Classic: Ferrari 348
Posted on 09-07-2016 to 19:00 by Dizono – 63 Comments”
Creamy V8, great sound and a wonderful thick ass. And yet, that 348 but difficult from the verdomhoekje. Unjustified reasons.
By many, maligned as a just-not-Ferrari and always in the shadow of her beautiful successor, the F355. Or was it a facelift? The F355 is for a large part similar to this 348. Although the original is now little popular seems to be, she was at her introduction in 1989, a true sensation. Modern, fast and gorgeous. They had the F355 still not seen.
The 348 took clear away from the 308 in 1975 and its further development, the 328. Gone were the NACA slots in the flanks, this made place for the egg slicers, which is also the Testarossa legendary made. These are there not for nothing, the oil coolers and radiateurs are behind the doors are placed, which is therefore also quite thick. That loeihete oil and coolant is no longer under the passenger compartment need to flow, it means that the air conditioning a little less hard have to work, and at the front there is suddenly room for a real luggage set. And a set of tools, it remains an Italian car.
In this clay model from 1980, the 348-lines are already easy to recognize.
Already in 1980 it is started with the development of this entry-level model, which the 308/328 need to be replaced. As the name suggests, at the back of the Ferrari with a 3.4-liter V8 hiding. Although two Bosch Motoronic ECU’s the achtcilinder help its 300 horsepower to produce, apart from the ABS, no electronic safety net. Fortunately the 348 according to the press, one of the best driving cars of its time, helped by the absence of power steering. Negative comments are also there. According to a leading English magazine, turns off the manual vijfbak of the 348 as a truck and get after a few hours of a broken man (m/v) by the moderate chairs. Luca Di Montezemolo buy in 1990, a 348 and if he a year later to general manager at Ferrari, he can get his engineers not enough on the heart button to the F355 is a better car.
Initially, the 348 is available in two versions, the tb (Trasversale Berlinetta) and ts, a targa-version. In 1993, there is the 348 Spider. Almost at the same time, get the tb and ts a facelift, the entire hood and the lower sheet metal now in body color sprayed. Also called the car’s now back GTB and GTS and get the V8 update to 312 (US) or 320 hp (EU). This block did by the way already in 1992, introduced at the 348 Series Speciale.
This limited run of 100 cars were actually on the facelift of 1993, with the stronger block and front bumpers body parts. Further, the rear lights are no longer hidden behind a grid and the interior is rich with leather and a set of carbon bucket seats from the Ferrari F40. The Series Special was there as well as tb as ts, but unfortunately remained reserved to the United States.
The time is quite friendly for the 348. Where the Testarossa with its sharp lines almost classic looks, looks five years younger, entry-level as from another era. Its simple lines and the time seems even better to wear than the rounder years ’90-forms of the F355. That colleague @mauritsh and @casperh not agree with me, they called the F355, both the most beautiful Ferrari ever, but for me it is clear. Yes, if I had to choose between the F355 and 348, the latter. In Blu Chiaro.
Gallery: Ferrari 348
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