Ferrari: F430 news **SP1 News (page 12)**
10-08-2004, 01:07 PM
#203
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Originally Posted by ClutchPerformer
Of course it is. Even your nonna could drive it! 
Sorry, I'm just venting about the no-MT thing. Don't ban me!
Sorry, I'm just venting about the no-MT thing. Don't ban me!
Who the hell needs a clutch when you have 483HP @ 8500RPM and 0.15 sec shifts.
Take a ride and then let us know if it needs a clutch, Clutch
10-08-2004, 01:10 PM
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Well I can tell you right now that it needs a clutch.
I'm sure it's a great car, and I'd probably still buy one if I was in that market (because the Gallardo just doesn't do it for me for some reason). But there should at least be the OPTION of having an MT. The new 612 Scaglietta (sp) is availible with one. And that's the freakin' FAMILY CAR of Ferraris. It just doesn't make sense to me that the 430 wouldn't have that option, too. I just don't get it.
Glad you took the joke so well.
I'm sure it's a great car, and I'd probably still buy one if I was in that market (because the Gallardo just doesn't do it for me for some reason). But there should at least be the OPTION of having an MT. The new 612 Scaglietta (sp) is availible with one. And that's the freakin' FAMILY CAR of Ferraris. It just doesn't make sense to me that the 430 wouldn't have that option, too. I just don't get it.
Glad you took the joke so well.
10-11-2004, 10:02 AM
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Autocar drives 'best Ferrari ever' - - Source: Autocar
Ferrari's junior supercar, the new F430, has been driven in Autocar this week, and we can exclusively reveal that it is not only 'the best road car they've ever made' but, on first impressions, more than a match for the car it was designed to beat - Lamborghini's Gallardo.
Editor-at-large Steve Sutcliffe's verdict on the new Ferrari leaves the extent of its makers achievement in little doubt: 'This car is fantastic,' he writes. 'It is very probably the best road car Ferrari has ever built.'
But feature editor Ben Oliver's impressions of the new Ferrari, after driving it back-to-back with its nearest competition, the Lamborghini Gallardo, prove just as telling. 'I wish I could explain how utterly correct it felt to drive a red Ferrari and a yellow Lamborghini in bright sunshine near as fast as they’d go over the Italian mountain roads they were made for,' he writes. 'I can’t, so I’m going to do it again now. I’ll be driving the Gallardo, but I’ll be thinking about the F430.'
Ferrari's junior supercar, the new F430, has been driven in Autocar this week, and we can exclusively reveal that it is not only 'the best road car they've ever made' but, on first impressions, more than a match for the car it was designed to beat - Lamborghini's Gallardo.
Editor-at-large Steve Sutcliffe's verdict on the new Ferrari leaves the extent of its makers achievement in little doubt: 'This car is fantastic,' he writes. 'It is very probably the best road car Ferrari has ever built.'
But feature editor Ben Oliver's impressions of the new Ferrari, after driving it back-to-back with its nearest competition, the Lamborghini Gallardo, prove just as telling. 'I wish I could explain how utterly correct it felt to drive a red Ferrari and a yellow Lamborghini in bright sunshine near as fast as they’d go over the Italian mountain roads they were made for,' he writes. 'I can’t, so I’m going to do it again now. I’ll be driving the Gallardo, but I’ll be thinking about the F430.'
10-11-2004, 11:32 PM
#207
I must be stupid.. where is the article???? I just see those 2 paragraphs.
11-01-2004, 07:12 AM
#210
hail to the victors
just watched top gear last night.. and they tested ferrari enzo. it beat porsche carrera GT by .08 sec. it was 1:19.00. and the sound of that thing was just amazing..
11-02-2004, 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by chungkopi
just watched top gear last night.. and they tested ferrari enzo. it beat porsche carrera GT by .08 sec. it was 1:19.00. and the sound of that thing was just amazing..
actually, it was .8
, which is a big difference.
11-02-2004, 03:20 PM
#213
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Wow, thats a long read.
Yo clutch...did you read that?
The F430 is available with either the classic Ferrari open-gate manual gearbox or with the F1 paddle shift that Ferrari has continuously developed and refined over recent years for its road-going berlinettas.
11-02-2004, 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by gavriil
Ferrari F430 delayed for U.S. - - Source: Autoweek
Due to major demand for its new F430, Ferrari says buyers in the United States won’t take delivery of the 360 Modena replacement until as late as early next summer. The original U.S. delivery plan was for late November or early December 2004. Most European buyers still get the first cars in November, with right-hand-drive markets getting theirs in early 2005.
Due to major demand for its new F430, Ferrari says buyers in the United States won’t take delivery of the 360 Modena replacement until as late as early next summer. The original U.S. delivery plan was for late November or early December 2004. Most European buyers still get the first cars in November, with right-hand-drive markets getting theirs in early 2005.
11-22-2004, 11:01 AM
#222
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Originally Posted by fdl
So it looks like they went with the "plain" side mirrors?
11-22-2004, 11:02 AM
#223
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Originally Posted by domn
I can't wait to get my Hot Wheels 1:18 scale version.
11-22-2004, 11:07 AM
#225
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It doesn't look like the car in the review had the F430 carved into the mirrors but it might just be too far away to tell.
The shape looks the same though...
The shape looks the same though...
11-22-2004, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Dan Martin
It doesn't look like the car in the review had the F430 carved into the mirrors but it might just be too far away to tell.
The shape looks the same though...
The shape looks the same though...
I was just looking at the images on ferrari's website and I cant see the "f430" carved into the mirrors. hard to tell without closeups though.
11-22-2004, 01:55 PM
#228
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damn look at the size of the brakes..... remember these are 19" wheels we are talking about.....
this thing is just pure bliss......... god look at the seats!!!!!
..... just look at em. the dash is amazing too.... one of the cleanest looks I've ever seen.... pure function without forgetting form....
this thing is just pure bliss......... god look at the seats!!!!!
..... just look at em. the dash is amazing too.... one of the cleanest looks I've ever seen.... pure function without forgetting form....
11-22-2004, 03:10 PM
#230
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Originally Posted by Crazy Sellout
Ill never have one 
I don't understand people sometimes.........."Oh I'll never have a Ferrari......."
I ask them why and they dont' have an answer for me.
11-22-2004, 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Minch00
Why think like that? Anything is possible, you just have to work for it...........
I don't understand people sometimes.........."Oh I'll never have a Ferrari......."
I ask them why and they dont' have an answer for me.
I don't understand people sometimes.........."Oh I'll never have a Ferrari......."
I ask them why and they dont' have an answer for me.
11-22-2004, 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by srika
I was thinking the same thing. Where there is a VILL there is a VAY. Of course I don't see how I will be buying an F430 anytime soon either, but I won't say I will "NEVER" have one......
I'm not going to go out and buy one tomorrow.........but in 10 years, who knows?
11-22-2004, 06:00 PM
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'F' is for Fantastic: Get those defibrillators ready, Ferrari's new F430 is coming to a showroom near you - - - By DUTCH MANDEL - - Source: Autoweek
2005 FERRARI F430
ON SALE: Late spring or early summer 2005
BASE PRICE: $180,000 (est.)
POWERTRAIN: 4.3-liter, 483-hp, 343-lb-ft V8; rwd, six-speed sequential manual
CURB WEIGHT: 3200 pounds (est.) 0 TO 62 MPH: 3.94 seconds (mfr.)
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ON SALE: Late spring or early summer 2005
BASE PRICE: $180,000 (est.)
POWERTRAIN: 4.3-liter, 483-hp, 343-lb-ft V8; rwd, six-speed sequential manual
CURB WEIGHT: 3200 pounds (est.) 0 TO 62 MPH: 3.94 seconds (mfr.)
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11-23-2004, 12:48 PM
#236
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I will place my order now, i am assuming the waiting list is 2-3 years, plenty of time to save up...i need a new daily driver, the TSX is a bit too extreme for daily driving
now can i get one in carbon gray??? it would look great next to my CG TSX...
now can i get one in carbon gray??? it would look great next to my CG TSX...
12-14-2004, 06:57 PM
#238
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Just picked up January's Car & Driver. Along with the TSX again being awarded to the 10 Best and an interested letter on page 23 they did a full test of the F430.
All I can say is
0-60 - 3.5 sec
1/4 mile - 11.7 sec
The second fastest Ferrari ever. This thing leaves the Gallardo in its dust and almost keeps pace with the Ford GT. The SLR was tested as well and it ran 3.6 and 11.6.
they did a full test of the F430. All I can say is
0-60 - 3.5 sec
1/4 mile - 11.7 sec
The second fastest Ferrari ever. This thing leaves the Gallardo in its dust and almost keeps pace with the Ford GT. The SLR was tested as well and it ran 3.6 and 11.6.
01-13-2005, 04:05 PM
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