Ferrari's Biggest Mistake? Is the 348 TS Truly Terrible? First Drive Impressions
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- Ferrari's catalogue is not the lineage of perfection many make it out to be. There are a few cars in there which just misfired, even when new. One such car is the 348 - unloved when released, and unfavourably compared with the NSX ever since, the 348 has often been Ferrari's poor cousin.
Recently values have started to rise dramatically - but is that simply a result of the 355 and 328 dragging prices up, or is the 348 genuinely a car worth investing in? Let's take it for a drive and find out if there's promise.
Today is not a full review, but simply a taster of this unloved piece from Maranello.
#Ferrari #348
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Maybe that's because I'm a big fan of the 80s, but style wise that's one of the prettiest Ferraris ever made. I dream a lot about a 355 with 348 looks.
Thank god i am not alone, love the mini testarossa looks, the poster car of my teenage years....
I don't even love the 80s and I think this car looks absolutely fantastic.
Agreed. It looks cool and sounds great
Totally agree I think the 348 looks stunning, it improves with age.
Yeah I’m with you. I really LIKE the way this car looks. In terms of aesthetics, 80s ferrari = best ferrari. But that’s just me. Not *quite as pretty as the 328 but prettier than the 355. And J talks about the testarossa side strakes like they’re a BAD thing! The testarossa is one of the best looking ferraris ever. Right behind the GTO and the almighty F40.
I can't agree on the looks; a 348 Spider is quite nice to look at, in my opinion. Better looking than the 355.
In terms of looks I dunno, I like both.
But yea the 348 is gorgeous.
Totally agree
Personally, I love it. It looks incredible to my eyes and I'd forgive everything else for that soundtrack.
Indeed.
Totally with you. Love the 348s lines. Always have. 😁👍
That sound is INCREDIBLE
Yes, it looks lovely, especially in black. And the noise is really quite nice.
Yup. These are gorgeous to me, especially in black as the guy above said.
Nearly bought one in 1991 as my first car but ending up getting a 10 year old Austin Metro 1.3
Great times.
nearly did the same thing but a 308gt4 we probably did the right thing but damn talk about a "one that got away" story
Great choice! 🤪 I went for a red MG turbo !
Had a classic beetle myself still got one now
Very funny
LOLOL
It was designed by Leo Fioravanti and was his last Ferrari. He never gets any credit from most for being one of the best auto designers in history, let alone Ferrari. The 348 was a beautiful, sounded amazing, and was generally an awesome car. The haters came from uneducated internet trolls. It's nonsense that the car is much different from the 355.
A lot of it stems from 'Clarkson said...' like so much cliched car-related drivel.
You can literally swap doors between the 348 and the 355, that's how similar they are.
@@dm5374 Yes! And a few did. It was a popular thing to do, especially if there was some kind of damage done to the door.
@@julianevans9548 Process seems to have been 1) Be a teenager 2) Watch Top Gear 3) Never drive or own anything and go straight to the internet to pass your expert opinion on everything gained in step #2.
"and was generally an awesome car." That was NOT what Ferrari's OWN CEO Luca di Montezemolo said. He even returned his to the factory and never wanted to drive one again. If Luca di frickin' Montezemolo said it was horrible and made a list of things the engineers had to remedy for the next model I don't know what other evidence you need.
"The haters came from uneducated internet trolls." And ALL car journalists who tested the 348 in the 90's. Autocar even said it was a travesty to ask the price for such an outdated product which was killed by the Porsche 993 and the Honda NSX.
" The 348 was a beautiful" That is subjective. No car designer today will consider it anywhere near the 20 best looking Ferraris ever made.
"It's nonsense that the car is much different from the 355." Really? Then ask the Ferrari engineers. And the educated car journalists when they first tested the 355. It was like from another galaxy and was refined and balanced where the 348 was poorly sorted. Qualitywise it was a vast chasm of difference too.
You're a cretin. A silly fanboy. And a CLOWN.
Car journalists slated the 348 unisonly.
Ferrari owners sold their fast. They dropped in prize on the used Ferrari sales.
LUCA DI MONTEZEMOLO HATED IT. Ferrari's OWN CEO.
"One of the first things Montezemolo did as newly minted Ferrari CEO was order wholesale changes to the 348. The 355 that replaced it was a vastly improved vehicle in every respect, and you can trace a direct line, in terms of improvements in performance, handling, durability, and driveability, from that car to today's 458 Italia, the finest mid-engine sports car in the world right now." MotorTrend, dec 2011 (state your "sources" - if you have any)
What are your qualifications clown since you think you know anything? Muppet.
Stop being a cult-member chimp. Even a great brand like Ferrari has produced duds. Fanatics like you are too extreme to realize this.
I find it funny people behold the F355 as being one of prettiest Ferraris there is & put the 348 at the bottom of list. It's the same chassis!
We all have the same skeletons, but there are some ugly fuckers 😂😂
And looks more or less the same , with the slats on the rear lights the biggest difference.It has more or less the same silouette
@@minatormyth that’s a great comment, I’ll remember that one 😂
@@minatormyth 😂 well in this case it's a 348 with a less 80s body kit
The F355 looks like a microwaved 348, with the side that melted.
Back end looks fantastic,front end looks good,engine sounds great,I'm not seeing anything here I don't like.👍✌
That interior looks amazing. So simple and I love the way the dash wraps round. New interiors seem to try a bit to hard.
It sounds epic love the gearbox whine. Way cheaper to maintain than a 355 too.
That noise is definatly wonderful. Thank you
I'm against death penalties, but in the case of the barbarians who fly-tip by our roadsides, as at 7:26, I'm prepared to make an exception.
What’s the issue here? I don’t spot it at a glance. What’s fly-tip?
@@Fee.1 It's British slang for people that dump a load of garbage roadside and expect other people to deal with it.
@@rivenmotors7981 I thought that was everyone after seeing the Side of dual carriage ways or whatever it’s called there. It’s more regional? If so that’s great.
Those people are scum.
Death penalty might be a tad harsh 😂 I think their punishment should be hundreds of hours of community service cleaning up rubbish from lay-bys and roadsides. A good few weeks to backbreaking work should make them appreciate the problems they cause for others
I have one w 20k miles on it and absolutely love it....great car, great sound.
THAT is one of the best sounding cars I've ever heard!
I've always wrote it off as a less good 355 but actually after watching this I think I was wrong.
I also really like the looks.
Take a listen to the same engine on my channel........
Very nice to see a 348 review 🤗
Lovely but I prefer the bus seat fabric interior on Hoovies Black 348 🤣
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Godda say I love the look and sound of this car. Stunning!
You really need a polarising filter on your camera - may help with the bonnet shots to get rid of the windscreens reflection. Great video and I really like the car. I think it looks pretty good too.
Thanks for that great vid James! It’s about time someone does an objective review of a 348. My ownership experience (since 2008) has been absolutely wonderful. As with any preowned Ferrari, you need to buy a good car to begin with and then keep on top of the maintenance. And most importantly: drive it!
What about tht engine out service bulshit?
@@georgecaceres880 I have it done every five years at a cost of about 2500 euros all in. Yearly maintenance is about 500 euros.
@@wimdepril6920 that seems very low.. 2500$ must not be the norm. If it were nobody would complain about it
@@wimdepril6920 I just got quoted for 348 belt change in Sarasota FL 7,500$-9,500$ depending. The shop is Luciano Master auto.
This is the reason these older Ferraris are a No No. even if you can swing the purchase price. The upkeep will destroy your pocket
@@georgecaceres880 You lot are totally conned by the shops in the US. I’ve had 3 engine out belt changes done by both specialists and Ferrari main dealers in the UK. Base price is normally under £2000 although there’s always a few extras that’ll take it up to £2500ish. Look at the official book time for the service, work out the labour charge (I pay less per hour on the Ferrari at a main dealer than my local VW dealer charges) add in the parts costs and you’ll see just how stupid the prices your garages charge are. They know most people can’t do it themselves so they charge completely barking mad prices for it. This gives an idea of the sort of prices we pay in the UK
www.jmhauto.co.uk/ferrari-fixed-price-servicing-menu/
Nice timing, I've been drawing a little 348 for a while.
Lots of people say the 348 is a bad car but I have always enjoyed driving mine since 1996. I also have a 458 Spider which is way faster and better in almost every way but I still love the look of the 348 (at least from the front) and if you want to feel like you melt into the car and it becomes an extension of your own body it does that better. It is very robust and quite trouble-free and can even be maintained by an experience hobby petrol head (I wouldn't even dare disconnect the battery of the 458) - although the 355 was a big step up it can cost an arm and a leg when something goes wrong (and often things do go wrong); this and the fact that I found its new throttle lost feeling set me against ever actually owning one.
And young people adore the 348 - I have been at many meetings where young people just walk past the 360s and 430s and want to look at it because they find it cooler! It is a bit timeless too - recently some one asked me whether it was the latest model (!! - showing that most people can't really see any difference anyway and a Ferrari is is simply a Ferrari to them (and they crave after it) - !!)
By the way - when driving it makes sense to get some really cool roads - this is in the Spider in September: th-cam.com/video/ZKTl2p7c3Q8/w-d-xo.html
My words and feelings exactly! Greetings from Italy... maybe we can chase each other on the Furka Pass road one day in our 348s!
What a great review that turned out to be btw. Your content really has to be on a car enthusiasts list to watch. The 348 just seems such a good package right now with the end of new combustion production on the horizon / rise of electrification. A useful amount of power, glorious soundtrack and proportions that seem to work.
I've always had the impression that people view it as either "the worst V8 Ferrari", or "the last proper old school V8 Ferrari", depending on what they value in a Ferrari.
Let's get this straight. The "worst V8 Ferrari" was undoubtably the 1980-82 Mondial. Ferrari costs and 214HP - for the European version. The catalyzed US version must have been dreadful.
@@dm5374 Oh, some make a case for the infamous 2,0 liter (Italian car tax system) V8 models like the Ferrari 208 GTB (*not* the turbo model) and the immediate predecessor to the Mondial - the 308GT4, or even worse the 2,0 liter version the 208GT4. The 208GT4 supposedly had 170hp but tests and owners all concluded that was quite some exaggeration and the number was closer to 130hp.
The thing is that the 208GT4 was no match even for a 70's Volkswagen Golf GTI which was a quarter of the price and could run rings around it. The original Golf GTI could do the 0-100km/h (0-60mph) sprint in 9 seconds dead and well run-in version could hit close to 200km/h (125mph) on the German autobahn.
People just prefer the 308GT4/208GT4 over the Mondial because it has aged better in the looks department. The Mondial wasn't very well received even in the early 80's and had it not been for the U.S. market - where people always liked a 2+2 seat car - the Mondial would have faced the axe after a few years. But mechanically and performance wise the immediate predecessor to the Mondial was worse.
Fact is in the mid 90's the 308GT4 was so cheap on the used car market they were affordable for people who wanted a "second car" for weekend drives.
Anyways, the 348 was utterly outdated and fell apart in the early 90's and it was returned by many customers and sold cheap by others.
""the last proper old school V8 Ferrari",
No, that would be the 360 Modena. That was the last one to use the old V8. The 360 Modena was universally liked. The 348 most certainly was not. No way.
@@paulallen8109 If you want to take this to it's Kantian extreme, the horse was slower than the motorcar.
@@paulallen8109 This depends on how you wish to define "old school". Both the 355 and 360 heavily rely on computers to keep things running, which I guess is what is needed when you push your compression ratios up, run at 8500 rpm and want to employ 5-valve cylinder heads that don't interfere. Let's see, oh yeah, adjustable suspension, power steering, stability control, possibly an F1 transmission, power tops for the convertibles, OBD II compliance, diagnostics and there you go - 6 times as many computers as in a 348. No, to me, the 348 is a far simpler machine and is, consequently, the last old school Ferrari V-8 model. And don't get me started on a conversation about how freaking hot those two engines run. Did you know they run rich at high RPMs as part of engine cooling and knock avoidance? Why do you think those bypass valves were put in the exhaust? Not to argue, but the 355 and the 360 are miles ahead of the 348 in technology. Unfortunately, the 355 was the test bed for most of what's in the 360 and if it were me, between the two, the 360 is clearly superior in design and refinement. Still, as a card carrying Luddite, my preference is still for the retro-tech 348. :)
These a huge amount of difference between an early and late 348 in the way they drive - the later 348s are chassis and geometry wise 355s in waiting and there is nothing suspension wise you can't do whilst refreshing a 348 to make it as dynamically adept and forgiving as a 355. Looks???..Well a 355 is just a facelifted 348 in that regard and I don't really count the deletion of the side strikes and the addition of round rear lamps as a major factor in the looks either - the silhouette and the shell are identical - and I've worked on enough of them. With a few chassis tweaks the 348 is great car - it doesn't have the grunt or some of the sophistication of the 355 but by no means is it a poor relation.
It is interesting what you say about upgrading the suspension. I have a very early 348, with spacers on the rear. I drive it with Michelin Pilot Sport 4. I was looking for a later car - but couldn’t find it in the TS body. Since purchasing, I have driven well over 1000 miles and the ride is great - provided you keep the speed below 80mph (which is of course easy to do). Interested to hear what could be changed and how that might make a difference?
@@Gavin-oq5tt Upgrading to factory spec Challenge suspension combined with increased offset 355 rims is very much worthwhile upgrade. As a start I'd be looking at full geometry check and perhaps the addition of some spacers on the front.
The grilled rear lights look way better then the hideous rounded lights IMHO
@@Gavin-oq5tt Hi, I have a '91, my mechanic says to take up some of the damping in the front shocks and it will make a big difference at higher speeds. Maybe I'll take him up on the suggestion, the car's there right now the the belt service.
@@dm5374 That’s interesting - will certainly look into that. Have you found the same? Interested to hear if you go ahead with any adjustment.
“That will do, pig. That will do.” - awesome
Excellent sound & the most beautiful tail lights!!! Pininfarina's glorious design
Jay - I was ready to pounce, should you say anything bad about the 348 - but you didn’t. I own a 458, a 991.2x51 tuned and a 348. In my opinion, the 348 is the most fun to drive. Pedals allow for heal and toe, the steering is superb and the ride is excellent. I would highly recommend everyone trying a set of Michelin Pilot Sport 4. With these, it is as sure footed as any modern car. Not the fastest, and not so comfortable above 80mph, but it sounds great and gives the most involving drive. The size also makes it ideal for country lanes. PS. I am also a fan of the 80’s look (make of that what you will).
Well said, my friend and brother 348 owner!
Ferrari's perfectly shaped car. The Perfect Ferrari. Popularly agreed across the internet as awesome.
I've seen plenty slum it in a Mondial, beardy Brian, talking in part numbers!
Tyler Hoover has done a lot to promote the 348 on his channel.
It looks and sounds gorgeous and let’s be honest that’s all that really matters.
A friend hired one of these for the weekend in 1990 and took me out for a short spin. From the passenger seat I thought it felt like an Toyota MR2 on steroids.. Ten years later I bought a 328 (the 348 was about the same price as a 328 at the time but I wasn't tempted by it).
I owned a 92 348 for almost twenty years. Recently traded it for a F430 spider. Although I much enjoy the 430 more, I’ll say this; that 348 had that classic Ferrari scream. Better than the 430.
Maybe im biased because i like black cars, but i fail to see what people don't like about the looks of this car, its another stunner in my books.
I think some scoff at the fact that the styling borrows so heavily from the Testarossa. I think it looks sexy AF
I like the break from tradition on the rear lights, be8ng grilled rather than circular. Still looks cool
I used to have one of the rarest versions of this car. It was a 348 GTB of which there were only 14 RHD versions made in Red. Also had an extra 20 bhp. I loved it as it was the last of the less technology driven cars. No traction, no PAS .... it felt like an honest car! I sold it when the prices were dropping and wish I had kept it now as it would have been worth almost double what I sold it for. Hindsight!!!
Autofficina have a red GTB for sale at the moment for a very reasonable price. The black car in the video is mine 😁
The 348 has always looked fantastic. Proportions and styling are perfect and of the era. It was the driving dynamics that let it down at the time but that's irrelevant now.
A 348 would still make me stare I just love Ferrari
The rear view on the video in black looked sexual
I always liked the 348 but I do like the 80s look. Maybe part of the reason it’s become more desirable is the 80s boxy look is quiet fashionable at the moment.
I was never a fan of the cheese graters, not in the testarossa, nor in the 348, but they always did look best in black or white (or maybe grey). And they've aged wonderfully. Plus, the side profile is still beautiful.
I think it’s a classic..........but then again I love the Ferrari 412, so what do I know? (it’s the classic Ferrari I’d buy if money was no object)
412 is a great looking car. Fabulous lines.
This has quickly become one of my favourite channels. Love the no nonsense approach and range of cars - long may it continue.
Agreed. Finding this channel is one of my top 5 best things of 2020 for sure
Awww thanks guys
You can't compare cars from different generations. This is simply the successor of the 328, and the predecessor of the 355.
Some people think they can, but they are idiots.
In what universe is the 348 odd looking?
Shouldn't presume 348 owners can't afford a 355 🤐
Also your not driving a spider
oh god the sound of this V8. Put it next to the latest F8 (even a N/A 458 for that matter) and you realize how far cars have gone in the wrong direction. It's not about the speed, it's about the feeling.
I think they are a wonderful looking car, especially when the lower half is painted black….
But a 348 was the first Ferrari I ever drove, a mate’s car, manual gearbox, maybe around 2005/6 and it was worth about £40,000 at the time. The drivers seat belt was broken, no belt, passenger window stuck shut, indicator stalk broken, no indicators ( Fiat Uno? ) and no power steeeing…. Under 30mph it was an utter pig to drive, I had to do a 3 point turn , litterally like having a fight with it!!! BUT over 30mph it was lovely to drive, the gear change!!!!! 😍👍❤️
You know for anyone who hates the ferrari F348, they just need to remember it lead to the 355, and also I dont remember hearing about people complaining about the gearbox on these like they did the OG ferrari's of the 80's, as it seems like every ferrari of that era had the same issue, where until it warms up, skip from first to third, hence the dog leg, and ontop of that the testarosssa had a double plate clutch upgrade installed in 1986 over the boxers single to help better deal with the power output of that motor, which makes me wonder if the earlier cars dont have that issue.
I always enjoy Jay’s videos. I mean no hate but after recently watching Uncle Buck, I cant stop seeing Jay as John Candy’s English love child.
Maybe we should bury the hatchet sometime?
@@JayEmmOnCars hahaha, very good
The 348 is a pure Ferrari !
My favourite V8 manual ferrari
Ive owned 1 1991. It was agreat car. Super under rated.
one of the most beautiful Ferraris
I like the design of the 348, when I saw the first seconds I was totally in love.
Got to take one of these for a spin over the weekend and absolutely loved it, it's haunted my dreams since!
I love the rear end grill of the 348, very fitting of the era
Michael Gambon, he of the Top Gear corner, thought that it would do, and he knew a thing or two about magic.
Will you be driving that Dino 308 gt4 as well?
The 348 in black is my literal dream car. I will own one, one day.
Just looking at the thumbnail, this car looks so cool in black
I never understood people calling them ugly. A smaller bit more refined testarossa to my view. Would certainly consider it if i could afford one.
I've really loved this V8 Ferrari series, thank you! Is there any plans in the pipeline for the two earlier cars to round it off?
The rear lights, ditching the trad Ferrari circular design for the long rectangular ones, somehow give the 348 a hint of American muscle car coupes of the period. Overall, sure, it's not Ferrari's best in terms of ability (the NSX definitely showed it up and forced Ferraris to raise its game) but still desirable.
The nsx from a perofmance perspective was the same as the 348, many magazines that have tried both can confirm that, both on a straight line and on corners
For more information you could check the comment i made, it's pretty well explicated
One big NSX problem was that you had to look at it.
Imo, the worst part about the looks are the wheels, easily remedied. I was choosing between the 355 and 348 and ended up paying the extra for the 355 - but a 348SS with 320hp and the optional speedline wheels is a very good looking car and has enough extra grunt to not lose out on much to the 355. I don't regret the choice, but the 355 lost a little character. The 360 stripped away most of the rest of it and was hardly faster, but I guess you could fit golf clubs in it and reach the steering wheel...
One of my favorite cars.
Great review as usual.
I am a proud owner of 360 spider, and I was close to a 355 before I buy 360. The 355 and 348 are icon 90s Ferraris. That pop up lights are so sexy...
Finally I went with 360 for more update features. Even service is more convenient. For the 355 the whole engine have to be removed for the service!!
If I could be a collector, 348 and 355 definitely would be in my garage. Along with F40 and 288 GTO...
It has a bit of Maserati to the sound, like a mix of 355 and GranTurismo
Lovely sound
The 355 is my favourite as well. Next to the Dino that is.
Good advice re the parts availability and I agree, just imagine that beast, all shiney, at night cruising around Tokyo.
Excellent call. 👏👏👏👏
Not Tokyo but still works in red I feel. Slats over the rear tail lights certainly make sense at night: th-cam.com/video/mNk6CuiffYQ/w-d-xo.html
This car really doesn’t deserve it’s bad reputation.
It’s funny how in the car community everybody has an opinion on every single car without driving them. I used to really like the 458 Italia, I really fond of it, then I drove one on track a few years ago, it just felt disappointingly easy and un bit underwhelming to be honest. Then I drove a cayman GT4 and what I difference. Before driving it I couldn’t care less about Porsches, especially the caymans, now it’s a all different story.
People have so much assumptions on cars that doesn’t make sense most of the time. No the Toyota supra isn’t the greatest sports car of all time because it appeared in a movie. Most of the “legendary” and well regarded cars are in one way or an another tied to a piece of pop culture or nostalgia. I sometimes do wonder if most people actually like the cars for what they are or because they have been told to.
Although the 348 doesn’t deserves its reputation, I’m glad it’s not so well regarded by old collectors that drive them once a century, that means I can actually afford and enjoy one.
The best thing I like about the 348 is that it is an honest car, no stupid wing, no tacky electronic dashboard that will look outdated in a matter of month, no special edition of an already special edition. It’s not awkwardly wide and flat like the testarossa, it doesn’t look like it melted in the sun like the f355. Just a sports car with a naturally aspirated V8 producing around 300hp which is the perfect number for a road legal use, enough power to have fun and use all of it. It sounds amazing with the proper exhaust setup, the interior is simple and not filling with buttons. The car may have looked a bit outdated when it came out but nowadays it looks pure and classic. The only detail I’m not really fond of is the wheels, if I ever own one (a dark blue or black with beige interior) I would gladly swap those horrendous wheels with the ones from the 360, which looks really good on this car.
Might be terrible but looks far better than your ferrari
I think it looks fantastic unlike a 550 Maranella. I think it was only motor mags that sore it an the NSX as rivals, would be surprised if many people seriously considered one or the other at the time.
Its 80's style embodied.. good enough for me. I wouldn't say no to it at least.
Many years ago my local Ferrari dealership had one on these in its showroom for years and I used to drive past it thinking that's the prettiest classic Ferrari's in existence.
The only Ferrari I have driven, in its day at that. Anyone who thinks it was some let down need only look around at the cars that were performance cars in 1993... The car I had access to was a speciale not sure how different they were from regular ones but compared to the cars of the day it was absolutely brilliant. Few others were much better in any way and as a package...very few others would make you think you chose wrong had you bought one.
I don’t think the 348 styling is unusual, it strikes me as very early 90s. A lot of cars looked somewhat 80s ish into the early 90s. The Testarossa influenced details is largely due to the fact that Ferrari knew it would be reincarnate into the 512TR so naturally some design language gets shared within the lineup for continuity. If you look closely at a 94 512M you can see it has the same lower front light cluster arrangement and rear lamps as the 355 before it released.
Live it when kids knick a 40 year old car.
Definatly was considered SUPER COOL when it came out.
I remember being disappointed with the looks of a 355. Looked like a patchy facelift. Always thought the 348 was beautifully styled and balanced. Do not understand why people don't like it.
I'm with hexgraphica. It's odd to me that most people don't consider this one of the best looking Ferrari's ever.
A local lottery winner in the 90’s has one of these. And a 993 GT2! I’ve always liked the look of these better than the 355. Il just have to stick to my mg-Tf for mid engined fun for a while yet 😂
348s are fabulous cars! Of course looks are subjective, but you should never compare it to the 355 as the 355 is an evolution the 348, just like the 430 compares to the 360. Instead you could say how much better car the 348 is comparing to the 328. And as far as the NSX, in the end of the day, the NSX will always still be an Honda
I think it looks fantastic. But each to their own I guess
Always thought this car was a great looker.
The 348 sounds incredible. The engine sounds bloody beefy for a flat plane V8.
Sincerely hope there’s gonna be another 355 review😬.. 348 gets shat on all the time but at the end of the day, its still a ferrari😂
The remark about needing some care when pressing on slightly touched on what some have said about the back end not feeling planted or being easy to lose. It's said that's one area of big improvements in the 355. Just relaying what I've read, no actual knowledge is claimed by this comment.
Out on Ferrari club runs in the U.K., it will get you there at the same time as everyone else, no problem...
Back in the day i thought it looks too much japanese :D But i really like the styling now! If i had the money for it, i would love to get one restomodded.
Always saw it as a mini-testarossa...just how it looks (to me). Nice review.
Followed one once in my 2019 STI...same power....it sounded great and was smaller than they look in video/photos...the smallness sort of was great. All the new cars seem to have gotten fat. Not weight....size.
From what I have read over the years it is a good car, a proper Ferrari. It just followed an extremely well liked series, the 308/328 cars.
I’ve owned 308, 348 and 360 in succession ... all lovely in their own way. At the time, back in 1995, the 348 was the current model... for sure it’s not as svelte at the later 355 or as high revving... but seriously when I went from 964 to a 993 Porsche it was just considered “what you did to get a newer car”. I think people should just try and recognise that all these cars were fantastic “in period” and get over themselves as to always trying to rank a hierarchy. Fact: newer cars are always better than older ones 🤪 an Aston DB5 is actually a bag of nails to drive and not that different to a MGB GT in its “feel”... 🤷🏻♂️
beautiful work! stay safe and keep it up!
i dunno, i would have one of these in a heart beat
Common guys .... Picture the scene
Swiss Alps ,
348 spider
Black / red leather
Don p in glove box
These days are numbered
needs a lift and chonky tires for offroad safari performance
I actually really like the looks of the 348, the only thing I don’t like is the stock wheels, they just look too plain. If you put on some BBS LM’s or the Competizione’s Speedlines it looks quite incredible in my opinion and transforms the look of the car.
At the moment I own an NSX and have been thinking about getting a 348 instead, the NSX will probably be easier and cheaper to live with and it’s an incredible car, but it just isn’t a Ferrari and it doesn’t have that amazing V8 sound. And it’s a dream of mine to own a Ferrari at some point.
If this car is a mistake...let it be my mistake ! I would gladly take this car in a heartbeat !
Not bad looking esp in red. Would certainly prefer it to an NSX...
I would never take one of these in red. I love the black though as I feel it makes them feel more modern. The tail lights are less offensive in black.
Just how did Ferrari make a flat plane V8 sound as gorgeous as that? Just about every other flat plane V8 I've heard sounds crap
It's in the Exhaust I think
@@JayEmmOnCars so if you buy the right exhaust an esprit v8 will sound the same?
@@georgecaceres880 no, I think the firing order may be different and the Esprit also breathes through two turbos
@@JayEmmOnCars I’m really surprised you never pulled the trigger on an Esorit but you did on a Ferrari.. hope it works out for you
I was put off by the running costs, then prices of Esprits went beyond what I was willing to pay
Haha my mates brother bought one of these and my Clio Williams used to destroy it in the corners.
Clio Williams is a great car, but it also says a lot about his driving ;-)
@@a1tony01 Too be fair, the Clio was much more forgiving, you could lift off oversteer and control it, the 348 would just tank slap and go full pendulum, so unpredictable.
Testarossa beforehand was a boat. Older ferraris weren't known for their handling as much so im not suprised about handling not being perfect. It was all about the engine, the status... Then again about the Clio im not suprised. French know how to make a good handling car I call them the pioneers of suspension. Just look what they did with DS, CX etc... 30 yrs before everyone aswell. Can't forget the 106's and Saxo VTR/VTS. Proper little pocket rockets back in the day.
Great review dude! Really a fair take on a car that I think looks brilliant like a baby testarosa but by the sounds of it is pretty costly to keep going and isn’t worth the cost due to performance. A great looking Ferarri none the less but wont blow you away. I still love the looks of this car. Wish it had 355 performance
It's only costly if you break something that's no longer available. Lots of parts can be refurbished and repaired for little money, and after that, it's just servicing which is only expensive come cam-belt time...
Hopefully,we get the LM version of this car on the channel.
ANY car with a concave rear screen is a cool car.
The Citroën C6 would prove you wrong.
@@AxLWake Love the C6 Style and Comfort.
@@jonathanpatterson6768 It's an interesting car and very confortable that is clear. But I think the styling is absolutely hideous. A matter of personal taste, as usual.
@@AxLWake which proves me right. I have a 348 and would love a C6! I'm still a CX fan.
Not all Italians are small, old chap. 6'2" and a lean 210 is me.