Ferrari is one of the world’s most venerated auto makers, so much so that its mystique is almost greater than the machines that helped create it. The company has a rich history, and many of its offerings, both those for the track and the street enter legend almost upon their inception.
That doesn’t mean the company hasn’t had the occasional swing and a miss. Of course, even those seem to eventually find favor and skyrocketing value. What we want to know today is your opinion on those misses. What do you think is the worst thing this great car maker has ever made?
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Hooniverse Asks: What’s The Worst Thing Ferrari Has Ever Produced?
By Robert Emslie
Apr 19, 2017
Kamil Kaluski 
Jeff Glucker
Does this count?
http://images.complex.com/complex/image/upload/c_limit,w_680/fl_lossy,pg_1,q_auto/zjb112q1k7798tjkxm9z.jpg
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/61f3c79d24d21ac808b5d0d0246f1805288996804121e098d349a45f1d290c13.jpg How about this abomination?
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/f1586d1cb2f6c877409b74c75c8d2723da97a666815518d351918b94e3ec46e5.jpg
That looks like something a Hanna-Barbara character should be driving.
Nailed it.
Or something Marcos might come up with.
what is this thing? I have never seen it before…
(the wheels are nice)
The wheels wouldn’t look out of place on an early-90s Ranger or S10.
They also look pretty similar to the wheels used on Jaguar D-types, ie from the days when wheels were engineered not styled
Ferrari 330 GT 2+2 Speciale, commissioned AND designed by an Italian nightclub owner and bodied by Piero Drogo (the guy behind the famous Ferrari Breadvan). The rear is possibly even worse :
http://media.autoblog.it/f/fer/ferrari-330-gt-22-speciale/th/1966-ferrari-330-gt-2-2-speciale-04.jpg
Come back Jaguar XJS. All is forgiven!
I like it!
Can’t blame Ferrari for what a nightclub owner does to one of their cars
The Series of Unfortunate Automatics branded ‘F1 Paddleshift Gearbox’.
Spite.
http://www.vintagecartalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/123finish66lemans.jpg
http://www.todayifoundout.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ferruccio_lamborghini.jpg
So much spite.
The non-turbo 208. 155 crank horsepower from a Ferrari V8? Shame, shame.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Ferrari_208_GTS_%281980%29_1.jpg/280px-Ferrari_208_GTS_%281980%29_1.jpg
Also available in the earlier less attractive package as the 208GT4, at least it had 170HP, but a top speed of only 137mph.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Ferrari-Dino_208-GT4_Front-view.JPG/1280px-Ferrari-Dino_208-GT4_Front-view.JPG
In fairness 75bhp per litre wasn’t bad for 1980, pure Italian tax special.
Arrogance.
Don’t go here:
store.ferrari.com/no_en/design-and-style/objects/merchandising.html
But if you do, compare it to this: http://shop3.porsche.com/usa/
To be fair the “united states” version of the store looks a lot better than the Norway version (Which is what pops up)
http://www.rad-dudes.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/ferrari_guy_via_mfh.jpg
This thing:
http://media.caranddriver.com/images/08q4/267373/2009-ferrari-california-photo-235204-s-450×274.jpg
Responsible for Fi driver and noted Australian, Mark Webber’s famous quote when he heard one of his mechanics boasting of driving one.
” A Shitbox Soft Top For Softcocks.”
Don’t get me wrong, the 500 Abarth is a charming little car, but charging £30,000 for a “Ferrari” one is taking the biscotti
http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-shared/dims3/GLOB/legacy_thumbnail/800×450/format/jpg/quality/85/http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/06/fiat-500-f-edition-opt.jpg
At least the license plate is honest: Poser Racing.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/44c301ac42590cfa5a2fc16508acceae62a0f74fd1bea9ff3af6e68a1ef579db.jpg This nasty thing was built by Zagato in 1974 on a 330 GTC platform.
Nice Volvo!
I was going to comment on saying I’d be glad to have the worst Ferrari made. But after seeing some of these examples I’ve changed my mind.
Hard to say. They don’t seem to be done yet.
Zero-to-blue-screen-of-death faster than any other:
http://www.laptopmag.com/uploadedimages/multimedia_assets/images/2008/reviews/laptops/acer-ferrari_g1.jpg
Of all the production Ferraris until the California, I think the consensus is that it’s a toss up between the almost cynically bad 348, (worse in every single way than the much cheaper Honda/Acura NSX), and the related Mondial.
The arrival of the NSX though did spur Ferrari into changing the 348 into the hugely improved 355. but there wasn’t much they could do with the Mondial except make a convertible version.
http://zombdrive.com/images/ferrari-3487-1.jpg
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/12/3a/a7/123aa7be627546d11052c861f8f8f7ff.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Ferrari_Mondial_t_002.JPG
But I would like a set of those wheels for my Lancia Gamma Coupe which shares the same pcd.