The GREAT Debate: Are PRETTY Ferraris Extinct In The NEW Age Of The Maranello-based Brand?

Big yup, here. Ever since Ferrari said bye-bye to Pininfarina, their coachwork has been dismal. Today Ferari looks like the bastard child of BMW's failed (and since abandoned) Flame Surface efforts.

NOPE
1 - Styling is subjective. There are people who love the look of the New Ferrari
and it will sell out regardless

2 - Styling - as many other things - are cyclical. Take Volvo for example - there were times when Volvos looked like car made from Toy Legos - all hard corners. Then there were some really nice looking Volvos. The same has been with Ferrari over the years - and for those that think Ferrari styling is permanently dead - it is not. The same company that made the Ford GT - also made the Edsel. And GM styling has gone up a down many times over the years as well.

Tom, I would never suggest that "Ferrari styling is permanently dead". I don't think anyone would make that claim. But I am saying I pine for the breathtakingly beautiful Pininfarina designs of yesteryear, like the 430. Ah, I'd love to own one of those beauties, used, over one of the new things.

TheSteve - I actually had a 360 for a very short period of time (It was really bought for my boss) - and I thought it looked great. Since my boss has almost always had one - I have had the ability to drive them - and as you know - I still prefer the V-12s to the V-8. THere is still something about a V-12 turbine like smoothness that cannot be matched by lesser configurations. And I still am not on the Turbo bandwagon. Although I have always had the money to afford one -I never got into driving these cars because on my right side body problems (I was hit by a car - I was walking on the sidewalk in front of the street in front of a department store - and pushed THROUGH the glass - would have been killed except the glass broke - have replaced knee, hip, and pins in my ankle and shoulder - AND THAT is why a lot of cars are not big enough for me - I have very limited movement on the right side)

TomM: Love the 360 as well! Classic beauty... and quite a nice sports car, too :-)

"Pretty" Ferraris have been extinct for some time actually. It's all pretty much downhill after the Testarossa.

The Corvette Stingray obliterates this new Ferrari for gorgeous styling.

I disagree.

The 355 was a STUD. As were the 550 and 360.

I disagree.

The 355 was a STUD. As were the 550 and 360.

I disagree.

The 355 was a STUD. As were the 550 and 360.

Gotta agree with Agent00R... all 3 times :-) Love the 360!

The 430 was (and is) also gorgeous, especially as a rag-top.

Ferraris since the Testarossa look like they have insect faces. Horrid.

This car is f*cking gorgeous. I don't give a sh*t what anyone says.

I'm not wild about the 488's looks but this is incredible.

Not sure why it is called a new model. It is an upgraded F12. Same thing goes with the FF. Some of the views are a bit off with the vents on the nose being prime for comment, but the numbers are so small for V12 sales that the sales targets will be hit. Funny now to see the prices of older V12 models leaping up from a few years ago as future models will be hybrids or turbocharged or both. End of an era.

Red Barchetta!

My uncle has a country place
That no one knows about
He says it used to be a farm
Before the Motor Law
And now on Sundays I elude the eyes
And hop the turbine freight
To far outside the wire where my
White-haired uncle waits
Jump to the ground as the turbo slows
To cross the borderline
Run like the wind as excitement shivers
Up and down my spine
But down in his barn
My uncle preserved for me
An old machine
For fifty-odd years
To keep it as new
Has been his dearest dream
I strip away the old debris
That hides a shining car
A brilliant Red Barchetta
From a better vanished time
We'll fire up the willing engine
Responding with a roar
Tires spitting gravel
I commit my weekly crime
Wind
In my hair
Shifting and drifting
Mechanical music
Adrenaline surge
Well-oiled leather
Hot metal and oil
The scented country air
Sunlight on chrome
The blur of the landscape
Every nerve aware
Suddenly ahead of me
Across the mountainside
A gleaming alloy air-car
Shoots towards me two lanes wide
Oh, I spin around with shrieking tires
To run the deadly race
Go screaming through the valley
As another joins the chase
Ride like the wind
Straining the limits
Of machine and man
Laughing out loud with fear and hope
I've got a desperate plan
At the one-lane bridge
I leave the giants stranded
At the riverside
Race back to the farm
To dream with my uncle
At the fireside

I cannot stand Geddy Lee's horrible singing.

1965 250GTO best horse ever, 360 Modena a close second and (I will be flamed) 365 Daytona is the Pinnacle (or Pininfarina) of design. Enzo would have Marcionne whole family whacked if he were still around...

Even if you did not compare this Ferrari to the past, it's still awkward looking to the point of ugly.

At least the seats and door trim is not quilted in that "I want to be like Bentley" style that seems to be everywhere.