2016 Ferrari 488 GTB REVIEW | So Bloody Gorgeous, So Fast, So Ridiculously Desirable
A FERRARI 488. THE GREAT OCEAN ROAD, AND VAN MORRISON SINGING: “OH MY MAMA TOLD ME, THERE’LL BE DAYS LIKE THIS…”
Cynics will tell you this is what TMR does every day - "lucky sods, blah de blah" - and, "In any case," they'll say, "what’s the point of a car like the 488 on Australia’s clogged, speed-camera infested roads?"
The answers are no, no we don’t - every drive of a Ferrari is rare and special - and secondly, Ferrari says year-to-date sales in its market segment (we think you can work out what that means) are up by 35 percent in Australia and 28 percent in New Zealand.
So, despite our sub-standard road network and ever-present camera plague, the allure of this sort of car continues to grow. Obviously.
To date, sales of the masterpieces from Maranello are line-ball here with 2015…which is to say the folk in the historic – but now updated – factory are working to capacity to keep-up with demand in every country.