Exploring the Italian End of Hall One at the Paris M Show

As we ventured to the Italian end of Hall one at the Paris M show, our intention was to take a closer look at what you might spend your money on if you were looking for a new set of wheels. We began by checking out the Gran Turismo MC stradali, which is essentially Maserati's tribute to the race series The One make race series they do. Richard Meen and Rer Green had previously taken the car for a spin in earlier this year, and their report was that it was very fun but also very oversteering. The gearbox times have been reduced to 60 milliseconds, with power and torque increasing by about 10 horsepower and 110 kilos respectively. Although the car still weighs around 170 kilos, which is not terribly light, it has sweet handling and balance. It's also worth noting that the ride height has been lowered slightly, making it even stiffer.

Despite its impressive specs, there are a few other cars on display that might be worth considering if you're looking to spend your money. One such car is the Alpha 8C Spider, which we've seen before but still think is worth taking another look at. Unfortunately, it's likely that all of these cars have already been sold, as apparently, Aston Martin wasn't too keen on their practicality. However, when it comes to looks like this, I don't think they need to be terribly practical anyway. We'll move on to the next car after this.

Next Stop: The Ferrari Stand

Our next stop was the Ferrari stand, which had a lot of buzz surrounding its new arrival - the S Pera. This car has been built to celebrate 80 years of association with Pininfarina, and it's based on the Ferrari 599 GTO but is obviously a more ruthless version. It's essentially a modern interpretation of the 550 Beteta that Harry Metar mentioned earlier. Unfortunately for Harry, if he wants to buy one, he won't be able to because they've all been sold already. The S Pera is an impressive-looking car, and it seems like Ferrari has done a great job in keeping its signature style while still giving the car a sporty edge.

In addition to the S Pera, the Ferrari stand also featured another notable car - the Ferrari California with stop-start technology and Healey's electric hybrid system. This car was touted as being "high emotion low emission", but I think it would be better to say that it has a bit of an awkward name. Despite its somewhat dubious name, the Ferrari California seems like an interesting take on what could have been a more practical model.

All in All

While the Paris M show had its fair share of impressive cars, I don't think Ferrari's lineup was their strongest this year. Nonetheless, they still managed to draw a crowd, and it's clear that they're still committed to pushing the boundaries of speed and design.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwe thought we'd come and have a look at the Italian end of Hall one the Paris M show uh and see what you might spend your money on if you're I don't know Harry Metar um first up we've got the Gran Turismo MC stradali which is essentially Maserati's tribute to the race series The One make race series they do which Richard Meen um and rer green had a go in earlier this year and reportedly found it very fun if very over steering um gearbox times go down to 60 milliseconds poers up very slightly only by about 10 horsepower and torque similarly weights come down by 110 kilos though so uh that should certainly obviously help with power of weight although it still weighs about 17 70 kilos so it's not terribly light but sweet handing balance um and hopefully they've maintained the ride whil it's actually getting it a bit lower and stiffer as well so there we go I think it looks great but there a couple of other things you might want to spend your money on so we're going to have a look up there seen this before uh the alpha 8C Spider but to be honest it's worth a look at it again to be honest I think they probably sld them all by now they certainly should have done um apparently castles weren't terribly enam of it because it wasn't very practical but honest when it looks like that I don't really think it needs to be terbly practical anyway we're going to go over to here now which is the Ferrari stand and have a look at what they've got this is the big news on the Ferrari stand it's called the s Pera and it's been built to celebrate 80 years of association with pin Arina the S and the A stand for Serio and Andrea as in K Bina um it's based on the Ferrari 599 GTO uh but it's obviously a ruthless version so I suppose it's a sort of modern version of the 550 beteta that Harry's got unfortunately if Harry wants to buy one you won't be able to because they've all been sold already um the other news on the Ferrari stand is is over there it's uh Ferrari California with stop start and Healey h e l e which is high emotion low emission um fairly rubbish name thank you very much walking in front there um but yeah there we go Ferrari I don't think it's their greatest Mo show ever to be honest uh but given the scrum we had to get through to get the Press pack they still draw a crowdwe thought we'd come and have a look at the Italian end of Hall one the Paris M show uh and see what you might spend your money on if you're I don't know Harry Metar um first up we've got the Gran Turismo MC stradali which is essentially Maserati's tribute to the race series The One make race series they do which Richard Meen um and rer green had a go in earlier this year and reportedly found it very fun if very over steering um gearbox times go down to 60 milliseconds poers up very slightly only by about 10 horsepower and torque similarly weights come down by 110 kilos though so uh that should certainly obviously help with power of weight although it still weighs about 17 70 kilos so it's not terribly light but sweet handing balance um and hopefully they've maintained the ride whil it's actually getting it a bit lower and stiffer as well so there we go I think it looks great but there a couple of other things you might want to spend your money on so we're going to have a look up there seen this before uh the alpha 8C Spider but to be honest it's worth a look at it again to be honest I think they probably sld them all by now they certainly should have done um apparently castles weren't terribly enam of it because it wasn't very practical but honest when it looks like that I don't really think it needs to be terbly practical anyway we're going to go over to here now which is the Ferrari stand and have a look at what they've got this is the big news on the Ferrari stand it's called the s Pera and it's been built to celebrate 80 years of association with pin Arina the S and the A stand for Serio and Andrea as in K Bina um it's based on the Ferrari 599 GTO uh but it's obviously a ruthless version so I suppose it's a sort of modern version of the 550 beteta that Harry's got unfortunately if Harry wants to buy one you won't be able to because they've all been sold already um the other news on the Ferrari stand is is over there it's uh Ferrari California with stop start and Healey h e l e which is high emotion low emission um fairly rubbish name thank you very much walking in front there um but yeah there we go Ferrari I don't think it's their greatest Mo show ever to be honest uh but given the scrum we had to get through to get the Press pack they still draw a crowd\n"