Imagine you’re an editor for FloralTrend, invited on a deluxe junket to Paris to experience a new species of water lily. You arrive only to discover your “experience” involves a dark room full of giant paintings of the flowers done by a mostly blind guy. All you can smell is linseed oil, and they all
This is gonna be one expensive pill to swallow.
The Ferrari F8 Tributo may lack the charm and character of its grandfather, the sonorous 458 Italia, but it s no less impressive a supercar. With 710 horsepower from its 3.9-liter twin-turbo V8, the F8 is one seriously fast vehicle, but thanks to the innovations that Maranello has made over the years - things like Ferrari Dynamic Enhancer and Side Slip Angle Control - that kind of power is easier to manage than ever before. Of course, there are those who want even more performance from the car, but for one German buyer, 710 hp was already too much, and his car ended up being a total wreck just six hours after he collected it.
The Ferrari F8 Spider unleashes your inner Formula 1 driver
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Ferrari’s 812 Superfast was hands-down my most exciting and memorable drive of 2020. Yet this ferocious 800hp supercar also felt intimidating and, at times, unnerving: a
cavallino rampante only a racing driver could truly tame.
After three head-spinning days I handed it back, grateful for the experience, but quietly relieved the Ferrari and my driving licence had survived unscathed.
The F8 Spider is very different. While the 812 Superfast is dominated by its maniacal V12, this car is defined by its chassis. Its brilliant balance – backed up by very clever stability systems – makes even a driver of modest talents (ahem) feel like a pro.