Not true.
Car and Driver included the 1995 F355 in their 1995 Supercar Olympics.
https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/comparison-test/a15141693/1995-acura-nsx-t-vs-dodge-viper-rt-10-ferrari-f355-lotus-esprit-s4s-porsche-911-turbo-archived-comparison-test/
Even adjusted for inflation, these cars were considerably cheaper compared to the modern day versions.
The current Carrera S is $158k starting.
Even adjusted for inflation, the Carrera S in this article would be $145k.
The current 296 GTB(descendent from the F355) is $343k.
Adjusted for inflation the F355 would be $287k.
The 296 has more than double the horsepower of the 355, costing a little more should be expected.
The Carrera is pretty close to the same price, inflation adjusted.
I find it very interesting how views on the Ferrari F1 transmission have changed. This article seems to call it a pretty good middle ground between automatic and manual that preserves all of feeling, emotion, physical sensations, etc of driving a manual. But now whenever I see discussions of the F1 transmission it's in the context of calling it a jerky mess compared to literally anything else. While automatic transmission tech has improved significantly since 1999, especially in regards to autos that still utilize a clutch (DSGs et al.) the fact that the F1 seems to feel like a manual transmission isn't something that changed, so I wonder why people turned on it.
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