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nberry said:
According to Jean Todt it will have 490hp. Also a completely redesign interior. 25% more torque.
I am not crazy about the tear drop front end vents.![]()
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Bad TT said:Quote:
nberry said:
According to Jean Todt it will have 490hp. Also a completely redesign interior. 25% more torque.
I am not crazy about the tear drop front end vents.![]()
Someone also said expect 220-225,000 US $ for the entry level car?
That's ok Nick you'll buy one anyhow.
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farina said:
Yes it looks fantastic! Look again at the Mexican shot:
I've worked a little at the rear section by making the details clearer (diffusor and the angle of the camera lens).
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rossi said:
Gallardo, watch out!![]()
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Mako88 said:
What a shame, I can't believe they ruined what otherwise would have been an improvement on the 360 by giving the 430 that horrendous nose treatment. The earlier shots of the then-final nose (smiley face) were good enough, not great, but tolerable. This knee-jerk "retro" shark nose is an ugly abomination.
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rossi said:
Correct farina!If you sharpen the edges, the whole back looks better, not as bland as you might think at first sight. I think it will be the same at the front, especially because the only pic is very blurry here and I guess there will be some edges and lines at the front as well. I'm sure the car will be astonishing in real (can't wait
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Mako88 said:In Antwort auf:
rossi said:
Gallardo, watch out!![]()
Isn't it the Ferrari fanboys that love to remind far-faster Lambo owners that it's not "all about the numbers"?
Considering the guppy nose on the 430, I'll turn that around for once and apply it to the F-car loyalists:
It's not all about the numbers.
The Gallardo is a much, and I can't stress this enough, MUCH better looking exotic than the 430 in the Mexico shots. Plus it's going to be about $50k cheaper than the $220k V8 from Ferrari, which is only money so not relevant at this level, but still something to think about. With $50k in mods, and 600HP, I'm sure a Gallardo owner wouldn't have much to fear from this car...Aside from getting sucked into the nose of it, heheh.
Each car has its pros and cons, with the Ford GT standing alone at the top of this food chain. Put $50k into a GT and you're looking at a reliable 800HP+. So it's all relative.
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rossi said:
So far I have read no comment of those who actually saw the car in person who were saying the new nose doesn't look good. Everyone said it fits the car well. So let's wait and see until we have seen it (e.g. Racing Days in September).
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Mako88 said:
Of coure not, the people that attended the intro yesterday are die-hard confirmed customers that would purchase the next thing coming from Ferrari even if it was a VW Bug.
Plus there's a certain amount of people that think every sportscar that's "new" is "fantastic!" Something about the exotic look makes fans suseptible to lapses in critical thinking. We're seeing that with the 997 zealots, who think its design is "stunning" and "so much better" than the 996, while every other normal sportscar fan who has seen the 997 says, "so where is the pic of the new 911 you promised, this is the old one."
But of course the proof will be in the pudding in real life, and the car can't be fully judged by just the pic.
No matter what spin people put on it though, there is no way that the rounded air intakes match or flow with the square rear. No way possible. The first front bumper was clearly designed as a part of the entire car. The second bumper was clearly "added" later to evoke nostalgia, likely over the fierce objections of the person that penned the original design.
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rossi said:
Which one out of the two - F430 of Gallardo - is the better looking car, we can't say yet and we will have to wait till we see both in person, next to eachother. And if you're complaining about the new nose, what about that bland, boring back of the Gallardo? You see, to each his own, it's all a matter of personal taste.
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Finally, the Modena is cheaper here in Europe, so I can't see how a F430 should be more expensive than the Gallardo? I guess it will be even slightly below the price of a Gallardo.
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Mako88 said:
The Gallardo's rear end is fine, only F-car fanboys object to it. No car show or event I've been to, not ONE, has the normal sportscar fan had anything to say negative about it. Only the F-car loyalists perpetuate that there's something wrong with it. The Gallardo's rear end is fine.
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Bad TT said:
nick
is this 490 hp confirmed?
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Bad TT said:
nick
is this 490 hp confirmed?
Assuming that the answer is yes, I took the figures disclosed today (495HP, 340ft/lbs torque, 3,200lbs wet, 4.2L V8, .32 Cd, 19-inch tires) and did some software simulation modeling.
The results for the 430 were as follows:
3.95 : 0-60MPH
9.20 : 0-100MPH
21.4 : 0-150MPH
12.18 @ 118MPH 1/4 Mile
These figures match almost to the 10th of a second in some cases, those of real world Gallardos (identical 0-150MPH times in fact) that have been tested with optical gear, and of course both sets of numbers are dramatically faster compared to a base 360.
Looks like Ferrari has just barely achieved their performance goal for the 430, to at least equal the Gallardo's level of performance without infringing on the performance of models higher up the food chain (575M, 612, 600 Imola, etc).
And if the software figures above pan out, along with some help from the exotic diff in the car that we don't know much about yet, the 430 should also be dramatically faster than the 360CS on the track.
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BluCamSS said:It's a 4.3 liter V8. And Ferrari is saying 0-62 in 4.0 sec, so 0-60 should be 3.8/9 sec according to Ferrari who are always conserative, I'm thinking 3.7 sec or so easy....the CS does it in 4.2 sec as it is.
And I have never seen a Gallardo test better then 4.1/and mid 12's.......so the F430 will easily beat it....
Not to mention it has RWD, not that damed AWD.... :-)