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Thread: Can The Ultimate Ferrari Have a V8?

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    Can The Ultimate Ferrari Have a V8?

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

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    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by F1_Master View Post
    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Turbo.Jenkens View Post
    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by teatako View Post
    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 . . .
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    Quote Originally Posted by NicFromLA View Post
    Hey, I consider the four cylinder 860 Monza to be one of the greats.
    I actually prefer the 121 LM....
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    Quote Originally Posted by NicFromLA View Post
    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....
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    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)
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    Quote Originally Posted by henk4 View Post
    ultimate is not objectively verifiable anyway....
    So this may be just another car page?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Turbo.Jenkens View Post
    So this is just another car page?
    It is what you consider it is to be
    (subjectively verifiable)
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    Quote Originally Posted by henk4 View Post
    It is what you consider it is to be
    I was just kidding, the site is outstanding

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    Quote Originally Posted by Turbo.Jenkens View Post
    I was just kidding, the site is outstanding
    also that is not objectively verifiable.....
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    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.
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