"SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman" (dasborgen)
06/24/2014 at 18:16 • Filed to: None
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"SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman" (dasborgen)
06/24/2014 at 18:16 • Filed to: None | 8
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Ferrari has announced a new limited edition 458, created to celebrate the 25th time the company has had a hissy fit and pretended it is going to leave F1.
The 458 Edizione Grande Bambino features petulant bodywork, stroppy wheels and a series of toys that can be thrown from the car as it goes along. The exhaust has been retuned so it goes 'wah wah waaaaaaah' until everyone pays attention to it.
The car's interior has been re-trimmed to be more pompous and features a special plaque on the centre console which lists all the years in which Ferrari has threatened to leave Formula 1 (and then, amazingly, hasn't). This is carefully angled to make it easier for the driver to admire the massive gap during the years 1975-77 and 1999-2004 when, mysteriously, the company did not threaten to leave F1.
According to Ferrari, the Edizione Grande Bambino's engine uses 'F1 technology' allayed to a gearbox built using 'F1 knowhow' whilst the car is constructed using 'F1-specification' carbon fibre and uses 'F1 inspired' suspension.
'We don't need F1 at all,' said a spokesman for the Ferrari marketing department.
DanZman
> SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
06/24/2014 at 19:21 |
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its models like this that make me dislike Ferrari in general
Beebee100
> SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
06/24/2014 at 22:55 |
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Completely off base. When Kaizen (Japanese for"Constant Improvement") is legislated out of Eff One, nobody wins. The current regs are ludicrous. Innovation is out, and the car as it appeared at Melbourne is sealed. F1 is supposed to be the "Capo di tutti capo", or the top of the top in motorsports. No more. My eyeballs and interest is now in LeMans prototypes. They're doing qually laps the duration of the race....Even the 24hrs. More noise and the end of the same Mercedes domination; that's the trick.
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SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
> Beebee100
06/24/2014 at 23:01 |
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innovation is out?
although the engines are as-is from Melbourne, the cars do continuously evolve on the aero front and other systems. I'm not sure why the engine freeze means to you the whole car design is frozen
Manuél Ferrari
> SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
06/25/2014 at 02:22 |
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And in a way sealing the engines could create some crazy innovation in the off season