Ferrari f80 reviews

Ferrari f80 reviews

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WCZ

Original Poster:

11,085 posts

209 months

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

16,488 posts

212 months

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:

11,085 posts

209 months

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

7,774 posts

192 months

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

31,835 posts

188 months

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

Original Poster:

11,085 posts

209 months

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

298 posts

111 months

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

1,273 posts

73 months

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

16,488 posts

212 months

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

13,024 posts

282 months

The consensus appears to be that it is remarkable on track and on road too.

Back to the Muira vs Daytona debate…

hehe