Well, welcome to a new Harry's Garage
video. And today's car, look at it. It's
a Ferrari 360 Challenge Chadali. And I
can remember when this car was released
in 2003. There was much excitement at
Evo Towers. And we had it in car of the
year in about November 2003 in this for
this issue. And that was out in Italy.
And that was the first chance I had to
drive this car. And I'm sorry to say
that it was the last time I drove a
challenge because the scooter came along
and then the special. So it's been
fantastic to revisit the challenge
sedari from 2003. So much on this car to
go through. They did a 348 competition
but very low numbers around 50. But this
car was at peak Ferrari Michael Schumaca
era. They're winning F1 championships
every year and I think it's a
significant Ferrari. Let's go and have a
closer look. Now looking back at the
original first drive John Barker did on
this car at Firano with the factory.
Their ambition was the Charisalia was
going to be at least 3 seconds quicker
round Fano. It ended up being 3 and a
half seconds quicker. And they did it
mainly by reducing the weight of the
car. Um, trick suspension on it as well,
which I'll run through. Better brakes
and a little bit more horsepower. And
the first change you can see is just at
the front. They had a slightly different
sort of air down around here. And this
is a lighter weight construction because
you got to remember the the Ferrari 360
arrived and this was aluminum car. They
really took the weight down. But this
car in ultimate spec was about 110 kilos
lighter than your regular 360 F1. But
you had to tick a lot of boxes to get
there. But first thing you notice you
come around the challenge wheels. One of
the best designed wheels I think fitted
on a Ferrari. So distinctive and hiding
in there are the carbon discs from the
Enzo that we've just seen. So the
Ferrari Enzo brakes on a 360. We love
that. titanium wheel nuts as well. These
beautiful carbon mirrors you can see
here. Unbelievable the construction on
them and highly prized today. And then
if I open the door,
look at the door, the door trim. So pure
carbon fiber, everything stripped out.
And we'll have a look at more detail on
the interior, but the things you want to
notice is this metal. You can just see
it shining over there. Just get rubber
mats. They've basically chucked all the
sound deadening out, all the carpet
that's gone in the dust bin and they've
added a sort of carbon different center
console. You'll see there these
beautiful carbonbacked seats. You can
see well fully carbon t even the
adjuster was in carbon as well. And then
if I just lift the engine. Yeah, the
engine cover.
Lexium plastic there. Carbon finish.
slightly different design at the back.
And there it is. Now, the engine, they
didn't add a massive amount of
horsepower, an extra 20 horsepower, 420
horsepower on here, but all carbon here.
This is before sort of Cub uh Ferrari
started charging extra for carbon. You
got it within the price of the car. I
think it was £26,000 more than a regular
360. £133,000
in 2003. works out at about4 of a
million pounds in today's money and a
much lighter um exhaust system on it. 7
kilos um saved by this and my god it's
loud and you can see the sort of valving
on it that opens up for freeer revving.
That's part of the change to get the
horsepower. They also got a slightly
bigger airflow meter on it. And looking
at the original test, they say basically
it was blueprinted engine. So yeah,
that's why there wasn't a massive lift
in power. The other thing just to note
is I'll just close this up.
This challenge sedar, this black mesh
here became a signature and people
wanted it on their standard Ferrari 360s
because it that was how you recognized
it on the road. Down here though, you've
got this extra venturi carbon fiber down
here for extra arrow as well. But
overall 360 is a beautifully well.
Pinferina design obviously. Um I think
it looks fantastic. And you got a proper
boot up the front as well. So there you
go. There's a quick run around the 360
Channidali. Let's take it outside. Take
it for a drive.
Wow. Yeah. What a cabin this is when you
get in. Um so stripped out and the metal
and these welds you see everywhere and
just these sort of rubber mats. You just
see rivets sort of where the seat is
sitting. It's like a sort of race seat.
It is a road racer for the road. I'm
quickly going to get the belts on. Some
Chan dollies come with conventional
belts. Some owners optioned a fourpoint
harness as in this one, but um it is a
Ferrari quite like it's got the Ferrari
crest on there and things. And I'm going
to fire the car up, turn the key,
immobilizer,
and then press start down here in this
unique sort of center console. Take the
handbrake off cuz it's an awkward thing.
And I think the most recognizable thing
when you get in is just in when you open
the door and just see that door car the
of carbon and it's light the door when
you open it you know it's a road racer
and I love distinctive sort of titanium
finish and the door handle and although
it's got electric windows they're here
the switches are here and met by yellow
taco there and this sort of heavy sort
of suede
non-reflective dashtop and then there's
all sorts of colors and things being
bespoke Ferrari. This one as you can see
in red. The slightly peculiar thing was
I was trying to work out this car has
air conditioning cuz there's no air
conditioning off. So when I initially
got in I thought oh it can't have air
conditioning but it was blowing cold air
at me on a warmest day. And yes they
came as standard with air conditioning
which you wouldn't expect with all this
lightness going on. They just said
usability was important. And then behind
me, another option on this car, it's got
the roll cage in it. Um, which is an
unusual fitment, but it's beautifully
done. And it's got a radio. And that
means you've got little tweeter sort of
speakers under the dash and then a big
couple of speakers in the middle there
cuz you can't have any in the door
because you got that carbon door card.
So, there's no door speakers in this
car. and Alcantara finished seats. And
I'll talk about the seats later as well
because they're fantastic. They're
really usable.
Down here, what else have I got? I've
got mirrors start. I've got LC is a
launch control, ASR off, race, which is
sort of a sport button, but being a
tanali is race. Um, door lock and
hazards and reverse. So normally you had
that the funny little tea bar in this
age of Ferrari. But on the Stanis Sedali
you get an R to press. What else? Yeah,
just world championship. There they all
are. 99 2000 2001 2002 2003 plaque on
the dash. Right, let's crack on.
The other interesting thing with this
car, no auto button. It's manual. Well,
it's it's automated manual from the
start, but there's no auto setting,
which is quite right, too. an old
challenge to Darling. And you can
probably hear the engine, which we'll
discuss later when we head out onto some
better roads.
Just in normal mode
and a gear change speed is from a bygone
age. This is sort of the first of the
automated manuals. Although this was an
iteration above it was a quicker change
than the regular 360. But um it's
something you notice when you get in.
It's a quite a relaxed change.
It's I think they're around 300
milliseconds change, but if I press
race, it does harvest speed. Goes down
to 150. But I'll come on to that in a
moment. But generally on the first time
you get into it, you're expecting this
really hardcore, this really noisy car,
um, really stiff riding. And a number of
those things are not present. And uh
it's just odd that you know 20 years on
the ride it's it's all right actually.
It's perfectly livable with I don't feel
like a GT3 RS 996 or something like
that. It rides fine. I can't you know
it's like a normal Yeah. 360. The spring
rate is actually up 20% looking at the
spec of it. And but the really neat
thing is the springs in this are made of
titanium. All part of the lightness
trick.
Then the other surprise is measured the
sound on my noisy bit of road. 79
dibels. Again, much lower than you
expect with all the sound deadling gone.
Just looking at the dash, I've got oil
temperature, water temperature, oil
pressure. And then in the taco, I've got
the gear indicator. So in third, and
then a speedo. There's no digital
speedo. and a fuel gauge and a few
instruments down there. This is the era
Ferrari before the Manitina arrived on
the F430. So, I have a clean wheel, but
you know, airbagged. Okay. But the one
thing you got to watch on this wheel is
the horn push. It's just where your
thumb rests. It's the same as on the
Enzo. And yeah, it was one of those
things every now and then. Oh, sorry. I
didn't mean to blow the horn when you're
on road test with this car. But anyway,
let's just select a race. And I'm going
to go into second down here and then
hoof up the hill.
Suddenly you have this car energized and
uh yeah, gear chains get that much
quicker. It actually changes the damper
setting as well. um just stiffens those
up and just loosens off the ASR, the
traction control, but it's very drivable
once it's in race. I'd almost say in
today's world, you always press race and
yeah, it makes it even more vocal on the
outside. The weird thing about the
exhaust sound on this car is again it's
it's not intrusive inside the cabin. If
you are standing outside or following
this car, you think, "What the hell?
How's that thing legal? It's properly
loud on the outside, but weirdly quieter
on the inside than you would think it
should be. And visibility out terrific.
I just love the view. I think after F40,
was this the first Ferrari that really
showed off its engine? What a statement
360 was under that the great big pane of
well perspects in this car. And you see
the red crack on top of the cam covers.
All beautifully laid out with the air
cleaners either side. Both the engine
and little water cooler and the alloy
screw tops for water and oil and things.
Dry sumped engine. So it dropped right
down.
Yeah. Performance on this car 4.2 2
seconds to 60 cuz it's not a huge jump
in horsepower over the regular 360, but
they did drop the weight. I weighed this
car and it went 1360 kilos, which will
be slightly more just because of that
roll cage. And actually having the radio
and electric windows was quite a heavy
add-on. They reckon around 30 kilos just
because of those two.
It might take a second round here.
Oh yes. And a little bit of gravel as
well. Yeah. It's all sorts of sounds
just breaking into the air. You hear the
scrub of the brakes. If I break now, you
could It's like a rough pad onto the
carbon discs. They were new technology
back then. But again, I use this road
because it's rubbish and it has a
terrible surface and it's quite bumpy
and it's dealing with them way better
than you'd expect this car to. One thing
it does do is a little bit of following
the camber, but being, you know, track
refugee, they're very stiff suspension
joints on it. That's sort of with the
territory. It's not too bad. It's not
grabbing it from my hand, but it's Yeah,
I have got a lot of information coming
through on the wheel. Three turns lock
to lock. The steering isn't it's sort of
star turn, but compared to today's cars,
it's it's bit terrific. Blips on the
wheel gain as I'm in race. You can hear
it just does the blip for you.
That was all exciting stuff back in
2003.
as was that.
And really, you've got to rev this car
to get the most out of it. And it's
actually quite short geared. Top speed
on the 360
was 186 mph cuz it runs out of revs.
Yes, it's in that day and age where it
will absolutely hit the red line in top.
It's top speed. It's going to let the
revs fall down in second. So, 35 mph,
4,000 RPM.
How does it cope with this compression?
Okay.
Love those blips. Now,
there's those valves that open in the
exhaust as soon as it gets to about 4
and a half, five. Just depends on the
throttle opening.
Wow.
Yeah. Very exciting.
Right. Times was on likes and dislikes.
I suppose the main dislike is just the
speed of gear change. My goodness, we
moved on. Time you got to 430 scooter
air, that was changing gear in 60
milliseconds. The fastest this can do is
150 milliseconds, which is all right,
but you really notice it if you don't
have it in race. Two, they have got
expensive recently. Um, I'll discuss
that in a conclusion because there is a
reason for it. And this car is actually
for sale. My son has got it in Metav
Cars. I saw it coming. I said, please
can have a go in that. He also has a
really trick Lancia just come in. Lancia
hyenas. I'll be testing that as well.
Anyway, I digress. What else? Um, yeah,
noisy. It's It's properly noisy on the
outside. Slightly embarrassing, so you
have to be aware of it if you're driving
it in builtup areas or where noise might
be an issue. But the likes proper proper
road racer. Um, it it I just love this
stripped out. You can tell Ferrari's put
a lot of effort into getting this car
right. And it's fested with bespokeness
everywhere I look. And I think it looks
terrific on the outside and all the
improvements, all the everything we want
as a driver's car, they put on it. The
the steering, I've seen criticism of the
steering. This is on new fresh rubber
boots. Uh Michelins, I don't find it an
issue actually. I really quite like it
and I quite love the performance and
that oh gear change is fantastic as
well. And
bottom corner. There's quite a lot
there. Goodbye to the front. Wow.
Wow.
Go.
Lots of sounds in this car. Love the
stripped out nature. how you can hear
the brakes when you break it and the
grab on the road. All that sort of thing
just gives it that unique sense that
you're in something very special.
I'm just just changing gear for the fun
of it.
Wow. Yeah. So, what do I think of
Transari? Well, it's been wonderful to
revisit this car and get to know it
again. I've always thought Scooter is
ahead, but there's something pretty
special with this talent sedan because
it was the first of the breed. And I
love how hard Ferrari worked on it to
get it this good, this bespoke. You know
you're in a chance. Special mention to
the seats and the usability has come as
a complete shock on this car. It's up
against I think why it's got so
expensive today is because the limited
run Ferraris, you know, 288, F40, Enzo,
etc. have just gone off into the
stratosphere. What's the next super
driver focused Ferrari limited run cars?
Well, it's Channister Dari and then it's
scooter rear and then it's special and
things. That is why there's so much
interest in these cars. I believe they
were just about affordable a year ago
and then everybody has clamored to get
them. They're all actually scooter and
chastis around the same price and then
special is a leap up from this. And you
got to remember China is the rarest of
them all. I mean it's um 1,288
of these and then there's near enough
2,000. Scooter is 1,800 2,000
speciali you have 3,000 odd and pista is
4,000 odd. So that is why the values of
Chinese are higher. And personally just
driving it the the scooter here is
quicker. It's 4 point, you know, 700cc,
bigger engine, more torque, more
asparag, nearly 100 horsepower more. But
it's the bespokeness of this and the
fact that I can drive it sort of flat
out. I can get closer to its limits is
what I really like. This scooter here is
a properly quick car while this is sort
of manageable. 4.2 to 60 is very
manageable on today's roads. And yeah,
it's a very special car. So there you
go. I'm going to enjoy a bit more of
this cracking bit of road. It suits
actually suits this car really well.
Whoa.
Yeah. Been loaded. You can hear it rev
out like that.
So there you go. Whoa.
Quickly take it around here.
Yeah, it's quite loose that.
There you go. Had to do that. Sorry if I
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