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Ranking the Ferrari 288 GTO, F40, F50, Enzo, & LaFerrari
Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2021 3:53 pm
by SSO
Just posted a new karenable blog on ranking the 5 Ferrari modern icons: 288 GTO, F40, F50, Enzo, & LaFerrari
https://karenable.com/ranking-the-ferra ... laferrari/
Comments?
How would you rank them?
Re: Ranking the Ferrari 288 GTO, F40, F50, Enzo, & LaFerrari
Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2021 5:29 pm
by dinny_g
SSO wrote: Sun Feb 21, 2021 3:53 pm
Joe Montana vs. Steve Young
Oi!!! Dem’s fightin words - you wanna step outside!!!
(Can’t argue with the logic though..)
Great article again SSO - with zero experience of any of the I’d agree with your One and Two but I’d put the 288 Third. I just don’t like the front overhangs on the LaFerrari, despite how awesome it is (and I’d have the 918 out there “the Three”). I have zero desire for an Enzo.
Re: Ranking the Ferrari 288 GTO, F40, F50, Enzo, & LaFerrari
Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2021 6:53 pm
by SSO
dinny_g wrote: Sun Feb 21, 2021 5:29 pm
SSO wrote: Sun Feb 21, 2021 3:53 pm
Joe Montana vs. Steve Young
Oi!!! Dem’s fightin words - you wanna step outside!!!
(Can’t argue with the logic though..)
Great article again SSO - with zero experience of any of the I’d agree with your One and Two but I’d put the 288 Third. I just don’t like the front overhangs on the LaFerrari, despite how awesome it is (and I’d have the 918 out there “the Three”). I have zero desire for an Enzo.
Enzo's do seem to be becoming more an more unloved these days......for good reason.
Re: Ranking the Ferrari 288 GTO, F40, F50, Enzo, & LaFerrari
Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2021 7:04 pm
by revsRus
I’ve also driven none of these cars. Question on the F50 gearbox though. People talk about either the 981 GT4 or the Honda S2000 being the best 6 speed manuals ever made, depending on what you’re looking for. Have you tried these 2 shift actions? Where does the F50’s box sit in comparison to these (assuming you’ve tried both).
Re: Ranking the Ferrari 288 GTO, F40, F50, Enzo, & LaFerrari
Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2021 7:08 pm
by SSO
revsRus wrote: Sun Feb 21, 2021 7:04 pm
I’ve also driven none of these cars. Question on the F50 gearbox though. People talk about either the 981 GT4 or the Honda S2000 being the best 6 speed manuals ever made, depending on what you’re looking for. Have you tried these 2 shift actions? Where does the F50’s box sit in comparison to these (assuming you’ve tried both).
Never driven the Honda but its better than any Porsche gearbox.
Re: Ranking the Ferrari 288 GTO, F40, F50, Enzo, & LaFerrari
Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2021 7:32 pm
by duncs500
R8 V8 open gated manual is up there too IIRC.
Re: Ranking the Ferrari 288 GTO, F40, F50, Enzo, & LaFerrari
Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2021 9:31 pm
by Zonda_
But which colour F50 do I get? It’s one of the few that looks good in many colours apart from the silver which looked shit.
Re: Ranking the Ferrari 288 GTO, F40, F50, Enzo, & LaFerrari
Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2021 10:50 pm
by SSO
Zonda_ wrote: Sun Feb 21, 2021 9:31 pm
But which colour F50 do I get? It’s one of the few that looks good in many colours apart from the silver which looked shit.
Red. they all should be red.
Re: Ranking the Ferrari 288 GTO, F40, F50, Enzo, & LaFerrari
Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 7:48 am
by duncs500
I quite like black on them.
Re: Ranking the Ferrari 288 GTO, F40, F50, Enzo, & LaFerrari
Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 8:09 am
by RobYob
duncs500 wrote: Mon Feb 22, 2021 7:48 am
I quite like black on them.
Royal Blue F40
Yellow F50
Black LaFalalala (and without those ***king fake exhaust tips)
White 288
Lime green with laser blue pinstripe panel outlines and underbody neons for the Enzo.
Re: Ranking the Ferrari 288 GTO, F40, F50, Enzo, & LaFerrari
Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 8:26 am
by duncs500
Now F40s, they really do need to be red.
Re: Ranking the Ferrari 288 GTO, F40, F50, Enzo, & LaFerrari
Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 8:27 am
by ZedLeg
Based on my own want level
GTO
F50
F40
LaF
Enzo
Despite being a long time Ferrari fan, I’d have a carrera gt over and Enzo.
Quite close in concept to the F50 now that I think about it.
Re: Ranking the Ferrari 288 GTO, F40, F50, Enzo, & LaFerrari
Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 8:44 am
by duncs500
F50 (black)
CGT (silver)
F40 (red)
288GTO (red)
LaF (black)
Enzo (I dunno, black again maybe).
Re: Ranking the Ferrari 288 GTO, F40, F50, Enzo, & LaFerrari
Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 10:08 am
by Zonda_
duncs500 wrote: Mon Feb 22, 2021 8:26 am
Now F40s, they really do need to be red.
They all were anyway unless they’ve been messed with. I’ll let that blue one off as it was a bit of a hotchpotch to begin with.
Re: Ranking the Ferrari 288 GTO, F40, F50, Enzo, & LaFerrari
Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 12:23 pm
by SSO
duncs500 wrote: Mon Feb 22, 2021 8:26 am
Now F40s, they really do need to be red.
That would be correct.
Re: Ranking the Ferrari 288 GTO, F40, F50, Enzo, & LaFerrari
Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 12:59 pm
by Coaster1
I remember that EVO article. Funny enough, it was the Xbox game Project Gotham Racing 3 (it came out a year after the EVO group test) that got me into liking /loving the F50. I remember in the game the F50 drove better than the F40.
F40 was my poster car though so it’ll always be special to me. (ditto 959)
Having said that, CGT and Zonda (early one like Harry M’s old car) would be the first two supercars that I would buy after my Euromillions win.
Re: Ranking the Ferrari 288 GTO, F40, F50, Enzo, & LaFerrari
Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 1:22 pm
by RobYob
Red Ferrari, philosophical question.
Do I prefer not-red because it's aesthetically better or because it's the obtuse choice?
My very first Ferrari memory is of a deep green machine with that beautiful chrome Pininfarina script down the side. I must have been 5 or 6. In my mind it was a 512BB but could have been anything*
*No it wasn't a fucking Mondial!
Re: Ranking the Ferrari 288 GTO, F40, F50, Enzo, & LaFerrari
Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 1:23 pm
by duncs500
Coaster1 wrote: Mon Feb 22, 2021 12:59 pm
Having said that, CGT and Zonda (early one like Harry M’s old car) would be the first two supercars that I would buy after my Euromillions win.
I have no idea what I'd buy first if I won the euro millions... I guess it depends on availability at the time as much as funds though!
I'm sure I'll win it tomorrow and we'll get to find out.
Re: Ranking the Ferrari 288 GTO, F40, F50, Enzo, & LaFerrari
Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 1:26 pm
by Rich B
GTO or F40, the rest don't interest me any more than any other supercars.
Re: Ranking the Ferrari 288 GTO, F40, F50, Enzo, & LaFerrari
Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 1:27 pm
by SSO
Coaster1 wrote: Mon Feb 22, 2021 12:59 pm
I remember that EVO article. Funny enough, it was the Xbox game Project Gotham Racing 3 (it came out a year after the EVO group test) that got me into liking /loving the F50. I remember in the game the F50 drove better than the F40.
F40 was my poster car though so it’ll always be special to me. (ditto 959)
Having said that, CGT and Zonda (early one like Harry M’s old car) would be the first two supercars that I would buy after my Euromillions win.
959 is a case of don't meet your hero.
Zonda is a lovely thing to drive as is the CGT.