Ferrari f80 reviews

Ferrari f80 reviews

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WCZ

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11,093 posts

209 months

Friday 11th July
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suprised to see nothing on PH's main pages about this now lots of journos have driven it

admittedly I thought Ferrari had got it wrong with the F80 (certainly not convinced about the styling still) but this car seems adored by the press, Ben Collins says nothing is matched in terms of performance with the f80 inc Valk/AMG one, Chris Harris agrees

will be interesting to see just how fast the lap times are in comparison to others when they get independently tested

Chris Stott

16,567 posts

212 months

Friday 11th July
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Does anyone really care about these cars other than the ultra wealthy and 14 year olds?

£4m, 1,200bhp, massive sticky tyres, infinite downforce… just to sit in air conditioned storage unit or occasionally get driven down the Kings Road/Knightsbridge/Dubai.

It’s all just a bit meh.

WCZ

Original Poster:

11,093 posts

209 months

Friday 11th July
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Chris Stott said:
Does anyone really care about these cars other than the ultra wealthy and 14 year olds?

£4m, 1,200bhp, massive sticky tyres, infinite downforce just to sit in air conditioned storage unit or occasionally get driven down the Kings Road/Knightsbridge/Dubai.

It s all just a bit meh.
yes because it's moving the game forward and a snapshot of what is technologically possible in terms of perfomance every decade

MDL111

7,866 posts

192 months

Friday 11th July
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I think the F80 is the first one I don't really want to own, I'd much rather have any one of its predecessors. People who buy them don't have to make that choice, but still ...
I did watch one of the videos though, which I rarely do nowadays - so it is still more interesting to me than various other new cars. It just reinforced my view that that it has little appeal for me.

ChocolateFrog

31,959 posts

188 months

Friday 11th July
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WCZ said:
suprised to see nothing on PH's main pages about this now lots of journos have driven it

admittedly I thought Ferrari had got it wrong with the F80 (certainly not convinced about the styling still) but this car seems adored by the press, Ben Collins says nothing is matched in terms of performance with the f80 inc Valk/AMG one, Chris Harris agrees

will be interesting to see just how fast the lap times are in comparison to others when they get independently tested
Odd that they've picked performance as the metric to hold up.

I doubt an F80 would see which way a Rimac Nevera went.


WCZ

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11,093 posts

209 months

Friday 11th July
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ChocolateFrog said:
Odd that they've picked performance as the metric to hold up.

I doubt an F80 would see which way a Rimac Nevera went.
presumably they mean lap times and considering they've driven the AMG One as well as valk on track then the F80 must be something special, especially considering it's much more reliable and usable than them

zedmtrappe

301 posts

111 months

Friday 11th July
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Chris Stott said:
Does anyone really care about these cars other than the ultra wealthy and 14 year olds?

£4m, 1,200bhp, massive sticky tyres, infinite downforce just to sit in air conditioned storage unit or occasionally get driven down the Kings Road/Knightsbridge/Dubai.

It s all just a bit meh.
I think you need to start seeing a different therapist ! :-)


It's funny though isn't it - I found watching the CH review really interesting, as a technical achievement it's quite something, but as a car to desire it wouldn't even appear in my top 30 .

F40/50 way more desirable to me - giving my age away most likely!

Leftfootwonder

1,287 posts

73 months

Friday 11th July
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Chris Harris tyre smoking again...yawn.

Quite liked Ben Collins' review as he actually drove it properly but I switched off at the tech bit being read from the Ferrari script.

Harry and Henry reviews will be the only two I'm interested in but I doubt Harry will get near it for a while.

But a V6 with some electric motors sellotaped to it doesn't seem to be really moving the game on. Only the cooling seemed particularly impressive.

Chris Stott

16,567 posts

212 months

Friday 11th July
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zedmtrappe said:
Chris Stott said:
Does anyone really care about these cars other than the ultra wealthy and 14 year olds?

£4m, 1,200bhp, massive sticky tyres, infinite downforce just to sit in air conditioned storage unit or occasionally get driven down the Kings Road/Knightsbridge/Dubai.

It s all just a bit meh.
I think you need to start seeing a different therapist ! :-)


It's funny though isn't it - I found watching the CH review really interesting, as a technical achievement it's quite something, but as a car to desire it wouldn't even appear in my top 30 .

F40/50 way more desirable to me - giving my age away most likely!
Exactly wink

Leithen

13,061 posts

282 months

Friday 11th July
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The consensus appears to be that it is remarkable on track and on road too.

Back to the Muira vs Daytona debate…

hehe

mogg

342 posts

273 months

Saturday 12th July
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I guess the F80's main rival will be the W1. Let's see how it fares against that !

bennno

13,879 posts

284 months

Saturday 12th July
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Leftfootwonder said:
Chris Harris tyre smoking again...yawn.

Quite liked Ben Collins' review as he actually drove it properly but I switched off at the tech bit being read from the Ferrari script.

Harry and Henry reviews will be the only two I'm interested in but I doubt Harry will get near it for a while.

But a V6 with some electric motors sellotaped to it doesn't seem to be really moving the game on. Only the cooling seemed particularly impressive.
Harry, bless, is of an age where he’ll just get confused by the hmi interface.

CLK-GTR

1,499 posts

260 months

Saturday 12th July
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Not that much interest in it? Certainly didn't seem to be as much as you'd expect at Goodwood. It's an underwhelming thing in the flesh, looks more like a special edition 12C or SF90 than something costing 5-10 times as much.

ChocolateFrog

31,959 posts

188 months

Saturday 12th July
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bennno said:
Leftfootwonder said:
Chris Harris tyre smoking again...yawn.

Quite liked Ben Collins' review as he actually drove it properly but I switched off at the tech bit being read from the Ferrari script.

Harry and Henry reviews will be the only two I'm interested in but I doubt Harry will get near it for a while.

But a V6 with some electric motors sellotaped to it doesn't seem to be really moving the game on. Only the cooling seemed particularly impressive.
Harry, bless, is of an age where he ll just get confused by the hmi interface.
Henry is the best at these types of reviews, hands down.

immatiwings

1 posts

Wednesday
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Henry Catchpole is as boring as an old fridge, he reminds me of my old Geography teacher, that monotoned unexcitable middle England voice tone.

Chris Harris will always be my go to.

DeejRC

7,636 posts

97 months

Yesterday (08:18)
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immatiwings said:
Henry Catchpole is as boring as an old fridge, he reminds me of my old Geography teacher, that monotoned unexcitable middle England voice tone.

Chris Harris will always be my go to.
Thank God somebody else thinks along my lines, thought it was just me. You really do have to be a sad anal retentive mutha to sit and watch a Henry vid to the end. I’ve caught about 3 of his vids, managed 5mins and nearly shot myself.

Cheib

24,456 posts

190 months

Yesterday (13:35)
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ChocolateFrog said:
Henry is the best at these types of reviews, hands down.
Big fan of Mr Catchpole….also really like Jethro Bovingdon.