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This is the Ferrari GT, known until now by its internal design code F149, Maranello’s new rear-wheel drive small GT. autocar.co.uk will post the first official pictures tomorrow (Tuesday) but, for now, these covert spy shots are the best around.
The new, small 2+2 Ferrari will make its debut at the Paris Motor Show in October. Rather than being an entry-level product below the F430, it will be a similarly priced alternat...Read the full article

I'm sure this is going to be a beautiful car, and similarly it'll probably drive well.... but why am I more excited by the prospect of the Prius or sub-2lt diesel 'warm hatches'? I love driving, and have been lucky enough to drives some great cars, but more and more I enjoy driving the mundane stuff more than the exotic stuff, which in the real world just seem pointless excess that is being driven so inside it's capabilities as to feel detached from the driver. £130k on this F149 or £30k on something at the top end of mundane? I know where I'd spend my money.

By that 'rule-of-thumb' you prefer seeing Pub bands than AC/DC at Nebworth!!

This Ferrari is absolutetly stunning, especially front on.

Autocar, much as I love ya, you've got to be a bit quicker with these pictures as I've seen the front AND rear 3 weeks ago from a UK portal so 6 rather silly pics still covered in Max Mosely bondage tape and 1 front on picture doesn't hack it.. once the pictures are 'out' duck-taped 'secret' cars just look lame!

 

JJBoxster:

By that 'rule-of-thumb' you prefer seeing Pub bands than AC/DC at Nebworth!!...

If the 'pub band' entertains and I can see it close up without a half hour trip to and fro to the porta-loo shared with 5,000 other people and aren't gonna be charged ridiculous prices for limited choice of drinks, then yeah I'd prefer that too AC/DC at Nebworth... Better yet, give me the pub band with an AC in the pub car park.

JJBoxster:

This Ferrari is absolutetly stunning, especially front on.

Well the barmaid might look good, doesn't mean she'll be truly entertaining when it counts.

I tend to get more excited about things I might realistically be able to own. The current batch of hot hatches are quite possibly pretty relevant to my car-owning future, a £130k Ferrari almost certainly isn't.

All of which isn't to say I wouldn't love to be in the position to be choosing between that or a DB9!

(Double negatives ahoy!)