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Old Dec 30, 2009 | 11:21 PM
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Old Dec 30, 2009 | 11:29 PM
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Lovely.

Looks better in the video than in the first pictures I saw.

I think I'll wait for the Spider before ordering mine
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Old Dec 31, 2009 | 12:35 AM
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That's the first really good looking Ferrari in years and I like and I'm not a modern day Ferrari fan.
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Old Dec 31, 2009 | 01:50 AM
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The styling is somewhat underwhelming - the triple-pipe exhaust is decidedly Ripspeed-esque and the wheels are naff. Delighted they've decided to ditch the open gate, manual 'box at long last - a compete an utter anachronism.

I would definitely have one - in yellow though - if only for the exhaust note, which I guess sounds amazing in the 'flesh'.
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Old Dec 31, 2009 | 06:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Polemicist,Dec 31 2009, 11:50 AM
I would definitely have one in yellow though - if only for the exhaust note, which I guess sounds amazing in the 'flesh'.
Do the yellow ones get a better exhaust note?
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Old Jan 1, 2010 | 05:17 AM
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Originally Posted by GarethB,Dec 31 2009, 03:42 PM
Do the yellow ones get a better exhaust note?
Oops - clumsy punctuation. Duly corrected.
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Old Jan 1, 2010 | 07:01 AM
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Thought Evo / Chris Harris' one of the 458 was much better.
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Ugliest Ferrari ever built. I do like the steering wheel with integrated controls though.
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Old Jan 1, 2010 | 08:18 AM
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Originally Posted by qwkdtsn,Jan 1 2010, 05:07 PM
Ugliest Ferrari ever built. I do like the steering wheel with integrated controls though.
Funny you should say that as a lot of the guys on the Italian S2k site are saying the same whereas here it seems that most people like the styling.

Funny thing taste, I reckon the looks will grow on you.
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Old Jan 1, 2010 | 10:57 AM
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I love it. It's looks like it's been on a serious diet, and very nimble. Unlike the 430 and 360.
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