Ferrari Mailing List: Re: 488 GTB

[George (ygpz4re]

Firstly - Eric, thanks for the perspective.  Makes more sense now.

Secondly - I like the car, I think it has a neat, updated, aggressive look.  I like it better than the 458, which I liked better than the F430, which I liked better than the 360, which I really didn't care for much at all (except the race cars I worked on way back then...).  I always thought that the front fender line of the stock 360 looked an awful lot like a Hyundai Tiburon.

Thirdly - regardless of what anyone else does (McLaren, Lambo, etc...  Porsche excepted here), they're still "wannabe's" in my book.  They'll always be trying to catch up.  Only Porsche seems to have the same road car/racing car pedigree as Ferrari.  So if I were a regular Ferrari buyer, I really wouldn't care if some of those others had more hp - for the pedigree reason, as well as reasons Adam expounded upon (usefulness on road v. track, etc.).

Finally - regarding Rob's comment below - wasn't there some announcement recently that the 458, perhaps in some limited edition (??), was going to be offered w/ a 6 speed stick?  While the paddles might be pretty "trick", there's nothing like a stick to seperate the men from the boys.  IMNSHO.  ;-)

gp

> I guess Im showing my age but anything without a gear lever is depressing especially when some cars are still offering them.
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> Robert W. Garven Jr.