Remember when Ferrari tried to have its cake and eat it?
Note for reference: car weight and power data are hard to pin down with absolute certainty. For consistency, we use the same source for all our guides. We hope the data we use is right more often than it’s wrong. Our advice is to treat it as relative rather than definitive. Two very different engines here, and two very different ways of achieving high performance. We’ve given you the spec sheet comparison which showed very little between them on the road.
The other problem was the Getrag DCT box which wasn’t great at learning its owner’s driving style and which could be dangerously hesitant when switching from reverse to forwards during parking manoeuvres. Again the finger of blame was pointed at inadequate seals and/or bad sensors. A couple of years ago the cost to drop, split and rebuild an FF’s DCT box to put right sensor failures was £7k. Add whatever extra you think to that figure to take inflation into account.
The drive mode settings on the GTC4’s manettino switch were Ice, Wet, Comfort, Sport and ESC Off. ‘Race’ wasn’t considered appropriate on a family estate. In Sport mode you could engage the adaptive suspension’s Bumpy Road button which was very much worth using on British byways as it brought the sort of comfort you’d never think might be part of any Ferrari experience.
The full-length glass roof was superb. Mind you, it ought to have been at £11,500, and there was no 575 Superamerica-style electrical dimming included in that. Back-seat passengers benefited more from the glass roof than those in the front so if you’re going to be travelling solo or two-up there’s no need to un-shortlist cars that don’t have it. Adaptive front lights worked well.
The rim of the new steering wheel was still not round in cross-section, which was irksome for some, but it did have nicer indicators plus on-wheel telephone functions. A new, more responsive and quieter climate control system was a step forward too, with more individual settings than before. You could ramp up the sounds by paying £3.5k for a JBL system. The 450-litre boot space rising to 800 litres with the back seats down was slightly compromised by its stepped shape.
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