Prancing Horseshit

Drive Time

Yeah, so Ferrari’s not-so-little Duracell car has been widely panned, e.g.:

..which is kinda what they did, I think.  (No pics because I refuse to be party to mass vomiting, y’all.)

Best comment is from a former Ferrari honcho:

“At least the Chinese won’t copy this car.”

As someone commented underneath:  “Somebody call the burn ward.”

For those looking for relative values:

And yes, I know they probably did it to bypass the EU’s version of our awful CAFE nonsense.  Don’t care.  The Loo-chay looks like shit — about the same as the new Jaguar Faerie model — and who the hell wants an overpriced kitchen appliance anyway?

I bet they sell a jillion because it’s Ferrari, and the tifosi arrivisti  have never been renowned for their brains.  They’re welcome to it.

Here’s the thing.  If someone pointed a gun at my head and said “Here’s half a million-odd euros, but you have to spend it on a Ferrari or we’ll kill you”, I’d spend it gladly.

But it would have to be a creditable threat.

In Comments:  which Ferrari would you buy under those circumstances?  (And for the last time:  I don’t care about your fucking ’64 F-100 or 2003  Adam  Toyota Corolla.  Play the game.)

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  3. The only way they are going to sell a boatload of those Fiats is to tell buyers of ICE cars that if they really want to get an invitation to buy a new 849 Tesstarosa then they need to buy a few Luce first ( plus they needed to have also bought a few other Ferraris in the past as is the normal practice ) .

    Now in answer to your question as to I’d actually buy if pressured I’d have to go with one of these https://italiandesignandracing.com/News/3/ferrari-330-p4-re-creation
    OK – it’s not a real Ferrari either but then to buy one of the actual 6 real ones would likely take 50+ million and somehow outbid David Lee and 6 other deep pocket collectors

    1. As a side note the designer of that mistake was/is Jony Ive Late of Apple fame.

      ….. and Ferrari stock (RACE) took a $ 5 BILLION hit when it was announced Dropped from ~ $ 500 a share to $ 350 (I bought in at $ 210)

      1. Johnny Ive designed it? This is as good a place as any, then, to say I don’t want to drive a laptop with four wheels.
        As for your challenge, there are a lot of early sixties Ferraris I would gladly buy and drive, but if I had to buy some cheaper Ferrari because aspiring owners bid the cost up, I would happily buy and drive any variety of 308 GT. Paying more than the going rate would be worth it if this Luce abomination went off the market as quickly it appeared.

  4. If money were no object, a ’71 365 GTB/4 Daytona Coupe. Not sure of the exact exterior & interior colors, but if I had my druthers it would look exactly like the one Richard Hammond drove to Monte Carlo vs. Captain Slow in a Carbon Fiber Powerboat with a Carbon Fiber Throne.

    https://youtu.be/TBBy-4tnWoM

    https://youtu.be/Bu7On1rNo3w

    But in keeping with the rules of the post, a half-million euros is roughly equal to $580,000 US at the moment, so…

    A Ferrari 575M. With the manual transmission. And the stupid immobilizer disabled and the stock exhaust replaced with a Capristo system. Because it’s a Ferrari; it’s supposed to sound aggressive, not quiet and restrained.

  5. Former Drummer Knob, when asked the question, picked this one:

    https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2020-ferrari-488-pista-spider-5/

    He’s owned several Ferraris in the past, and they tried to entice him into buying one of their newer models by having him take a test drive with one of their test drivers. He kinda knows his stuff, in other words.

    It’s beautiful — a little too show-offy for me, though.

  6. It was obvious to me that even Ferrari wasn’t holding out much hope for this new POS when the “official” publicity photos showed it in blue instead of the usual Ferrari red.

    Someone commented that they should at least remove the renowned stallion logo and replace it with the Eveready Bunny

  7. I’d buy a 512 BB or a 512 TR. I’ve never driven any kind of supercar, let alone owned one, but the exoticness of a flat 12 engine appeals to me. Plus, I like the way they look.

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