Word via the twittersphere suggests the Ferrari 458 Scuderia might not be called that at all. Instead, the Scuderia badging could be replaced by Monte Carlo.
The Ferrari 458 Monte Carlo. Doesn’t quite have the same effect when the link to the F1 team is dropped, especially in favour for a principality known for its glitz and glamour.
In better news it’s expected Ferrari will be able to liberate a further 50hp from the 458’s stable making the new peak figure around 620hp (460kW).
3 replies on “458 Scuderia to wear Monte Carlo nameplate”
Prolly caue they realised using a name associated with the F1 team on the road cars was diluting the brands image. Like BMW/Merc etc do with their racing brands sticking it all over everything that moves. Seems right to me, fair enough if its a track only competition model, but on a road going car its a bit douchey.
Stubz. as if Monte Carlo name is not them trying to associate the car with F1!
yeah no doubt it might allude to this along with the more broader associations of glamour and so forth the “Scuderia” name is associated with the race team which is a seperate entity and I tend to think it shouldn’t be used on the road cars thats all, and besides they could just go back to using the Stradale name which means “road going” or something along those lines which would be more apt.