MagicMtnDan

* V-8
* Curb weight 3150 lbs.
* Top speed in gear at 8500 RPM:
1st gear 50 MPH
2nd gear 75 MPH
3rd gear 101 MPH
4th gear 128 MPH
5th gear 158 MPH
6th gear 198 MPH

Acceleration-
Time-to-speed:
0-30 MPH 1.3 seconds
0-40 MPH 1.8 seconds
0-50 MPH 2.8 seconds
0-60 MPH 3.5 seconds
0-70 MPH 4.3 seconds
0-80 MPH 5.6 seconds
0-90 MPH 6.7 seconds
0-100 MPH 8.1 seconds

Time-to-distance:
0-100 feet 2.4 seconds
0-500 feet 6.4 seconds
0-900 feet 9.2 seconds
0-1320 feet (1/4 mile) 11.7 seconds @ 120.1 MPH

Braking - minimum stopping distance:
From 60 MPH: 113 feet
From 80 MPH: 192 feet

Handling:
No lateral acceleration numbers yet available

Horsepower: 483 BHP@8500 RPM
Torque: 343 lb-ft@5250 RPM

Price:
List price $171,000 ($200,204 as tested by Road & Track 1/05 issue)

The car?
Ferrari's new 2006 F430 (360 Modena replacement)


For $100,000 less the Z06 should perform as well without the prancing horse logos of course.

Link to article in Car & Driver online

Yano

Even Ferrari's own drivers could only get the 0-60 times at 4 seconds flat. However, they said the car was a full 3 seconds faster around the race track than the outgoing 360 Modena.

That car is just beautiful. I talked to my local Ferrari dealer, they are on a 4 1/2 year back order on the 430, and they are already taking deposits $10,000 large for the successor to the 430 due out in 2010. If I remember correctly, he said he already has like 34 or 36 people on that list.

SuperFast80

The link shows a 186mph top speed.

Anyway, that is F40 performance from the BASE MODEL.

Ferrari is totally in a leahue of its own.

Dsob15

The new Z should have similar stats.

BMadden

While the F430 is considerably faster than the 360 it replaces, I still prefer the Modena's styling by a landslide. I don't care for the Enzo rear end on the 430 and I don't really like the front end all that much either. It looks awesome from the side, but that's about the only angle that looks good to me. The 430's interior, however, is a MAJOR improvement over the 360 Modena. Just my .02 on the subject.

MagicMtnDan

I agree with Ferrari being in a league of their own.

As for looks, I'm not sure I've ever seen as beautiful a car as this one from the rear. The quad exhaust and quad taillights, the rear diffuser, the magnificent engine under glass - it's a work of automotive art.

On the other hand, the front makes me wish for the 360 Modena. The front looks like it has two halves - an upper that is pretty tame and doesn't seem to go with the rest of the car and the lower which has the largest "nostrils" I've ever seen - too big in my opinion.

But criticizing this gorgeous, incredible-performing car is like complaining about Heather Graham's nose

Zivnuska

Other Cars would be a great place for this thread.

68roadster

Some guy posted the 30,000 mile maintenance is $12,000. That sounds like a fine arts price. Do you see many high mileage Ferraris?

LTC Z06

Gearing top speed and real top speed have little to do with each other, assuming the car is geared normally then real top speed is aerodynamics vs. HP.

ivan111

The mini Enzo is quick:

http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....ber=1&preview=

gearheaddroppings

Wow! That thing is gorgeous! Sorry guys, the new Z-06 could pull a 6 second quarter mile...I'll take the F430! The folks in Maranello sure can put together a pretty car!

Rick Rader

That ride is pure sex and is easily worth the price of admission if you can afford it.

The Z06 will be great no doubt but come on now...

yelloz06

That's why you don't, and usually the seller is QUICK to point out that it has already been done!

Rule of thumb used to be $1,000 per cylinder!

pdd000

beautiful car

vette6799

Beautiful car indeed.

As some of you know, 0-60 times are not the only factor in buying a car, partiicularly where money is no object. In those circles, true car afficionados know that the new Z and the F430 are not in the same league. Not knocking the vette, just keeping real perspective here.

LS1LT1

Exactly, therefore somewhat negating this claim below.
Real perspective? Euroflash namedropping and black tie wine/cheese sniffing type rituals are not exactly what I call "real perspectives", that is about as subjective and 'unreal' as it gets IMO.
A car company such as Ferrari built it's reputation/legacy/heritage in racing and they are (and should be) quite proud of this. Apparently racing/racing dominance (as they have in F1) still means something there.
Corvette has followed a similar path (and I might add has been around almost as long as the first 'true' Ferrari race cars/street cars as well).

Racing is where it all began, racing is of KEY concern.
The winner of the race wins, period. It doesn't really matter how beautiful one thinks the car looks or how soft it's fine Connelly hides are, if this Ferrari is slower than a mere Corvette then it is still SECOND PLACE.
Corvette has beat Ferraris *** all over the track for the last few years, but I guess the Ferrari drivers don't really mind though because well hey, they're still driving Ferraris right?

kewlbrz

Besides spending $200K+, what "league" does the new Z06 not compete with the 430?

Performance = equal
Heritage = equal

otherwise:
Most cost of maintenence = Ferrari
Cost of ownership = Ferrari
Status Symbol = Ferrari

HellBent

When it comes to exotics there is one word that says it all...

Exclusivity!

Ferrari has got it, the Corvette just doesn't.

Ford GT has it too... and they are going for $200,000 on e-bay (almost $80k over sticker!)

All right, maybe Ford and exclusive just don't belong in the same sentence. Ford GT owners already have their first recall and still get to use the same dirty public bathroom as the rest of the rank and file Ford owners... heh heh heh!

- AL

Hirohawa

Guess the DeLoreon is the best American sports car because it is so exclusive.

vette6799

Heritage isn't equal. When was the last time corvette or anything American, for that matter, competed in F1? That's like saying F1=Nascar. I don't think so.

If you believe these cars are equal, go right ahead. Most of the world knows they are not. A hand made exotic versus a muscle car that comes off an assembly line. Drive a 430 into a mall and drive a corvette, any corvette, and park a few hundred feet away. Tell me which one draws a crowd and which one draws a yawn.

The vette is a nice car for the money, no one can say otherwise, but the devil is in the details.