Ferrari F80

Not very good looking is it?

Looks like a cheap clone of a Nissan 300ZX that escaped to the wrong era via Time Machine.

Glad Chris Harris has been taken off the blacklist at least.
 
Flat out in the 1,183bhp F80: can this tech-heavy V6 still thrill like an old-school Ferrari?

We know the F80 is cutting edge - now it's time to find out if it can bring the drama

And what’s really cool is that the F80 isn’t great despite all the technology it's adopted, but because it’s travelled that route and used every piece of hardware and line of code to such devastating effect. It feels like a car that only Ferrari could build. The product of a melting pot of a world-leading endurance racing programme, F1 operation and maker of some of the most sophisticated and exciting supercars on the planet.

For the return journey I was in the red seat, flowing through the valleys, ripping past wrung out Pandas and laughing and whooping for joy with every thunderous upshift crack. This vision of a bright red Ferrari piercing through Italy, occupants smiling and laughing, sun high in the sky and cares floating away on the warm breeze is pure cliche. But sometimes you have to submit to the moment and appreciate the magic.

The F80 is Ferrari in 2025. A supercar for this specific moment in time. Yet the old spirit lives on. I’m pleased to report that the awe and admiration remains, but after our revelatory time on the road, the love comes through.

 
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