The new Ferrari FF: Really Ferrari? Really!?
By The Prodigal Fool, published on 21 January 2011
Not a pretty sight is it?
Head on over to evo for all the details if you must but we’ll be right here staring at this photo. Oh sure, the spec is impressive - it’s the company’s most versatile four-seater ever with best in class cabin space and boot capacity; it has four wheel drive and 651bhp (and a claimed 0-62mph time of just 3.7 seconds) – but we just can’t get over those looks.
If we were BMW, we’d be on the phone to the IP lawyers right now…
The new Ferrari FF: Really Ferrari? Really!?
Not a pretty sight is it? Head on over to evo for all the details if you must but we’ll be right here staring at this photo. Oh sure, the spec is impressive - it’s the company’s most versatile four-seater ever with best in class cabin space and boot capacity; it has four wheel drive and 651bhp [...]
9 Responses to “The new Ferrari FF: Really Ferrari? Really!?”
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Ivan Y
21 January 2011
Mr. Fool, you may not like the looks of New Lancia, but don’t you think this is an even greater abomination?
The linked article indicates that it’s a replacement for a four-seat 612 Scaglietti, but that’d be a shame. Not very familiar with 612 and its specs, but it looks much, much better than FF.
If Ferrari were worried about success of Panamera, wouldn’t it be smarter for them to make a four-door 612?
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Ivan, I couldn’t agree with you more. On all points.
This FF is ugly. It has none of the style, the balance and the sense of power and speed that I expect from a Ferrari. It’s a bread van.
As for the 612, it’s commonly regarded as one of Ferrari’s less successful styling jobs but I must confess, again I agree with you: I have always liked its looks. And, at heart, I’m more of a coupe person anyway.
You’re right too about the Panamera. The way to fight that is to provide rear doors. I don’t see how the FF is going to make any potential Panamera customer change their mind.
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Surely it should be called the FFS?
Not a pretty Ferrari, but frankly I think they stopped being pretty around the time of the Daytona. Bring back the 250s, the 275s and the 330s of yesteryear. Those were some pretty cars.
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Dom
23 January 2011
Yes styling wise, the FF makes the 612 look lovely so I suppose it has achieved something useful at least for 612 owners! – So far from the sublime 456 that it hurts.
And is it me or is 4 wheel drive on a Ferrari just plain wrong?
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Straight-Six
24 January 2011
Dom,
Totally agree that the 456 was achingly gorgeous and had the finest derriere of any modern 4-seater!
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Straight-Six
24 January 2011
Gents,
I politely disagree. The Achilles Heel of the FF are its front headlights which are not only incongruous but heavy-handed. But the rest? Well, take another good look at the video as of 1:52; the undisguised car has many intriguing angles and does indeed look, well, aggressive. As for the M Coupe parallels, that car has always appealed to me: successfully distinctive.
We need to see more of the FF before slating it so. Sure, we need to read the first drive reviews to see if 4WD has any drawbacks, but given the brilliant drives most recent Ferraris have been, I doubt they’ll screw up here.
As for the 612, it’s always been a dog in my eyes. Flat, uninspired and forgettable.
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Maarten__S
25 January 2011
I totally agree with you on the 612 Str-6!
The FF’s hood is my favorite part of the car. They way it bulks subtle but agressive, the way the headlines line up with these bulks.
The front headlights themselves are gorgeous too! Have you seen how they look in the dark? Never seen anything like that on a production car.Not so sure about the shootingbrake. I guess they wanted something different
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Chris I
21 January 2011
I see some influence of the Porsche Panamera also…perhaps not in the looks (but maybe)…but in a high performance car with greater utility. The Porsche has four doors and this Ferrari appears to have a hatch. But really does a Ferrari need any utility other than going fast and turning tight?