too loud for my tastes. Perhaps this tones down a bit depending on body color and/or lighting. And, of course, if there are aerodynamics and/or mechanical reasons behind this approach, I'll come to love them in no time. Either way, this car has a stunning presence. It's exotic and classic at once. Add all that's been achieved on the engineering front and we have to be talking about an immortal car. (I said the same thing when I saw the Scuderia in this very showroom.)
Slightly overwrought analysis. I look at my CS, for example, and it still looks "right"; and I suspect it always will regardless of what is conceived in Maranello.
By the wannabe standards that apply to me, 575Mike? ;-) "Wrong" was the wrong word. I'm sure almost every design Pininfarina has ever released remains right and true in the context of its own language.
