It's hornlike to imagine a Ferrari feeling its prizewinning in southward Michigan--the endless straight roads, slapping concrete surfaces, and potholes the size of a Kenworth; the speed limits, the traffic, the stoplights. It's definitely not Ferrari country. That's ground we've brought the Italian's Detroit rival, the author GT, to the heart of Ferrari territory, up in the mountain back roads above Maranello, the very twisting routes where Ferrari tests Ferraris.
And the author is loving it. It grabs these hillsides by the throat, dispensing its 550 H.P. onto the paseo with an urge that stuns. It rockets discover of the hairpins, second gear throwing us back into the seat, widening our eyes. That digit cog will blast to 90 mph when there's the chance, and when we reach the crowning of the hills it gets it, the gleaming red GT flashing along ridgetop roads like a low-flying jet.
And the author is loving it. It grabs these hillsides by the throat, dispensing its 550 H.P. onto the paseo with an urge that stuns. It rockets discover of the hairpins, second gear throwing us back into the seat, widening our eyes. That digit cog will blast to 90 mph when there's the chance, and when we reach the crowning of the hills it gets it, the gleaming red GT flashing along ridgetop roads like a low-flying jet.
Today we're moving in formation. Shadowing the GT's every move is Ferrari's latest V-8 coupe, the F430. Two red flashes, pure as slashes in your retina. The Ford impossibly baritone and wide, an organically primaeval shape, that flat rear deck counteractive the swollen rear fenders in a appearance so hormonally suggestive it ought to be banned from daytime TV. How can any car attain a Ferrari look so narrow, pinched, and tall? That's not to say there's no interest in the Ferrari shape: The artefact it handles expose in/out ducting is beautifully worked, and the inadequacy and narrowness of its cutlines attain it seem a higher-quality piece than the Ford.
Both use rear render to make display cases for their engines. At 4.3 liters versus 5.4, the Ferrari is downbound on power on the GT and downbound by a supercharger, too. Crucially, the F430 is also downbound on weight. And, as we're uncovering finished these enchantingly challenging roads, the local opens up a gap on the visitor. We swap between the cars, and the Ferrari pulls out in front, steadily making distance--at least until the road goes straight, when the Ford winches the Ferrari backwards in. This is a fascinating contest; a series of drives that module shrivelled their way into our memories.
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