‘“Quick with a capital F” lol

Thank you. I really enjoyed your review. One of the best i have seen. Open, honest and crisp

Steve Sutcliff is my all time favorite auto analyst. I would be watching a lot more auto videos if he reviewed more of them. He's very honest, and great at giving his expert opinions about cars. Thanks for the great reviews, Steve.

I've always liked Steve's reviews, but this is flat out missing the point of the car, bordering on stupidity. This should have been done the way Motor Trend reviewed the LC500. I truly believe the owner buying this car with the plan to track it *does not exist.* So why review the car as though that's what it's for? It not supposed to be the ultimate Ferrari. It's supposed to be a *grand tourer* for retired CFO's that want to take a Sunday drive on a nice day or likes driving but *needs* a comfortable ride to see the grandchildren who live 3 hours away. That's the reason for the feeling in the braking and steering. That's the reason the HVAC works the way it does. Taking the wife on a date? Portofino. Feel like hitting those corners on a quick grocery run? 488. Wanna show you're actually the CEO, demanding respect as soon as you step out of the car? Well any Ferrari, but the 812 will do that best. Each car has it's purpose and should be reviewed as such.

I like this review. I like how this man lets us get a feel of the car and how it drives. Top notch mate.

Ferrari nailed this car. I drove one a few months back, awesome. and in a year two when prices start to drop, I'll be in for sure. This car can do it all. Looks great, top up, top down.

Excellent review, great insight and understanding. I feel I understand the Portofino really well and all Ferraris a little better.

An Enjoyable & Informative Review! Classy & Beautifully Done! Bravo! ♥️🌷🕯

Great review as ever, first class feedback from a great race driver. Clearly this car isn’t a track car and the point is well made, but also it is still a Ferrari so it’s there to be driven quickly. So if the brake pedal has a bit of travel and the handling doesn’t feel natural you need to know that about this car. Think some of the comments below miss the point

Honest review ... thank you

Most usable? Aren't you forgetting the GT4C Lusso?

Hooray Ferrari, at last you have made a decent amazing car for the gentleman and not exclusively for the Nutcase Showman. This is what I have been waiting for all my life - a decent yet flashy, amazing sport car with all the goodies to feel that you have a fine piece of engineering under your control to thrill you as you please I was reluctant to look at the 2019 Ferrari model thinking it could be yet another model for the fancy gigolo but finally thought let's have a look anyway and the Portofino surprised me to the hilt. Now it is an agonizing wait until I grab my dream Ferrari. Thank you guys for coming into proper sense to cater for the gentlemen who sigh for a Ferrari.

Steve thanks for so effectively communicating how the car FEELS to drive, not just the stats and tech like other reviewers.

I drove the California and 458 Italia back to back against a Lambo - liked that the Ferrari’s paddle shift was steering mounted rather than fixed to the steering column in the Lambo - allowing more intuitive gear change in cornering - notice Ferrari now changed over to column mounted paddleshift?

Considering the success and age of the California, I am a little surprised that some of the larger lower priced badges still haven’t tried to make a “beautiful but not terribly impractical” four seat convertible.

Hi Steve whats the prob with the brakes

You seem to be testing it as a track car, It’s a Grand Tourer. You said yourself how compliant the suspension is. If Ferrari wanted it as a track car then they would have put track suspension on it.

looks bad around the b or c pillar where the roof meets the trunk. looks especially bad here when the roof is down

Isn’t the gt4 lusso more usable?

Steve- if you were to get a Ferrari in the next year or two, new or used, which would you get?

Great video as I've come to expect from Steve. They might have change the name from the west coast of the US to Italy, but the styling is definitely west coast inspired. Remove the Ferrari badges and it could easily be mistaken for an American muscle car. ( which would cost half the price! )

I like the aspect ratio of this video looks great on new mobiles

Sutcliffs' voice, this man is a true driver.

Beautiful car. But the front looks like it is high on something illegal.

Steve is my favorite journalist

did they just combine f12 and california???

I'll take one of these in black, with blood-red interior. So decadent!

The Red one is so f4cking amazing

review sucks.. this is an everyday use ferrari not a track oriented ferrarii.... you already said that from the start of the review... stop nit picking!!!!

Brilliant as usual, the best performance car reviewer out there. Makes the car-spotter turned car reviewer You Tubers out there look like the wannabes they are. You can't beat a real motoring journalist.

Can you give it a doug score?

What's a sixpence worth ?

A significant improvement over the California. This is the perfect car for those who don't care that much about racing cars but still want (and afford) a hard top convertible with the thrill of a real Ferrari. And you can walk in the dealership, write a check and leave driving it. Not all that nasty and uncertain business of waiting, upgrading, etc. with the other Ferrari models that "experts" praise.

Game changing review. Thank you, Steve.

Quick with a capital F?

I absolutely love it!

steve back to auto express already ?

S63 AMG Coupe & Portofino; my two car "dream" garage; guess I'm getting old...

Thanks Steve.......steered me away from this very skilfully as usual :)

Where's the rear end ???

I know you can do better, I know this car is not helping. But you could at least show the beauty lines of the car in and out. Thank you. As always.

Simply Beautiful

Brilliant. I want one.

Something almost all the comments missed. This car is also for guys like me. Previous owner of a Lamborghini LP550-2, driven all the latest lambos on the track, some Porsches, taken some racing instruction, been to all the car shows. The Lambo was like dating a super model. Loved it, however, disliked some of the attention. Now, as I turn 60, I want a sporty, powerful, precision machine, Italian design and styling, great performance, Ferrari pedigree. I don't care to be noticed and I'm done with road racing and cop avoidance. I want something to take out on the country roads, something my wife will climb into. Something special, with the wind in my hair and the sun overhead. I'd say the Portofino hits all those requirements on the nose. And no, I'm not the COO, CEO, CFO or CTO. Just a guy who likes exotics with some means.

I mean it looks alright but it's really not that different looking to the California when the roofs down

Very nice

Drive it on the autobohn, it is a grand tour!

Hears Steve's voice... click like!

Most usable ferrari money can buy

very imformative video,im a fan of steve sutcliffe.👍

best looking ferrari rear end on the market

"Quick...with a capital F". Chris Harris just facepalmed somewhere

New shirt Steve?

My neighbours just bought one, it sounds very lively to me.

Nice 😎

Doug the type of guy to give Auto Express a DougScore.

V8 getting smaller but even better and more powerful when turbocharged

Dropping the California name is smart.. Cali is in a bit of a bad light right now.

I feel like the Cali T just came out.

The headlights look like they were designed by some other company.

Quick with capital F😂😂

I drove one and I was giggling like a little girl….what an awesome car

Dull reviewer, Fantastic car

I’m not getting it until they release the HGTE, Handling Speciale or whatever suspension and power tuning that they offer for the Portofino.

Mr Sutcliffe has lost more weight. He is looking very sharp.

This car isn't meant to be like the 488. The 488 is in a class of its own. This is a proper car to cruise in with the top down with the potential of being a sports car.

it sounds like turbocharged 4 cylinder from a hothatch:)

i want one.

How could this possibly be more “useable” than a lusso??

Reminds me of a Granturismo that had plastic surgery.

They should use four wheel drive

Wonderful review of a wonderful car

Kinda looks like an ftype from the front

This days most of the car reviewers are reviewing themselves not the cars

100% marketed to women who aren't interested in cars. Exhaust sound made to replicate the sound made by her turbo 4 GLA her dad bought her before she married a rich guy, and looks inspired by the familiar Toyota Solara

OK, send me one. Thanks!

I wish I knew about this yesterday, when I bought two California’s...

Front end looks kinda like a Trans AM now. Whaddaya know...

I never disliked a video and haven't done today but ,the complains that you have with the car are purposely built in for their potential costumer, the pedal feel, the flat ride ...and I'm sure they will sell lots of them . otherwise a few more shots from the rear and the roof mechanism would be nice,but thanks for the video!

How come it looks like Jaguar?

For those of you complaining, have you seen the California? The Portofino is a gigantic improvement over it

Always an honour to watch Steve But portifino Looks like Jag Sounds like civic with aftermarket exhaust 488 spider is the one

sounds like a straight piped corolla. LOL

Better than the California, but that was a pretty low bar. Still, a Ferrari is about driving pleasure and an isolated steering and suspension system and a mushy brake peddle are not what I want in any car, let alone in a Ferrari.

The most usable ferrari is the GTC Lusso

Was expecting a video for 8 minutes worth of car exterior not majority of it of one view of a bloke in a checky shirt!

One day these car channels will figure out that we just want to see the car on the road, we can hear you talk without looking at you driving the majority of the video, smh

I think Portfoino is a Ferrari,but not like a Ferrari.That image is close to British cars,like Jaguar and Astonmartin,Portofino has a high powered engine, but seems not to force a driver to strong tensions.

Sounds like a Honda Civic with a blowing exhaust!

I thought Ferrari made super cars and sports cars. Seems like they are going more and more towards GT cars. They only have 1 “sports/ super car” (the 488 )and 3 GT models. Falling behind everyone else trying to copy Austin Martin of old.

The new Barbie car, just need to paint it pink

Man i want a fahrari.

it's a mix ....... FF + california T

It's 600 hp, isn't bhp the same?

Man in the video says ~ "I DON'TLIKE the way the car FEELS....I DON'T LIKE the way the car DRIVES....I DON'T LIKE the STEERING....I DON'T LIKE the BRAKES.....BUT....other than that.....it's a great car"......???

exhaust sound sucks tho

Looks like a Mazda RX-8.

Turbo,sounds like thrash,nothing like a naturally aspirated v8 screaming at 9k revs

yes,faster indeed.

The new Ferrari Kardashian