2010 Ferrari F500

Yes it is! And That's not on a sad note, because the F430 is going to be replaced by a jumped up, honed up F450, or possibly even an F500.

The F430 is going under a knife, and the surgery is major. The car will have restyled headlights, bumper, and essentially, everything. The air intakes will now be bigger, and that means the air vents and scoops will be bigger. We have an inside scoop on the size of the engine Ferrari wants to give it, and it'll be a bigger and stronger engine. Perhaps a 4.5, or maybe even a 5.0 V8, which may be producing over 500 horsepower!

The F430 was a bit of a calm brute. I almost sensed that Ferrari had a little big of common sense knocked into them for a minute. Well, whatever common sense was knocked into them was knocked back out, and Ferrari, as we know it, is a wild stallion again, and is completely insane!

The styling on the speculated replacement for the F430 is now more aggressive, mad, and mental. The one thing that I'm happy about in this new design, or at least the possible new design, is the front bumper lost its round vents, which drove me absolutely insane! Ferrari made a perfectly good looking car, and then, they decided to give it two gaping mouths, which is perfectly normal for a car like that, but the two "mouths" were round! This problem was fixed by the Scuderia, but the Scuderia wasn't a practical car - it wasn't the car people wanted to buy unless they planned on attending track days regularly.

The engine will be in the right place - in the middle. Details on the size and power are still sketchy, but one thing for sure, it's got to be bigger, better, faster, and stronger. And that will make it more desirable, more of a handful, and more of a competition to its rivals.

Now, the rivals we're talking about are the same story - McLaren P11, Lamborghini LP560-4, Aston Martin DBS, Porsche 911 GT2, and Corvette ZR1. The new stallion, however, won't just be a bit of a competition for the rest of the flock in power, but also in style and looks. I'm almost ashamed of saying this, because I've always preferred Porsche, Lamborghini and Aston Martin to any Ferrari! And now, it's becoming hard for me to deny the looks of Ferrari.

I've always looked down on Ferrari, mostly because I thin that Ferrari F40, and F50 looked like absolute crap. I don't like the looks of the Enzo either. But ever since the F430, I began to accept the Ferrari styling. OK, before anyone sends me hate mail, it's just my opinion. I know some of you can be absolutely in love with the F40/50, but I'm not, and that's that.

So, Ferrari may be doing it again, they may slowly be winning my heart towards their design. And while Lamborghini is irreplaceable, Porsche GT2 will forever be a favorite, and the DBS may be the most beautiful, I now know that I must make extra room in my heart for the dark horse.