Can The Ultimate Ferrari Have a V8?

[NicFromLA]

Can The Ultimate Ferrari Have a V8?

I was reading glowing praise for the F40 LM on this site where it was described as "the ultimate Ferrari." Now I love the F40/288 GTO, but in my heart I have a problem with that notion based on my personal feeling that no car can be considered the ultimate Ferrari without a V12.

[teatako]

if it was the last car enzo helped build and he thought it was ok, who are you to argue?

[Turbo.Jenkens]

Ferrari has made wonderful 4 and 6 cylinders too. If equal power can be made with less weight then I would pick the v8. My only reservation would be missing the wonderful music of the v12, but I certainly wouldn't loose any sleep for nostalgia's sake.

[F1_Master]

I don't think having a V12 should have any affect on whether not a car is the greatest thing a manufacturer has produced.


IMO, Ferrari has already shown it doesn't need 12 cylinders to have the ultimate Ferrari when it produced the TT V6 F40, and N/A V8 of the 430S.

[henk4]

Originally Posted by F1_Master

I don't think having a V12 should have any affect on whether not a car is the greatest thing a manufacturer has produced.


IMO, Ferrari has already shown it doesn't need 12 cylinders to have the ultimate Ferrari when it produced the TT V6 F40, and N/A V8 of the 430S.

TT V6 F40???

Anyway, no the number of cylinders does not need determine what is the ultimate Ferrari or what not.

[NicFromLA]

Originally Posted by Turbo.Jenkens

Ferrari has made wonderful 4 and 6 cylinders too. If equal power can be made with less weight then I would pick the v8. My only reservation would be missing the wonderful music of the v12, but I certainly wouldn't loose any sleep for nostalgia's sake.

Hey, I consider the four cylinder 860 Monza to be one of the greats.

[NicFromLA]

Originally Posted by teatako

if it was the last car enzo helped build and he thought it was ok, who are you to argue?

I never said there was anything wrong with the F40, but there's a long way to go to ultimate . . .

[henk4]

Originally Posted by NicFromLA

Hey, I consider the four cylinder 860 Monza to be one of the greats.

I actually prefer the 121 LM....

[henk4]

Originally Posted by NicFromLA

I never said there was anything wrong with the F40, but there's a long way to go to ultimate . . .

ultimate is not objectively verifiable anyway....

[lightweight]

If they produce a V8 flagship, it will be full of new technologies, in order to make it look better, such as Direct Injection and DSG gearboxes (Well, new for Ferrari anyway)

[Turbo.Jenkens]

Originally Posted by henk4

ultimate is not objectively verifiable anyway....

So this may be just another car page?

[henk4]

Originally Posted by Turbo.Jenkens

So this is just another car page?

It is what you consider it is to be
(subjectively verifiable)

[Turbo.Jenkens]

Originally Posted by henk4

It is what you consider it is to be

I was just kidding, the site is outstanding

[henk4]

Originally Posted by Turbo.Jenkens

I was just kidding, the site is outstanding

also that is not objectively verifiable.....

[silverhawk]

Tiff Needel drove the F430 Scuderia and an Enzo around a track and if i remember correctly, the Scuderia won by mere milliseconds. the number of cylinders isnt important.