Which car has a higher quality build - Ferrari or Lamborghini?

Maybe now just Audi-era Lambos but before then probably the reverse - its kind of a sweeping question unless you can be more specific

 

Are you serious? Ferrari has the higher build quality, hands down. I think the new Gallardo's have shown a step up in quality, but if you go look at a '08 murcielago or older Gallardo, you can see it IMO. The difference in quality between Ferrari and Lambo was apparent to myself and my wife pretty quickly with Ferrari taking the nod.

This of course does not take away from the fact that the Lambo may get more looks and is still a fine exotic car... different strokes I suppose.

 

Just wondering what you find inferior, the paint, leather, components?

 

I think the only people that would really know what they are talking about would be mechanics that have worked on both marques of the same era and class.

 

Having owned/own both, Audi....

 

Put both of them on a lift, get underside and examine the welds. It is pretty obvious which one has the better build at that point.

 

Really? I don't think welds tell the whole story.

 

Where I get my cars serviced they have a bunch of Lambos and Fcars. The guy head of the service department is a good friend of mine. They really dislike the Lambos there.

When they get crashed and have to repair them they say its very difficult to make it look like they were not crashed before as the build quality is far below their standard, not fully painting panels that are no exposed. He even made me sit in one to show me the funniest thing, the steering where was not really center of the driving seat.

Saying all that, all the cars he has shown me are 5+ years old. In todays time I dont know.

 

The modern Ferraris that I have had exposure to leave a lot to be desired.

F430 - The painted door jams that were flaking off on a car with 800 miles.

458 Italia - Chassis welds missed at the factory.

Neither of them had paint quality or panel quality and fit that you would expect on a car in this price range. There are several spots on both cars that are consistently bad. The old excuse that it is a hand built car is bologna. The panels are stamped and assembled on a high tech line. The fact that they have more hand assembly than other cars should mean that they use craftsmen to put them together that have skill to make it better than they do.

 

Both are what they are. When new, sitting, beautiful skin, fit and finish, interior, sound (exhaust) and fast. Underneath the skin, with a few miles on them is a different story. Plastic parts, connections, welds, bolts...I would say the Lambo because of the Audi influence of German engineering. You can beat up a Porsche but unless you have money to burn, you can't do the came with a an F or an L car.

 

I think modern day F and L cars are about the same. In the distant past, the F cars were ahead.

But, neither were much to write home about.

What you pay for is the engine, the shape, and the badge on the back. The rest is just included it the price.

 

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Maserati!

 

The one that was welded by robots. Have you seen the welds on the floor of a Scud? Not exactly a work of art. Gallardo frames are built in the Audi factory and shipped to Italy.

 

Bingo. If you are shopping for a Ferrari or Lambo, then you have already stated that reliability is not your top purchase motivator.

 

Lamborghini.....and it not even very close.

 

Funny you say that as I just did my first actual paid repair on my Maserati in 13 years. I replaced both fuel pumps because one started leaking.

I have jump started it many times, run it in stop and go traffic, given it to umpteen valets, driven it across the desert in the middle of summer at 100 MPH, and in run it driving rain.

Never in it's life one "check engine" light. Always passes smog each year with flying colors.

13 years and aside from regular oil changes, a flat tire from a pothole, $400 wheel alignment, and batteries, it's cost me $1500 in repairs. The body is perfect but some internal chrome plastic pieces have flaked off. The leather is about the same as it left the factory in 2002.

 

New Cars: Build quality on both L and F is pretty coinsistent and also pretty darn good, at least compared to the old timers. Robots do a lot of this work - and they are good. Still - the glove box on my 360 fits terrible. And my buddy says the paint on his new 458 looked terrible when it was delvered to the dealer. Anyway, I don't think there is a whole lot to chose between the two.

Classics - pre 1980: This all depended on the coachbuilders - who built the bodies and the interiors. So, you cannot generalize and say F was better or L was better - it all depended on who built the body. I will say this based on having restored a bunch of these....the quality of the coachbuilders went like this: #1 best - Touring, big gap to #2 - Pininfarina, close behind #3 - Ghia, tied for last Bertone and Scaglietti. Since most of the classic Ls were Bertone, draw your own conclusion. I saw some glitches in early Countachs that were simply outrageous. Muiras - worse. For example, there is no comparis0n between (contempory) 330 GTC body quality (Pininfarina) and that on a 275 GTB (Scaglietti). The 330 is far superior.

 

this is like arguing about who is smarter, Kate Upton or Halle Berry.

 

I would say Kate Upton. Halley Berry signed up to do "the call". Anyone that has watched that movie would understand.


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Both have a great chassis and gorgeous design but at the end of the day, we all want them for their airbags

 

This is probably the wittiest thing I've seen in awhile. Thanks for the laugh. Not sure which is the Ferrari, though... Bob H

 

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