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Originally Posted by speeder
But the F355 is nowhere near the bottom as far as schit cars that have Ferrari badges.
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IMO, Ferrari is fairly unique in the auto world in that they really have never built any schit or completely undesirable cars. Prior to the 360, everything they built was in fairly limited numbers, and they all have merit.
The closest to a "bad" car would be the U.S. 2 valve Mondial of the early 80s. The US smog laws etc made for a 9 second 0-60 car, which is really subpar. But even those are Ferrari through and through, same engines as the 308, built in the same factory as all Ferraris by the same workers, etc. etc. (Unlike things like a Porsche 914 or 924, etc). Even an '81 Mondial, park it at most car shows and people will be interested, because it's still recognized as a Ferrari.
But by the 3.2 and T years (86 on), the Mondial was a pretty good Ferrari.
I like the 355, but I have to admit, the stories on them with their expensive problems would scare me. The 348 and 355 always seemed like "transition" cars to me - the transition from the relatively small production, hand built cars up through the 328 to the Luca di montezemolo relatively high production cars starting with the 360.
If I were ever to get another one (doubtful) I'd probably go with the "old(ish) school" 308 (a Euro version 84/85 GTB), or the new school 360.