2022 Ferrari 296 GTB Review: Is Ferrari's 830BHP Hybrid Really "Fun To Drive" on Normal Roads?
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- Опубликовано: 20 ноя 2023
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Today I am driving one of the most important cars Maranello has ever built - the all new V6 hybrid 296 GTB. Packing over 800hp from a combined twin turbo and electric motor, the 296 is a new dawn for the company - but can it really be "fun to drive" with such performance on offer?
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That color combo is heinous.
I came to use the same letters, with an extra d... Hideous!
Agreed.
I agree, the two colours don't go together at all.
Gulf got the use of that baby blue so right! How can Ferrari get it so wrong? Even if the original buyer offered twice list, Ferrari should have just said no!
Since it's only available with the Assetto Fiorano package, don't get the package, and it's not a problem. 🤷
Very effective anti-theft paint scheme they've got there.
😂😂😂
As I understand it, Enzo did not consider the Dino unworthy. He did name it after his son who passed away and I'm sure he wouldn't do that to an unworthy car.
Also, Enzo's father was named Dino. And Enzo's son had designed the V6 that was used in the Dino.
Yeah there's a video on Hagerty on this, and an article in The Road Rat. I think that myth has been debunked.
"as i understand it"
>watched the hagerty vid and feels smart
It was also the name given to the first 308's too
@@th3b0untyhunter plus several succesful single seater racing cars and sports prototypes in the 1950s/60s which also used the V6 were badged as Dinos, the Dino 206 SP is particularly pretty
I've got to say, before I watch any further, that the paintjob on that car is spectacular(ly hideous)
When Jay's shirt actually looks better than the car he's talking about....😅
😂😂
Who on earth ordered their car to look like that? 😂 Money certainly cannot buy taste, my god.
I know it’s a terrible homage 😅 , the wheels are horrendous
looks like Postman Pat's weekend whip
Something to do with an old importer's favoured livery. It is a bit clown car.
Bit of a flex when u chose colours that will depreciate the fastest.
Agreed. Looks terrible
The kind of paint job you do when you’re 17 and spend the rest of your adult life cringing about it.
the old adage of the v6 not being worthy of the ferrari badge is complete bullshit. the dino was named after his beloved, deceased son, who also helped design that incredible v6. it was a tribute not a disparagement
indeed
You watch Hagerty. We get it.
I read books.@@cultofmodernism8477
Still can't help but thinking the side view looks like the love child of an Alfa 4C and a noughties Ford GT, but not in a bad way. Great review as always
I see a hint of Lancia Stratos in the sideline.
Yeah it looks like a stratos around the b pillar and windows
I have been on a brief hiatus from my life long automotive passion. I found myself getting tired of the oft repeated ‘all new 1000bhp combined offerings’ and felt that that everything was becoming homogeneous…….
Happily it’s past and I’ve returned and have thoroughly enjoyed your videos. In the intervening months your videos (already excellent) have demonstrably improved - you were already at a high level but you have injected more personality and energy into them and it’s noticeable - I actually can’t think of another channel that does it better - thank you James for bringing me back into the fold .
You are absolutely correct about the side profile of this car being tremendous! Somehow i feel like we havent really gotten a "poster car" that looks this good since the 458. And i still cannot tell, if i like the looks of this or the 458 more. The 458 front end is just so beautifully crafted, all the lines (and there really aren't that many) look like they are drawn there by an artist working at a sketchpad. The front end of this still looks too much like a production car for me, the 458 looks like a pure concept we normally never get to see.
296 front looks like some kid designer tried too hard to impress the boss. It's not organic and it clashes with the basic shape of the car. Rear borrows too much from various Lotus models. Ferrari does not need superficial cues to broadcast substance.
Agree, one of Ferrari's better looking designs in profile. To me the shape of the side air intakes near the rear wheels (hips) are a missed opportunity.
Someone walked into a Ferrari dealership, looked past the luscious Verde Abetone (dark green) and rich Rosso Dino (sunset orange)…then said “Nah, I’ll have it in clashing red and blue”?!
I drive a 996 GT3 CS and I absolutely agree, the engine noise is the most important thing in a car to have fun. And we all know that 6 bangers are often great sounding machines. I never was a fan of the 488 and the F8. I think the 296 could be the better choice than the SF90
I think Nissan GTR sound better.
I prefer the sound of a V6, especially when they howl. V8's to me never sound that musical, apart from the older NA Ferrari ones. This one sounds okay for a new car.
finally found someone that says that, i also prefer V6 engines over V8's (mostly)@@Chrissy-H
F-TYPE V6 sounds better than the V8...only the V8 owners think otherwise.....
I had a 996 GT3 CS for more than 10 years and loved the engine noise especially after the Manthey K400 upgrade I got done. At least Porsche has stuck with the recipe of a high revving flat six for the later GT3's similar in character to the Metzger unlike Ferrari who are now turbo only on their entry level cars as are McLaren.
Awesome review!! Who else tells you the fuel tank capacity is so small - that explains why I ran out of fuel (and battery power!) on my GTB test-drive - without a spectacularly placed petrol station I’d still be out there walking home!
Jay Emm - you’re the best car reviewer on RUclips - hands down 👍
He really taps into the gently witty informative Quentin Wilson style reviews of old old old top gear!
11:09 120° is actually the ideal angle for a V6 in terms of balance and firing order, while 60° is a good compromise for packaging
I was pleasantly surprised to see they go for 120 degree V6 now, instead of the more common 90 degrees that we see in so many modern cars. The 90 just tells me it's a V8 with two cyls chopped off, and a compromise because they prioritize production costs above technical advantages. The best classic V6s are 60 degrees (Busso for example), and now finally we get 120 degrees in road cars (expensive ones, unfortunately).
Thank you for the great film. I drove the 296 GTB and the GTS in the Swiss mountains and what can I say to worship the craftsmanship ? Absolutely spectacular - what unbelievable machines Ferrari constructed. Difficult to top, even the SF90 lost the rolling race ... Unreal!
Its one of the better looking modern ferraris, though that bar has lowered in recent years and the delta between post and pre pininfarina-ferrari has only grown. Hopefully a sign that they're making a return to form despite the changing powerplants
This would look great in the red and blue superman spec….but those wheels are ATROCIOUS in blue
Jay, you are genuinely the best car reviewer on planet earth. Seriously great job in this video. The depth, relatability and entertainment is utterly brilliant. Thanks for gifting us with your content!
The spiderrari name is perfect for this car. Nice video. Looking forward to the living with video. Keep up the good work.
Could you imagine a driver spec version of the 296? Such as having the 3.0L engine only and a gated manual…
And 1400kg weight
@@r129r16pfl And no electric power steering
@@user-sy1ed9ex5mjust buy GMA T50
Get Tavarish to rebuild a bent one, that's how he would do it.
Those blue accents are absolutely awful
As an owner of a 296 gts , I’ve been eagerly waiting for this review
*It's probably been said but deary deary me, that paint job and wheels - on such a good looking car !!!*
I can attest, it is fun! And, one of the best sounding V6's I've ever heard (just needs to be a touch louder - but with modern regs, I think Ferrari have done the best job possible on that front)! Driving this one made me really want a Ferrari!
Well done Jay, a brilliant and honest review of the probably the best supercar currently available.
I've watched many sports car reviews, it never fails to make me chuckle when someone mentions the multi-storey car park. That painful sound and you just pray the damage isn't too severe
Thanks for doing justice to my favourite car in current Ferrari line-up. I _LOVE_ 296, it just looks stunning and sounds amazing. I even love this Maranello Concessionaires tribute livery, that Baby Blue livery and Baby Blue interior is amazing. I have yet to see the colour in which a 296 looks bad. Once I saw a Viola Hong Kong 296 Assetto Fiorano, it's gorgeous.
Man, do you have the gift of gab ! I can't talk that much, but you do a great job at describing everything.
"Qualifying mode says SOD IT! We ride for Rohan at red dawn with a blue stripe up the middle." Well done sir. This is a quality review and excellent narration.
Jay, you are perhaps the only one who could keep my attention from start to finish for 43 minutes straight. Thank you so much for this review and all the hard work you put in to entertain and inform us!
That's very kind, thankyou!
If I had the money I'd still buy a 458 and use some of the change for the complete reupholstering it will probably need by now. A 458 on track is a wonderful experience. The simplicity of the NA setup is perfect. I understand and don't oppose the changes we need to make but it does stop these hybrid cars having the desirability they used to. There's a reason that restomods are far more desirable.
I'll buy 5 valve Ferrari (360 & 355 or V12 F50)
812 superfast for me v12 up front and the best soundtrack
Great in-depth Review
40 mins of genuinely interesting and thorough review.
Very nice and honest review
Thank you for validating my purchases. ;)
Yup. that was entertaining. Thanks Jay
Excellent review.
E manettino is what killed it to me.
And it’s not the only thing…
Pressing brake in this thing is like kicking my left foot with the right.
I had a passenger in the car with me and the carbon seat creaked like hell.
On the plus side though, it is light and nimble as a hybrid. The curves and holes look very stunning in flesh, without the weird blue stripes of course.
Final thing to say is, why a touch steering wheel, just why. Bring back physical buttons and a real rev counter! We all know touch screens are either dying or dead, just like batteries.
All good points
“Touch screens are dying or dead”
Possibly the most stupid thing I’ve heard all year.
@@peedeegttouch buttons I believe is the more accurate term for what the OP was trying to say. And that's true
@@Matthew-ll9ke If there's no real button it's called touch switch or touch panel.
@@Fastvoice answers all the questions I didn't ask
Hi Jay, I have a GTS on order - I went out to Spain on one of their customer experiences and echo most of your thoughts. One thing to note, re the gearbox, I had it explained to me that it may sound like the box is taking a bit of time on the way up, but that it's actually due to the electric motor deploying in that phase "filling" - so while it may sound slow, your total accel is unaffected. Interesting tidbit I felt. Not sure of the technicalities behind it or how true it is, but it was one of the drivers sat next to me as we lapped!
Mercedes also claims a similar thing for the much more complicated and dysfunctional AMG One. Despite the slow single clutcher shifts there's no drop in acceleration.
I am sure it is true but my gripe is about "feel" rather than numbers
Honestly, the 296's engine reminds me of the Nissan 350/370Z's V6 or the Skyline straight 6, both engines I am a fan of.
And I'm willing to bet the hybrid gubbins are helping that low down torque so the ICE can still be a high revving thing, basically allowing Ferrari to have their cake and eat it as well., which is good engineering in my mind.
Definitely not a fan of the colour scheme, the blue is too in the face and the wheels just make me think of hot-boys modding their Corsa C's back in the day, not sure what Ferrari were thinking aside from 'you'll definitely see it coming'. I suspect in a more traditional red or black it'll look stunning.
Jay is literally the only car reviewer out there who makes proper overall car reviews... Just saw the GMA piece from Top Gear and really most car journalist supercar reviews look THE SAME. Like literally. All you hear is the specs of the car and then "wow" "wooohooo" "omg this is blistering fast" etc etc. Its like Groundhog Day. You wont hear any negatives or criticism, every car is just awesome and unique and so much fast wooohooo.
And yet here comes Jay who gives you a proper feeling of actually being in that car. Who gives you the good take and the bad take. Who isnt afraid to go through the small details, the entire theater behind the experience. You wont see a lot of burnouts or going sideways in his videos, but you will get a much better understanding of what it feels to be inside one of those things.
Thank you Jay for providing the essence behind these cars and making each review feel unique.
The lexan window thing is hilarious.
Been waiting on this review! But when will u do a review for the new Maserati GT ? I would love to see ur opinion
I have mixed feelings about your review towards the 296 GTB but the way you deliver your opinions through out the video. I'm surprised that I've watched a 40 minute video. Good job and keep up with your awesome content
Thanks Jay for the insight, as ever. Have had a berlinetta on order about 7 months, been told roughly 2 years to go. We share the same ethos re: colors. Not one shade of black on mine, went for viola Hong Kong (purple) on cuoio, even the carpets, with the requisite two tone stitching to match the yellow calipers. Daytona seats. My back is shit.
Anyway, I’ve been very nervous about my omission of the AF package but 1) the car is already shockingly dear, (90K more than my soon arriving technica!) and 2) the bumpy road button plus lift makes the car so useable on our sorry American roads especially in nyc. I feared it would be a blunder in the vein of Porsche Weissach omission but you’ve quelled my concerns. Harry also felt it spoiled the car.
Appreciate all the work beyond words. A Jay approved car is now a requisite for me. If you, Harry, Chris, and or/Clarkson stand by it, that’s a damn good sign. Seems this one’s a future 458 in terms of universal adoration. Cheers.
2:12 i've heard this before. I've also heard that this is false. It was said that the "Dino" brand was named after Enzo's son who died a while before the introduction of the brand, and that that rumor was peddled by people who felt that any Ferrari without a V8 or V12 was not a "true Ferrari", not Enzo himself. BTW, the paintjob doesn't go well on this car. The interior is even worse.
I wonder why that "Enzo deemed it not be a Ferrari and named it Dino" is still a thing when Enzo named it after a Son who died too young. The legacy of his son who couldn't live long enough to create his own. Like where did this tale come from. Usually JayEmm is good at research for the videos so I'd have hoped he'd have dispelled it by now. Especially being a Ferrari aficionado
Enzo's father and older brother were all named Alfredo just like Dino so the name was incredibly significant
I don't think Enzo wanted to besmirch the name of his son, but the Dino brand was always clearly intended to sit below the Ferrari one - and engines were the difference
Blame the commendatore himself for saying that "I gave the 4, 6 and 8 cylinder a chance. We even built a bi-cylinder. But the classical 12 cylinder engine remains my trademark and certainly the most popular of my engines."
Love that you used footage of Number27's 308
Great review thank you. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but not my eye! ;-)
The engine has a nice, playful little howl. Perfectly fits the current day and age. Though it has make you nostalgic for the mechanical rasps, grunts and rumble from the classic V8 and V12 engines.
Great review. The car is undoubtedly brilliant, quick and it of course has the right badge. Maybe it’s how expensive it is, I just don’t want one, I’m not sitting here dreaming of one.
For £300k + I’d buy a 458/488 for fun and a 911 turbo S as a daily driver ..
I absolutely love the way this Ferrari looks. Just so nice and exotic, would absolutely love to own one of ever get the chance
The red and blue together? Bellissimo! 😍
Looks like a viciously fast thing. Extremely pretty too, in my eyes. Love seeing it in GT3 form, and equally as much here!
Hate the colour combo Jay but your films as always magnificent,I don’t know why I love watching films like this I love I know I’ll never have one but brilliant all the same.
Great video as always Jay. Just wanted to point out that the Dino story you mentioned may not be right. I recommend checking Hagerty's video on the 246 and 308.
A few people pointed that out on my V12 video. As far as I see it "it's true from a certain point of view" - I don't think he meant it as a disrespect but it was meant to be lesser
I love this cars color scheme. Who'd have thought blu and red would work so nice.
It’s simply unacceptable to have stupid haptic controls for key touch points on a car like this - a haptic starter button?! Whoever signed that off should not be allowed to work on any more cars. It bugs me on a £20k VW, it would be a show stopper on a car like this for me.
As usual great review, James. Inexplicably bad colour combo aside a very desirable package. Premium bond - where is thy win…?
I concur with the GT-40 looks comparison. It looks great from side!
I knew you would have a shirt that doesnt clash ... with the weirdest colour combo ever 😂❤
The V-angle is 120 degrees because that is the natural firing interval for a V6. Few manufacturers have used it in road cars because it is too wide to be packaged for RWD and FWD cars and once you’re that wide, it’s not much more to just do a boxer. Engines with different V-angles usually use split pin crankshafts which are heavier than 120 degree. 60 degrees is common because that’s about as narrow as you can go while having room for manifolds between and because simply halving 120 degrees feels good. 90 degrees is common because those engines share manufacturing tooling with the flagship V8 engines.
288 GTO is the design nod I see... --*Just friggin Beautiful* Love the side mirrors stance for example... --100% GTO
The blue bits are , how you say ?
Fargin hideous !
Baby blue wheels ?
What were they thinking ?
Love it but I think it's a shame modern Ferraris are so wide.
Ummm, yes, probably everything after the 328 is wide AF.
When it first came out I thought GT 40 it’s around the door roof etc!
It’s very cool for sure!
Ferrari must have been drinking the bong water when they added the blue color.
That thing sounds like my Dyson. Also, the v6 "not being worthy of a ferrari badge" is complete and utter bollocks! The cars are named Dino, after Enzo's dead son... Hagerty made an entire revelations episode about that silly myth!
Well, if you see an original Dino, you can recognize that it has zero Ferrari badge on it, none, not a single one. It is not a Ferrari. It was more like a test vehicle for the V6 engine, which later Ferrari sold to Maserati and Alfa Romeo.
For the engine layout, a v-6 in a 4 stroke engine is optimized at 120° (720/6=120). It’s usually too wide for most cars where you see a v6 used but in a bespoke super car or race car like F1, they can be built this wide.
"Spiderrairi Spiderrari Spiderrari..." I can't unhear nor unsee it 😅
love how the channel goes from a peugeot 406 4 door salloon to a 800 bhp ferrari
i love how both you and harry metcalf wear a nice blue shirt for this review of a blue interior car :))))
I do have to say - the overtones and musicality of that intake and exhaust of that six make it sound like a twelve. For that I say, bravo!
It's a very pretty car. I'd spec mine in TdF Blue, with Daytona seats in burgundy.
Ooh lovely
Glorious sounding engine at the start.
I tried it on track. It is an explosion of power contained by clever electronics. This is needed to keep new owners alive.
Love the demo I drove earlier this year, and wish I had the money for one.
James, your concern around range is not warranted. Recent trip: 550km at 60 mph av = 31 mpg. Qualifying mode to quickly recharge. It’s interesting to manage this aspect of the car. But you can’t argue with a small tank and decent range for when you actually want to go somewhere in a very special car.
Its definitely smaller. I fit easily in a 488 but my shins hit the lower dash in a 296. 😢
A question: a hybrid starts rolling on the electric motor let's say to 50 mph. You keep accelerating and the ICE comes alive at 3.500 rpm! That ICE has enough Oil Pressure or are all internal the components being lubricated when it comes "online"?
I thought that colourway/nose strip is a special order for the Assetto Fiarano pack, probably spelt wrong. Love the 296 shape.
As someone who is unlikely to ever own a car in this category, the question I always have is whether ownership and performance (ignoring financial investment ) of a car which costs £250k delivers notably more than a car that costs, for example, £120k. As someone who actually has to consider money, maybe i'm totally missing the point and cars in this category are for people who needn't make such considerations. But I can't help but think i'd rather have 2 Supercars than one. If there was such a thing as a blind taste test for cars (eg; you own a car for a week without knowing its value), could you really tell which one costs over £100k more? I highly doubt it.
It's undoubtedly awesome, but I'll never want to deal with hybrid issues on a used one.
Me too, that's why I'm staying with my VW Polo. I don't wanna mess with hybrid supercars.
I'd expect the battery will fail in less than a decade or so and there probably won't be any easy way to replace it - it'll therefore end up being a huge liability to someone at some point, and that likely means there won't be classic status in this things future. It's unfortunately a sign of the very poor thinking of governments and car manufacturers alike that they think it is better to make a disposable car that generates a little less CO2, but will be junk in 10 years than a car that could still be around in 50 or more.
Tavarish will do something with it
@@deanchur He also won't touch it, he only want a car faster than any McLaren.
Hybrid battery technology are not even more than 30 years. Some aircraft fly even longer than 40 years.
Very quiet, it looks like you have to listen carefully to hear it. Nice review.
12:57 jay that it. Reverse the colours. The car is stunning and amazing…… I’m going to bed to dream about a blue one with a red strip. 😴 💤 ❤
3:23 jay that bonnet took me a while to figure out and it’s an Atari livery 😂
I really like my Mclaren Artura. Hopefully yon will review one soon.
You should try an SF90 before you describe it as "fading into obscurity"! I know it's popular to bash it but it's an astonishing thing, especially in AF guise. Drives so differently to the 296 GTB (which I agree is a wonderful car). The offer is there to drive my SF90 - and I'd wager you'd revise your view (and perhaps revert to your opinion of three years ago in your desktop video review that it was "the most exciting thing to come out of Marenello for a long time").
The SF90 has indeed almost faded into obscurity even whilst still a young-ish model - Ferrari’s own lack of marketing enthusiasm for it combined with poor residual values confirms its lack of “wow-factor” desirability (for a mid-engined Ferrari, anyway). You’re defending it because you’ve got one and obviously love it, and hence have simply taken the benign phrase “fading into obscurity” as meaning the same as “it’s shit”, which clearly it doesn’t. Nor do most reviewers/owners in general think that the SF90 is crap, but there’s no denying that at present it’s a very much overlooked and half-forgotten model.
I would point out that in the US SF90s still trade at or above MRSP. In the U.K. residuals are weaker, but this was partly caused by too many ex-demo cars coming onto the market at the same time early in the car’s life; something that did not happen in the US (fact checked with Ferrari UK). That set the early market. And we need to define “obscurity”. If the definition is based on social media hype, sure I’d agree. But for owners and fans of the marque, a 1,000hp Ferrari with an evolution of the great Pista V8 turbo will never be obscure. Just my humble view!
For that kind of price id take a 246 Dino, Gorgeous cars and a classic sports car drive will be plenty of fun.
I’ve never heard anyone say you must have Weissach to sell your GT3. Clubsport is perhaps a preferred option for some but Weissach is far more rare.
Why did they get rid of the rear round lights? Trip to Pininfarina to change the rear and front along with making it sound better me thinks.
Brilliant and Beautiful!!!!
The colour scheme is a bag of sick
So the lexan glass above the engine bay is nearly 3k what’s the weight saving on that one piece over standard glass? May be worth losing the 1kg from your own waistline. Saving 3k for the respray that’s clearly required on that car 😂😂
That’s a sick ass spec
Was at back of Wilmslow Ferrari once again. After one’s Mothering Sunday meal with 7 year old. All the later cars. The FF did look older. But. The Purosange in triple white looked the best. Strangely. Well the 812 looked well too. None of them blew me away like a black 911 Turbo. Oddly.
how did you get rid of the stripes and convert to lh drive.
I'd like to congratulate you on having this much fun whilst staying below 60 mph... no mean feat.
how did you get rid of the stripes and convert to l.h. drive.