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Originally Posted by BMWPower06
Ferrari is more of a driver's car than Porsche?
I'll go ahead and answer that for you, no it is not. The new GT2 RS, not only spanked the 458 at the ring, but also the Enzo. You want a true driver's car you always buy manual.
When was the last time you actually saw someone drive their Ferrari? They are for old people who have money...
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Porsches are solid performance cars and with each iteration they move solidly into the supercar ranks - well deserved. But don't be blinded by name tags.
Putting things into perspective - the 458 in stock form is breaking many of the Enzo records, which in its day was a massive supercar. Give Ferrari a little time to come out with the 458 Scud or better yet the Challenge, which we know are on the way in a year ot two (the 458 is a new model) and I think you'll have a better apples to apples comparison.
Now to your point about price - look on the net and you'll see that 2010 Porsche 977 GT2 RS is running about 199,500 Euros base, and an out the door price of 237,578 Euros. Gee, that's 458 price territory isn't?
As far as the transmission is concerned, you need to frequent the ‘tube more often because you’d see that a true sequential transmission is not being fitted to the RS in stock trim, but that what they’re using on the track. For the uninformed, a sequential transmission shift lever has only two motions – forward and backwards. And, they are louder than HELL with straight cut gears. Additionally, f1 and the like are in a different league all together so there’s no comparison between the cute little manual transmission you see in a street car, Porsche included. An f1 transmssion alone costs more than your typical Bimmer.
A DCT is as close as 99 percent of the human race will ever come to a racing transmission. Check your facts before you blab.