The last face lift was never called a Stradale even though it looked like one........but it was just a fast with the performance figures the same as the 4 seater Stradale and has more power than the two seater...and I believe the only difference was it didn't have carbon brakes which to be honest wouldn't bother me as do you really need them for road driving. I love the last model which brings the looks up to date and I would have one over the last Stradale when actually there surely isn't any difference out on the road probably.......
I mean look at this one. It was up for 65k and is now sold which isn't surprising at that money......
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Obviously, all just personal opinions, but I think the last face-lift is the worse looking. The change in shape of the front side intakes/grilles just doesn't look right to my eyes, the angles just don't flow with the lines on the rest car.
Also on the later MC (fakestrad) as above, as well as missing the carbon brakes (which like you, I wouldn't feel is 100% necessary on the road) it is an auto, which, to me is more of a problem.
Also, do they have 'race' mode or just sport as per the normal MC-auto?