By Justin Berkowitz
June 4, 2008 -
This is just prurient, base, vulgar car lust in action. I have no cutting analysis to offer you, no insightful realizations, not even a regurgitated press release from a manufacturer intent on wowing you with numbers. Nope, it's just the sounds of Ferrari's new California model. OK, a couple of stats. The engine giving pistonheads eargasms is a fresh 4.3-liter V8 with direct injection, making 460 horsepower, routed to a seven-speed dual clutch transaxle. I think the Ferrari California is a good looking model but it's not breathtaking, and the folding hardtop is the kind of embarrassing mainstream compromise that should be outside of Ferrari's brand profile. Nevertheless, it's coming. (Make your own damn pun.)
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June 4th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
*sigh* i have about as much chance of getting one of those in my garage as i do getting Jessica Alba in my bedroom.
June 4th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
Don’t mean to be controversial or anything, but I don’t reckon they actually sounded that good. I mean it was alright, but my old XJ12 with aftermarket exhaust sounded heaps better. Flat plane crank V8s never sound particularly pleasing.
June 4th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
The production values aren’t as good but try this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSqdg5Noygw
T35B, 80 year old pur sang.
June 4th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
i gotta say the sound of my 98 mustang cobra was better, the current Bullit sounds better, and my 99 camaro SS sounded WAY better. but of course they don’t have the fancy horse in the grill!
June 5th, 2008 at 4:12 am
Why’d Ferrari name their car after the one state that hates it? Well, at least California’s politicians and tree-huggers do, car buyers don’t.
June 5th, 2008 at 4:19 am
Such evocative sounds - beautiful, thank you.
and thank you ChuckR the Bugatti T35B is well worth watching.
June 5th, 2008 at 11:08 am
yournamehere :
*sigh* i have about as much chance of getting one of those in my garage as i do getting Jessica Alba in my bedroom.
Spend you effort on Jessica. Then make her buy you one.