Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Why name it 488 ?

[Erik Nielsen (judge4re]

Any northern Italian wine that starts with a B. 

On Wednesday, February 4, 2015, Rick Moseley <ramosel [at] pacbell.net> wrote:
> Cinzano....   Lots of Cinzano. 
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> On Feb 4, 2015, at 3:46 AM, John Ashburne via Ferrari <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com> wrote:
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> Yet!  😉
> Hey, the 488 is a whole lot better than the "Enzo" and the LaFerrari!  The LaFerrari name in particular must have been drug induced or maybe it was a late night planning session joke by Montezemolo and the product manager took it seriously. 
> How else could you explain that name?
> John 
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> On Feb 4, 2015, at 1:07 AM, Doug <dnt [at] dock.net> wrote:
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> Nawwwww. They haven't come with an electric SUV. 
> DOUG
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> On Feb 3, 2015, at 5:45 PM, Rick Moseley <ramosel [at] pacbell.net> wrote:
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> I test my case.   I've decided that Ferrari, as a company, has ADD.  
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> On Feb 3, 2015, at 3:18 PM, Gary Reed <gary [at] garyreedsales.com> wrote:
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> For the new turbo GTB, Ferrari went back to it's displacement per cylinder designation. Like the 250, 275, 330, etc...
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> 488cc x 8 = 3,904 cc.   (The engine is actual 3,902 cc)
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> Since the new car is replacing the 458 Italia (4.5 liter), I sure they wanted to use a larger number designation for marketing,  rather than a smaller one (398 GTB)
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Michel Savard
> To: Gary Reed
> Cc: The FerrariList
> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 2:58 PM
> Subject: [Ferrari] Why name it 488 ?
> I must be missing something. I thought it was 4.8L, 8 cyl.
> Same with 458. I thought it was 4.5L, 8 cyl. I never really checked. I took it for granted that's what it was. Like the 308, 328, 348, etc.
> So, why 458 and 488 ?
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> Michael Savard
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Charles Perry
> To: mysavard [at] videotron.ca
> Cc: The FerrariList
> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 10:18 AM
> Subject: [Ferrari] 488!
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> http://auto.ferrari.com/en_US/news-events/news/ferrari-488-gtb-extreme-power-extreme-driving-thrills/
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