Ferrari 550 Maranello real world review 

Harry's just the best!!

Hear here!

I'm assuming that you have watched Tyrell's classic workshop....But on the off chance that you haven't, check it out! Its amazing also

Don't just look at, listen to it!

Sad to see that go

Yes. The only transmission that should be in a real sports car

Ha Ha, you know it!

Just think, no modern flappy pedal Ferrari will look this classy in 25 years.

thedr00 bit of a cost difference 😂😂

How did the search go? Did you find one?

Jebus, that's like saying you've dumped Delia Smith for Nigella Lawson.

Did you get one?

Greta says "How dare you" :-)

cheeky lad

He just wanted cheap runaround, nothing special, like the testarossa

yeah, big LOL moment

In my country for company owners the best way to duck the taxes is to get some "costs" for the company. It's made with a family fleet of some expensive vehicles. All BMW 550, 750, all Audi 5, or 6, then the Porsches from Boxster to Cayenne all of this class cars fall into this space. No problem to sort out a Ferrari 550 here.

"I had a Pagani Zonda after this..." As you do, of course.

I'd personally plonk for the WSR version of this car. Ultra rare and with a very tasty spec. Roll cage covered in leather, the handling pack and even stiffer roll bars. Only 34 made I believe and still very much attainable.

Tour De France Blue... crema daytona seats

I saw a red one at the shopping mall back in the 1990s. It was gorgeous in person. Videos don't do it justice.

Yellow with grey leather for me. Grey wheels too

Red looks great as well

Yeah

don't forget the 20-something british douchebag youtubers (STG, schmee, and the rest of those bell-ends). Those trust-fund cunts are the worst.

@@stevenhaas9622 Ahahaha exactly the same thoughts here. Boring and irritating, full of childish screams and expressions...FFS TALK ABOUT THE CARS

Couldn't agree more. I wish Harry would do a review on a 599 GTB, haven't seen a review on it in his style. Hopefully soon

*their

They do

@@jaymyers6452 Not really, I guess the closest thing now is that, albeit sexy, 812superfast got it lacks the rawness of the 550 Maranello. I rode passenger in the 'nello once and have sat in the 812 at the dealer. that later car seems like computer driven spaceship. the 'nello seems like a mechanical marvel.

@@jaymyers6452 no, they don't

@@albertoj.mollinedo4116 go in an 812 when it's moving and then tell, but times change the eu made safety standards tight :(

@@albertoj.mollinedo4116 You're right. Even ROMA, FF or F12 are just no real Ferraris anymore. Too much has gone lost without manual gearbox

when we talked about cars in the philippines, i always mention this car because this is my favorite

It's styling is quite elegant and doesn't over do it. The 550 Marenello might not look so bold as the others, but that actually makes it very appealing. It's nice not to attract a lot of attention.

It is in my view

bella, bella macchina

tharun72 for me the favourite Ferrari from the new age. I don't really like the styling of the cars afterwards.

Same here, such a pretty car

I agree, I still want one.

Same as in some Hondas of the time, dc2, accord type r etc

Porsche still makes those steering wheels even today.

The funny thing is that they thought it was too bulky as a result of the newly added airbag!

sdfsfsf notice how when Aston have updated their 9 and Rapids they added a little ducks arse spoiler just like this? Totally agre re the styling analogy, the last truly elegant Ferrari that put elegance ahead of iPhone snapper appeal.

A car suitable for a gentleman.

For me the styling is poor, those front air vents are fugly and the rest is plain with just a kink over the rear wheels, not for me.

@@MonaichFother If it isnt design loud enough for you then just go. Dont say its "poor" because it is everything but not poor. Nobody wants to know you"re lacking taste.

@@HanSolo__ I just rewatched the video and I don't know what the hell I was on about. Looks very classy to me, something you wouldn't be embarrassed to turn up in to a first date or golf outing etc. Maybe I should go looking for something with go faster stripes which would be more to my taste. :D

@@MonaichFother I would say there is absolutely nothing wrong with having a car with the stripes. As long as you do use it on the track or some specified model sport event. I mean you have to stay recognizable on the competition right? With 20-ish simmilar looking Porsche 944 S2 Turbo S or 20+ Mitsu Lancers Evo 9 Not only for your service/help but for the judges. If you are racing stock machine and you cant afford 2nd car for daily. Run it with stripes all the way. Cheers :)

Well the 575, which was an updated version of this car, was produced until 06, so you aren't exactly wrong.

Absolutely, I hadn't thought about that and I agree. I must confess to actually also loving Jay Leno's videos though too.

The nice thing about Jay Leno's Garage is having the owners of the cars that give their experiences with them

The problem with Jay Leno is that he does not know much about cars. Most comments are sheer superlatives, a typical American trend to find that unique fact or statistic for everything. Harry, on the other hand, characterizes his cars, he can compare year models, he notices design patterns of the times, he does his homework out of passion. He is also willing to get his hands dirty fixing or cleaning his own cars. Harry has a way of appropriating his vehicles where Jay remains at the sideline, a pure spectator, a child with cash incapable of an appreciation that only true immersion confers..

@@flourishforever WTH? Jay Leno once started talking about cars at a concours and he went for 3 hours sorting out every important car ever made from the 1890s to the current day with mindblowing knowledge and information on every single one, right out of the top of his head. Jay is a freaking automotive encyclopedia and works on cars himself most ot his day!

"I've never listened to Jay Leno review a car before." - Pablo Espinosa 2020

Buffalo Because America. We do things with a touch more subtlety here in Blighty 👍

Not to get too literary on you, but to paraphrase Oscar Wilde, " Doug Demuro knows the price of everything and the value of nothing" while Harry is exactly the opposite. He can appreciate the value of the Ferrari without having to say, "Why the 550 Maranello is worth some outrageous figure he pulled out of.... " I don't look at Demuro's videos any more because he's so annoying.

AMEN! Peter L - I totally agree.

Yeah, Doug's channel overall idea isn't all that bad, but he truly is annoying. Also I find that every single button inside a car doesn't deserve 5 min rant like he does....

I'm in heaven! I have discovered people who find Doug as irritating as I do!

Mark Stevenson 599 could also be had with a gated manual

I stand corrected...according to Wikipedia, 30 were made.

True, but the car was designed for the F1 gearbox and I have heard from a credible source that the 599 and also the 612 were horrible to drive with a manual gearbox.

575 also had manuals available... dunno about the 599 being horrible to drive, the videos I've seen suggest it's fine. No idea about the 612.

My source is a Ferrari dealer. He told me, the later cars (575 and even more so the 599 and 612) were designed around and for the F1 gearbox, the ECU and the whole set up where not programmed for a manual gearbox, hence the F1 suits the cars much better. Apparently the 550 was the last "real" manual gearbox Ferrari...

Yep, can never have enough F40 videos.

Agreed. Especially it being 30 years old.

I think Harry said he wasn't keen on doing one because he doesn't really like the F40 much.

Say whaat? ;)

If you review the countach you have to review the f40 to, its every 80s born childhood dreamcar

Maker's Mark, straight outta' the freezer, and into a short glass., in front of the fireplace, with Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb" barely humming along in the background....

...at the end of the day, in my leather chair in front of a roaring fireplace... AFTER the drive in the Maranello... PERFECT!

Well for me it would be a Lagavulin 16.... because I can't afford a 25 !!

Porsche always have, even if the looks polarize on occassion.

the speedometer ?

It's a beautiful interior design

Yeah but he could have driven the 996 a lot... the 550 would have to be garaged almost indefinitely for it to appreciate.

If only he got a 993 turbo instead

He considered one at about £50k in 2012 *sob*

See my chat above but I was in the process of buying and demoing a 996 Turbo X50 like your father, and it was a real A road weapon, but without the aesthetics of the 550 and of course not that wonderful V12, hence my decision to buy the Maranello instead.

One has much lower maintenance costs and better reliability...the Porsche 996 911 Turbo.

Mine too at the time I was fortunate enough to sit in one for real back in 1999 when I went to a car show. It was the same color as this too I remember. :)

I wonder if jayemm watched this first?

@@nelsonclub7722 well if he has been lusting after one for 23 years I'm sure he'll have researched as much as he could..

@@nelsonclub7722 Yes he did

@@JayEmmOnCars I would be disappointed if you hadn't !!! Goos stuff - hope its all working out as well as you dreamed it would be. My Dino was more than I could have imagined it would be. Driving dream cars is one thing - waking up knowing that you own one? - Thats a dream come true in itself!

Maybe..

Fingers crossed! Thanks

@@harrysgarage Thanks to your Mr Harry, Tyrrell´s Classic Car Workshop!

Favorite modern Ferrari. Looks very liveable. Very understated. I'd delete the emblems. If you know,you know. This car doesnt need to say "Ferrari" on it.

Smoke 'em

lol you don't need it

All 550 were manuals 575 were mostly Autos but the conversion is waaaay to expensive to really consider it

All 550's were manuals, and only a small handfull of 575's were manuals.

Amen!

@@revolutionday1 Fuck yes !

04dram04 yeah my friend just got a '96 S600 V12 at auction for $3000 Canadian, absolutely ridiculous, probably because it's an old luxury car before a classic performance car

04dram04 thats because the oil coolers leak and cost several thousand to repair, also the coil packs are about $1000 each. The suspensions cost $10,000 to replace, its a maintenance nightmare when they get old.

He said Destro!!! Lolol

They're not sexy, don't rev to 7500rpm

V8 It's because they are luxury cars so it's muffled up to be quiet. The 6.0L V12 is the same one used in the first Zonda so it's possible to make the luxo-barge S600 sound like it with a new exhaust system.

He shudda promoted you for that suggestion

MrGrentch that’s why it looked familiar

So what. It's a great steering wheel. The difference was that this was clad in proper Italian leather. Speedline also made wheels for lesser brands. So what?

8p

Frank Cree - you are both in fact correct but Harry was of course referring to LdM's return to Ferrari after doing other jobs in the Fiat empire & The Americas cup & Italia 90 etc

And I bet in the real world your Honda is faster, more comfortable and more enjoyable to drive than the Ferrari. Supercars are cartoon cars.

A_Wise_Young_Man abscond from the comment section twat

The 550 is going for the price of a new Honda.

AMEN!

The truly classy, graceful lines from Ferrari's beginning in the late 1940's through the early/mid-90's were the most attractive years, in my opinion. The onset of 4-wheeled video games with exaggerated sculptures and electric hybrids are just a different vehicle and, to me, are a totally different class of machine. Many like them but the appeal just doesn't reach me like the earlier era... and not just with the Ferrari, but many of the other cars of those same periods. Harry's style and this fine older Ferrari fit together like "hand-in-glove." I happened to be in San Francisco traffic for a couple of miles down 19th Avenue one sunny afternoon, along side one of these when they were brand new. I thought then that it was one of the classiest cars I'd ever seen and my opinion hasn't diminished the slightest bit since then. It is one of Ferrari's finest ever. It's too bad that Enzo didn't live long enough to have seen it. I think he would have approved very much!

Roger Bailey nice channel, I've subbed

Roger Bailey I'll give you a sub content looks good.

Doug DeMuro Congrats on your new e63 AMG wagon purchase! Nice car! Ever consider reviewing the e60 M5?

Doug DeMuro congratulations on your new Mercedes. very good decision

+Nicholas Zivich this guy is not actually Doug lol