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The back makes it look like the bottom and top just clip on over the engine. I know they probably do, but why point that out with a great big wedge all the way round? I'd rather a better looking car, even if it was 10mph slower and went 0-60 half a second slower. When the cars are that ridiculously fast anyway it makes no difference so get a good looking car to get the whole package.

I would love to be able to afford to spend £1M on a car though.
 
I think the trouble is its been designed to achieve performance statistics, not to be good looking. I guess you could say thats the point of the halo Ferrari product, but none of them are particularly good looking these days.

I know 275 prices are through the roof, but my 1 million might go toward this:

http://www.dkeng.co.uk/ferrari-sales/419/Blue_Chip_and_Competition_Cars/Ferrari_275_GTB4.html

In fact I would rather have a 250, a 355 and some change :D

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/ferrari/250/ferrari-250-pf-coupe/2258886
 
Well that could be the future. Hybrid scavenge petrol electric engines with tje electric always running to provide torque meaning they don't need to fit a turbo. More power, less emissions, only downside for now is the cost. But it can't be too long until simpler systems start costing less than turbos.
 
I just don't really get Ferrari's marketing of it. Maybe they don't really care about engaging the press and the public considering all of them are sold? But it just all feels a bit too secretive. McLaren shipped an airline full of press to Abu Dhabi and let them loose on track, and then willingly and enthusiastically show all the details of how it works. Porsche have had press driving development versions of the 918 for about the last 3 years, engaging them in the whole process of developing a hybrid hypercar.

But Ferrari have just shut the doors, not let anyone in, not been open about the details, and now a select few from the Press get to drive it, it's only at Ferrari's own test track, and they aren't allowed to go near the red line or floor it down the straights :(. No in car shots of any drifts suggests that it wasn't Sutcliffe sliding it about either, maybe because he wasn't allowed.

Cars like this should be bedroom poster pinups. People who can't have one should long for one. But Ferrari just don't seem to care.

Put it this way, if (not when) a LaFerrari appears on Top Gear, to be flung sideways round a track by a yobbo, I guarantee it won't be a car provided by Ferrari, but rather a privately owned one, with the owner getting a slapped wrist and strongly worded letter from Marinello for lending it to them.

Its a shame.
 
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Skeeter said:
Maybe they don't really care about engaging the press and the public considering all of them are sold?
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There is an element of that, no doubt.

But it just all feels a bit too secretive. McLaren shipped an airline full of press to Abu Dhabi and let them loose on track, and then willingly and enthusiastically show all the details of how it works. Porsche have had press driving development versions of the 918 for about the last 3 years, engaging them in the whole process of developing a hybrid hypercar.
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McLaren isn't Ferrari, so it has to do a bit more legwork. It's still a comparatively new car company so it's got a lot more to prove in terms of getting on buyer's lists and boosting its popularity. Likewise, Porsche has always been about the tech and its flagship sports car is struggling so it needs to do a bit more to engage.

But Ferrari have just shut the doors, not let anyone in, not been open about the details, and now a select few from the Press get to drive it, it's only at Ferrari's own test track, and they aren't allowed to go near the red line or floor it down the straights :(. No in car shots of any drifts suggests that it wasn't Sutcliffe sliding it about either, maybe because he wasn't allowed.
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These are incredibly rare cars are all accounted, don't forget - these are not just demonstration models. Ferrari can't really afford to lose one.

Sutcliffe is who you see driving throughout the video. The only reason it's not pinned down the straights is because Ferrari had control sections in place to allow vehicles on and off the track in a safe fashion; also you don't need to push a car to its top speed needlessly to find out what it's capable of - and, as mentioned, an element of respect is needed.

Fiorano can be quite tricky too, so you wouldn't want to get it wrong.
 
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Evo and Top Gear have posted reviews too. Neither really mentioning how it compares to the P1. Not sure about Top Gear but Meadon reviewed the P1 in Evo so thought he might provide some pointers.


Does sound mighty impressive though. High revving V12 loveliness
 
They will have been given clear instructions on what they can and can't say in comparison you can be sure of that. I think it looks nice, sounds nice and goes like stink, but then all the new super cars do. I'm not convinced that much BHP through 2 wheels on road works and frankly this new generation, like the Bug before it leave me oddly cold and passionless.

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Evo and Top Gear have posted reviews too. Neither really mentioning how it compares to the P1. Not sure about Top Gear but Meadon reviewed the P1 in Evo so thought he might provide some pointers.
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Might well be a Ferrari embargo on that. Sutcliffe posted a blog article a couple of weeks back where he sounded quite peeved at how Ferrari was controlling what they could say and when. It may be that they've all been told they're only allowed to talk about their car in the lead articles.
 
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