A 10,000 RPM redline insures that every F450 sold in Beverly Hills will never be shifted out of second gear...that fly honey on Rodeo with the DSL and fresh rhinoplasty gotta hear that engine, yo!
If I'm more excited about the clapped-out Celica that won LeMons, or the fact that a Wagovan finished second, than I am about this Ferrari, does that make me a Communist? I'm sure they're great and all, and I respect the passion and engineering, but I have no urge to ever own something like this.
@optional flavor: No, I agree. 99% of Ferrari drivers, and at least three-quarters of Jalops (myself included) don't have the skill to pilot a Ferrari. But a Wagovan or Celica? Definitely. Slow car fast > fast car slow.
I'd be wary of Autoplus' artists' renditions of work; over the years the cars they previewed in the magazine (mostly the Pugs, Renaults and Citroëns) have looked much better than the real vehicles.
@BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ: I don't think those are really competing products. The only reason that you would ever buy an Atom is to track-race it - I mean, it doesn't even have a roof. Ferraris rarely see track days.
@BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ: C'mon, you will look like an imbecile driving around in a Ariel Atom, the Atom it's 90% track use, on the other hand you can use a supercar only on the road and no one will call you a lunatic. So I'il have the Ferrari please, or better give me the LF-A, or better a ZR-1 to smoke the preppy german performance cars owners.
@BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ: You'd pay 160k on an Atom instead of a Ferrari? I mean, I'd get the Ferrari first, and with any cash left over I'd get an Atom. I mean, it's 160k. And, it doesn't really seem like the most reliable daily driver. (The Ferrari would at least get you home.)
@Ambiguously Unfunny Serial Killer: If I was rich enough to buy either one, for sure it would be the Busa V8 powered Ariel Atom, don´t forget I live in Brazil were most of the time the weather is fine ;)
@GaryMyMan: It does have a striking resemblance to the F430, but the bodywork is not exactly the same. Look at the intakes and the diffuser for the obvious changes, and the general shape is slightly different too.
Does anybody else wish they would make it look more like the 360 Modena than the F430? I always thought the 360s looked much sleeker and swoopier - not quite so hard-edged and angular. They had a more organic feel, to me.
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What's next, the Lamborghini TopKick?
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Isn't this just a test mule with a 430 body and 450 innards? That's how Ferrari usually does things.
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Does anybody else wish they would make it look more like the 360 Modena than the F430? I always thought the 360s looked much sleeker and swoopier - not quite so hard-edged and angular. They had a more organic feel, to me.
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And the car shifts faster than Jeremy Clarkson can blink!
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*face-squinching blink*
"It can!"
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