The Continental GT is an all new car from what I remember hearing. It looks quite a bit different if you actually look at it. If it was just a facelift they'd be updating it like the slowly updated the Continental GT over the years, where each model only looks *slightly* different from the one before it. The new one actually looks different.
But you do realize that's how Ferrari have always done things right? Every time there's an all new model, a slightly updated model comes out later to keep it competitive before the next all new model comes out. That's how the 308/328, 348/355, 360/430, 458/488, 550/575, F12/812, California/California T, and FF/GTC4Lusso (and more I'm probably forgetting) have all been. Ferrari will replace all of their facelifts soon, just as they just recently did with the Portofino replacing the California T.
Doing things this way keeps the cars competitive without having to fully replace it every 5 years, which when you're a smaller car company is pretty important. It drastically reduces development costs while making sure the cars can still soldier on while looking fresh and ahead of the competition. Everybody does it. Look at Mclaren with the MP4 and 650S, Porsche and all of the .2 generation 911s, Rolls Royce and the Ghost/Phantom Series II, Bentley and the updated Mulsanne.
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r8lover, 30 August 2017, 02:04