PHOTO Overload! Is Ferrari's 458 The BEST LOOKING Modern F Car In RECENT Memory?

PHOTO Overload! Is Ferrari's 458 The BEST LOOKING Modern F Car In RECENT Memory?
Ever since its launch, Ferrari has been known as the auto builder of automobiles that ooze sex. The designs are thrilling and provocative. Male or female, it doesn't matter because when you see a Ferrari drive by there's a good chance you'll be given a shot of some animalistic chemical and you're drawn to the Italian red head.

Perhaps it's just me.

Ferrari 458 Spider

Now last week I posted my review of the 458 Spider. It was a pretty epic machine. While it drove fantastically and felt a certain way that took my breath away, there was something else that had me smitten.

**Read Agent00R's review of the Ferrari 458 Spider here!

Just look at it. Pininfarina designed what I believe is the best looking modern F car in recent memory. While I loved the F355, it's become quite dated looking very fast. The 360 Challenge Stradale was a well executed design, no doubt, but a bit ho hum. The F430 was actually ugly, if I am honest. The other cars? Nothing stands out, to me, at least.

And now the 458. My, my. Its headlights and front end may seem a bit peculiar in photos but when you see the proportions and lines in the flesh, it just works. There's not other way to describe it. It just works.

When you get to its side profile, the two lines running front to rear are just sensational and perfectly executed. The 458 looks...sensual.

Personally, my favorite element is the back end. This car shot from a 3/4 perspective is just brilliant. Low, wide and sporting a tri-tipped exhaust, there's no mistaking this for anything but an exotic.

All that said, what say YOU? Do YOU think that this is the BEST LOOKING modern Ferrari in recent memory? Is there any modern F car design that's better?

And now onto the slew of photos...


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ScirosSciros - 11/23/2014 11:51:45 AM
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Rear 3/4 the car shines. The front is not its best feature, IMO. But as far as Ferraris go, I prefer the look of LaFerrari over the 458.

Also the 458 Speciale variants are better looking than the "regular" 458 variants in my opinion.


Dexter1Dexter1 - 11/23/2014 12:05:53 PM
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Really gorgeous car. Interior should be tan. The 458 Speciale models with the black panels in front of the rear wheel housing look horrible -- looks like someone repaired it and forgot to paint it.


Agent00RAgent00R - 11/23/2014 12:36:11 PM
+2 Boost
I believe those are optional CF side skirts.


supermotosupermoto - 11/24/2014 10:06:10 AM
0 Boost
The F12 Berlinetta destroys the 458 in looks. Not even close.


Agent00RAgent00R - 11/24/2014 10:12:40 AM
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Different strokes for different folks.

The F12 is quite handsome and actually reminds me of the 550/575 from the B-Pillar back. That's a good thing, as the 550/575 were, and still are, stunning visually.


TheSteveTheSteve - 11/24/2014 1:24:30 PM
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I've never cared for the Italia. The ways it looks to me: headlights running half-way up the quarter panel look "different for the sake of different," sort of like Audi's weird headlight treatments. The black triangular gaps insight of the headlights look like a mismatched hood was used. The rear-end looks thrown together without thought for flow or harmony. Those tail lights, for example, look like someone fished them out from the spare-parts bin and stuck them into the clay model as an afterthought.

That's not to say the car *is* unattractive. It's just that it doesn't appeal to me. I'm much more aligned with the timeless classics, like the 360 Modena. As they say, to each his own.


Agent00RAgent00R - 11/24/2014 2:20:07 PM
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Interesting remarks! Thank you.

I find the 360 a bit bland, however, I adore the Challenge Stradale.

360, to me, is modern interpretation of 206/246 "Dino."

What do you think?


TheSteveTheSteve - 11/24/2014 5:30:54 PM
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@009 re Challenge Stradale: Oh yeah! Stunningly gorgeous, to my eyes :-)


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