LA Times review of Ferrari F430 Spider convertible

[mubs]

The phat lady sings

With its deep whirring, warbles and roars, the F430 Spider is an opera and a rock concert in one gorgeous package.

You would think, given the Ferrari F430 Spider's unearthly good looks — its sheet metal like a fierce, turbulent flow of molten lipstick — that the car would primarily be a visual experience. And yet, as I sit here reflecting on my week in this car, my brain trembling with San Andreas-like aftershocks and my hair fully locked in the horizontal position, what I remember most is its sound — or sounds. This thing has more voices than Linda Blair in full antichrist mode.

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[Buck]

:lol: nice snip from the article mubs

Here is the new Ferrari 575M Superamerica: pictures

 

[mubs]

What a beaut! Thanks for sharing that, Buck.

 

[Will Rickards]

Linky

 

[mubs]

Thanks, Will. I must have had a senior moment and forgotten to provide the link.

 

[Handruin]

Very nice.

"More important, you can drive this car deep into a corner full on the brakes, tugging the left paddle for downshifts — the F430 will expertly blip the throttle to rev-match the gears — then turn in and lift off the brakes to waggle the rear end. Trail-braking was never this easy."

Now that is pretty slick! I rev match all the time to save my clutch and transition my gear changes faster... For $190,000 more dollars, the car will do it for me.


"At speeds below 10 mph, it tends to have a nasty driveline snatch — the car yanks back and forth, making you look really uncool."

:mrgrn:

 

[Tea]

I wouldn't mind looking "rather uncool" in one of those.