A "forum" is for "discussion" I am discussing, gentlemen. Besides it makes for some lively conversations, obviously. The "we all love" part was funny, to me, yes. I know the Huracan is attractive to many. To me, it is forgettable. The Aventador is, like Arnold in his heyday "glamorous and cocky as a unicorn."
If you like small, mousy, cars, why not go for a Gallardo? That car brought boring to a whole new nadir. No Lamborghini that is not a farm tractor has ever bored me so greatly. It's a visual sedative.
The Aventador, to me, is the
flagship. It has more personality and panache than any of the 32 models Ferrari has brought out this week , or however many it is in their endless cynical cash-in-on-the-repeat-buyer marketing program.
Lamborghini does a better job by having a few models exceedingly well-done, including the Huracan, I might add. It has more personality than the last five Ferraris, that all seem to think the idea is to look more and more melted, evidently. The high-water-mark for Ferraris was the 330 P4. For Lamborghini, I think it's the Aventador.
I refuse to date the also-kind-of-attractive sister of a supermodel, also. I cringe to think of family reunions for years thereafter where you are reminded you got Second Prize. It's just a personal preference. I'd prefer a used Aventador to a mousy Huracan that I drove right away from the final test cell myself. Would YOU prefer a divorced supermodel or her kinda mousy unmarried sister?
Also, a V10 is not a very good engine configuration, compared to a V12. It has a rocking motion intrinsic in its balance, even if it has a 72 degree angle between cylinder banks, which it SHOULD. V12s were chosen because of their intrinsically superior balance in warplanes, F1 cars, endurance cars, diesels, the list goes on.
Engines, cont'd.
I just dislike V10's because of stuff about them I have found out: I have researched the engineering and physics of various engine configurations. The V12 is the KING. The Lamborghini V12
in particular. Naturally aspirated, free-revving, lacking 17 turbos, three superchargers, twelve hybrid drives, four Greta Thunbergs and a partridge in a pear tree and all.
I am NOT a fan of 6's, even V6's, much less Ferraris, but there is some merit in actually having 120 degrees between the cylinder banks, and I laud them for that, if and ONLY if they have a crank with 120 degrees between each throw. (actually, it is 240 degrees between throws, but as we know, a circle is 360 degrees, so the net effect is 120 degrees.)
Ferrari's newest car, the 296 GTB, uses a twin-turbo V-6 connected to an electric motor. It sports several revolutionary changes, each of which is more interesting than the last.
www.roadandtrack.com
Another car with an even WORSE V10 is the Dodge Viper, with a ridiculous 90 degree V angle between the cylinder banks. That car couldn't die soon enough. I remember marveling at the primitive "engineering" the first time I ever looked into those cars. I thought then as I do now, "Seriously, Dodge? Seriously?" Also, the non-GTS Vipers are hideous and awkward.
Mouth breathing, drool, and massive cubic inches in an OHV monstrosity, and they wondered why it didn't have a GREAT following by people in that price bracket.
What was the ad copy like? "Honest, y'all, it's a pickup truck motor, but hawt DANG she shore do scoot, don't she?" (spits tobacco juice) Does anything have
cachet like a truck-motor, plastic-door car?
Meanwhile, Dodge is wondering, "Why doesn't it sell more?" Geez. Like Sir Paul McCartney or whomever is going to trade in their Ferrari for a
caricature, a joke. But, that is a separate subject. I despise V10 motors, but especially THAT one. Also, inline-fives, 60 degree V6's, flat-fours, etc. This includes the current F1 V6 formula. F1 claims to be pioneering technology for street use. Yes, the same F1 that developed traction control and anti-lock brakes years after it was available on Corvettes. Cue eye roll. The next engine formula was slated to be a turbo inline-four, which, if you are trying to broaden/identify with your audience, would have made sense, but a turbo V6? Zero point zero cars manufactured on Earth had turbo V6's at that time. Oy vey, what a complete blocking of reality.
I am sure Lambo will continue to see support from some as it goes down the self-neutering path of EV, hybrid, V6, inline four, maybe a diesel three-cylinder, whatever. I think they peaked with the Aventador. I was never hyped about the Murcielago for various reasons. To me, big, easy-breathing V12 engines have a dignity other engines (all of them) lack.
The Diablo with its Nissan headlights was somewhat groundbreaking and thankfully, large, designed by Marcello Ghandini, who then designed an almost-duplicate in the Cizeta Morodor, with THE most idiotic engine I had seen up to that point in a supercar: a "V16" that was split into two banks of V8, mounted TRANSVERSELY across the engine bay, OMG. What a ridiculous car. Haven't heard of it? Lucky you. It won't improve your day.
However the crown for "most idiotic motor in a supercar/hypercar" has GOT to go to the W16 in the Bugatti and various other hyper-priced overcars. Or is that overpriced hypercars? I marvel at the sheer awkward, oversized ugliness.
Der Chermans, did they hire teams of engineers plus some disciples of Timothy Leary to even conceive that lump?
I'm not dissing your choice of cars. My knee-jerk reaction to the Gallardo and Huracan was just that they were less-remarkable, the pretty sisters of the supermodel.
I figured I'd check out Ferrari's site. This is just a list of their LATEST offerings. I find the
- The melted
- The cheeseburger patty
- The convertible cheeseburger patty
- The forgettable
- The leans heavily on the brand name
- The convertible leans heavily on the brand name
- the super-duper-exclusive one that still looks like a melted 370Z
- etc.
- Plus two more models. OMG.
Before you howl about your wounded feelings, I am just relating how I feel about some cars. Some cars just don't grab my attention.
And, not, I'm not going to tell you anything about myself, so don't bother asking, you creepy stalker. Some "autists" found Shia LeBouef's exact location based on a live video of him near a flagpole with a jet flying by overhead. Privacy is golden.
