Ferrari Mailing List: Re: A twist

[Fellippe Galletta (fellippe.galletta]

Excellent post CG!

Yes, the safety regs have made it impossible to have a sub 3000 lb V12 monster anymore. All the Engineering advances since the late '80s and we cannot make cars that light anymore of similar body dimensions? 

Haha, damn government. Always having to protect people from themselves. We're allowing people to survive in car accidents that are pretty severe and mostly THEIR FAULT. :)

That's why I love the Caterham 7s. 1000-1200 lbs, no power steering, no airbag, just you and the car.

Interestingly enough for all of the self professed super enthusiasts out there, I've never seen one on the road or even a forum. I guess some view it as a 30-70k motorcycle toy, without the panache of the typical brand names.

Ego trumps pleasure in most. :)

FG

On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 9:50 AM, Charles Perry <charles [at] carolina-sound.com> wrote:

I don’t know how much you could take out and still sell it here. If you look at like a 430 Scuderia or a 458 Speciale, those are well stripped of extraneous interior parts. You can’t simplify the motor management much and still be able to meet multi-market emissions requirements and driveability targets. In the US, the Feds mandate that you can’t get away without ABS, stability control, tire pressure sensing and airbags now. Aside from deleting the air conditioning, radio/nav, & power windows/seats I don’t think you can simplify much more. If it were a track-only car you could ditch some of the mandated equipment, but then you just have a 458GT.

 

Maybe you should seek out an Ariel Atom or KTM X-Bow or a modernized Lotus 7. I think that’s as close as you’ll ever get to the simplicity level you want. Now if we could just get Pininfarina to skin one of those… J

 

 

From: Ferrari [mailto:ferrari-bounces+charles=carolina-sound.com [at] ferrarilist.com] On Behalf Of Rick Lindsay
Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2015 9:35 AM
To: Charles Perry
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: [Ferrari] A twist

 

Hello Friends,

 

New Ferraris are kinda like new Lambos. They look like SciFi spaceships and they have more technology than an iPhone! That's fine for the people who must have the most outlandish cars. But what about most of us?

 

What if Ferrari developed a simpler car? Still powerful, still great handling and still reeking of Pininfarina, but simple. No, not a 'starter Ferrari' or an economy model. Just a cheaper, simple car reflecting back on earlier designs.

 

Hummm... 

 

-rick

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