[gripforce-mclaren]

458 comparison

This is a video from a colleague in Korea. I didn't know they sell MP4-12C already

 

[MP4ME]

" all driving performed by professional drivers on a closed course. Please dont try this at home"

Good job.

 

[trincap]

Did I read that right? You did 185 mph in two cars in the dark on a public road? What state?

 

[997]

Did I read that right? You did 185 mph in two cars in the dark on a public road? What state?

IF he did he had better not admit that and hope that he can't be traced by the video

 

[widowmaker911]

Did I read that right? You did 185 mph in two cars in the dark on a public road? What state?

Looks like runs were achieved in Mehico

 

[Jaymoney]

It's gotta be hard taking that 458 home after that spanking.

 

[TougeSpirit]

MP4-12C utterly destroyed that F458. Not even close. Can't wait for the GT3 road version.

 

[andy c]

Thought the gap would have been bigger,but then again it would have been after a few corners

 

[Jaymoney]

Thought the gap would have been bigger,but then again it would have been after a few corners

If the gap got any bigger the 458 wouldn't have been in the video.

 

[mac4lyf]

If the gap got any bigger the 458 wouldn't have been in the video.

Well to all those naysayers that the 12C isn't as quick or barely quicker this should keep them shuttup. Stick it Ferrari!

 

[Ritesh]

The Italia did better than I expected!!

 

[6th element]

Well to all those naysayers that the 12C isn't as quick or barely quicker this should keep them shuttup. Stick it Ferrari!

Deja vu:

How bad has it been? I honestly don't know where to start. Perhaps the 360 Modena press car that was two seconds faster to 100mph than the customer car we also tested. You allow some leeway for "factory fresh" machines, but this thing was ludicrously quick and sounded more like Schumacher's weekend wheels than a street car. Ferrari will never admit that its press cars are tuned, but has the gall to turn up at any of the big European magazines' end-of-year-shindig-tests with two cars. One for straight line work, the other for handling exercises. Because that's what happens when you buy a 458: they deliver two for just those eventualities. The whole thing stinks. In any other industry it wouldn't be allowed to happen. It's dishonest, but all the mags take it between the cheeks because they're too scared of not being invited to drive the next new Ferrari.

Nowadays you spray your message around the globe and every bugger knows about it in minutes. So, when we used an owner's 430 Scud because Ferrari wouldn't lend us the test car, it was obliterated in a straight line by a GT2 and a Lambo LP 560-4, despite all the "official" road test figures suggesting it was faster than Halley's Comet. The forums went nuts and some Scud owners rightly felt they hadn't been delivered the car they'd read about in all the buff books. Talk about karma slapping you in the face.

excerpts copyright Chris Harris and Jalopnik

 

[Doubleclutch]

I think the 458 did pretty good, after the initial jump is seemed like the 458 stayed pretty close. Btw please no public road coments, enjoy the video, it was in Mexico

 

[TougeSpirit]

I expected the 458 to perform like this. The whole outcome was completely expected