You may have seen this already, but the Ferrari California has begun to hit the streets. And for all the critics who have bashed the IS-F's stacked quad exhaust tips it appears that Ferrari, a company known for cutting edge styling cues in auto design and elegance has taken a cue from the IS-F.


There are pictures with round tips out there but this looks to be a final production model on the streets of Monacco. Nearly identical to the F. I'd be interested to know if "they're not even real" as we often hear.

 

Here are some more pics.


This one directly from their California web site.


No doubt IS-F inspired.

 

Cool stuff.

 

May have taken some cues from the F, and definitely not connected. Naysayers have to nitpick at anything they can grasp at, and if the exhaust tip design is the only they can bring up, then that means the rest of the car is THAT good.. he he.

 

The stacked quad exhaust may be contraversial, but they're unique and just as big a part of the F as anything else.
I love them and wouldn't have them any other way.

I'm not surprised to see them on other 'significant' rides.

C.

 

Totally disagree, I think that car is amazing.

But it is just an opinion you know everyone has one, which is why they paint cars more than one color.

 

Agreed!!!! The word from the Ferrari crowd is that the car was built for the female driver, and has lost some of it's purists.

 

The thing that the "naysayers" and "nitpickers" don't think about is the event of a rear collision.

If, in that unfortunate case, you are hit from behind the fact that the bumper and exhaust tips are not connected gives the bumper an extra few inches to crease, crack, bend, etc. without touching and damaging your entire exhaust system.

If you were hit from behind and the car did have connected tips, you would automatically be looking at an entirely new exhaust because it would be bent with just the slightest nudge and considering that it's connected to the engine, you might knock some other stuff loose as well.

With exhaust cutouts in the bumper becoming the trend now, this is simply the smartest way to execute the design for the sake of cost and crash worthiness. Anyone who wants to nitpick with it needs to find a legitimate talking point before trying to downtalk the IS F because many other high end sports cars, not only Ferrari, do the same thing.

 

^ Excellent point. Never thought about it that way. Another advantage is the ability to change and modify your exhaust system but keeping the stock look.

 

honestly...its not that bad looking, but def looks like a girls car, or at least some hot milf lol

 

For any modern car.. whether it be an every day basic car or an Exotic car...

If there is a Diffuser or Tip ATTACHED to a bumper, it can NOT be physically attached to the entire exhaust system..

Exhausts move... Bumpers Do Not.. Plain & Simple!!


Just for kicks!!!

Bugatti



Lambo


Audi R8


Ferrari California


2010 BMW 7 Series



All by-products of the Lexus IS-F??? Hmmmm....

Regards,

Joe Z

 

Here's a question I pose for all you IS-F owners.........

Has anyone ever thought about keeping the IS-F stacked exhaust look but, make it more menancing but say increasing the tip size or changing the shape to dual more rectangular tips? Just make it look more pronounced somehow ~ not sure how to describe it but imagine the IS-F ovals on steroids

I've been thinking about this and would be rather easy to do since tips are not attached to the actual exhaust right?

 

Looks like its the way of the future. Car designs are so streamlined now, the placement and appearance of exhausts now are incorporated with the overall shape of the car itself. Cool.

 

I think the designers would like to control, the exhaust "look" and not worry about actual muffler design.

They also leave room for exhaust enthusiast, to add their own touch if needed.

You can always pull the Diffuser out if you want.

 

It's just like the LED thing that Audi took to the mainstream - now every manufacturer has them!

Porsche, Mercedes, even McLaren's P11 super car implements these LED strips ~ I love the look


So no one has upgraded the dual ovals for something "more enhanced"?????