The Ferrari 348 Has The Weirdest Seatbelts You've Ever Seen, Among Other Quirks
It’s getting harder and harder to bag a relatively inexpensive mid-engined Ferrari. 360 Modena prices have long since bottomed out and made their way back up again, while the likes of the 355 and the 308/328 have experienced fairly shocking increases in value over the last few years.
So if you want a low-cost, mid-engined car from Maranello, chances are it’s going to have to be a 348. But the 348 is a poor excuse of a Ferrari, isn’t it? That’s certainly a common perception, but Doug DeMuro reckons the late 80s/early 90s supercar doesn’t deserve its shoddy reputation.
What’s more, it’s laden with odd and amusing quirks, including some properly bizarre seat belts, a frunk that’s front-hinged (making it difficult to load anything in), and a hilarious-sounding horn. Because what use is an old Italian sports car without character?
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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Still not convinced it’s worth $60k. I’ll take a Porsche 996 instead.
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Doug seems to have a passion about being constantly in contradiction with car guys. I bet his next video is going to be “Here’s why the Mondial is the best Ferrari”…
I mean:
I feel like his next car’s going to be a Prius so he can talk about its quirks and features and HOW IT HAS A LITTLE TREE IN THE CENTER SCREEN
He not picks at things in race cars where it’s like it’s a race car it’s not meant to have that for the price
The mercury tracer has a similar seatbelt system
In Europe it has normal seat belts. Only in the US it has these weird ones because of their weird rules… :P
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