Showing posts with label Ferrari. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ferrari. Show all posts

SCOOP: New Ferrari F70 V12 Hybrid Makes Another Pass for the Camera

rsstou | 06:43 | 0 comments

As Ferrari engineers ramp up their efforts to complete the development of their new Enzo-replacing hypercar that is currently known by its internal codename F70, the more chances we have of getting a glimpse of the prototype models.

This video footage comes courtesy of the crew at the YouTube channel Speedspot who filmed an F70 draped in black covers while cruising on the roads around Maranello in Italy along with some not-so-happy Ferrari people…

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Blame the Rain? Exotic and Rare Ferrari F40 Crashes in Vancouver

rsstou | 11:35 | 0 comments

Of all the hypercars produced by Ferrari in the past three decades, the F40 holds a special place in the heart of fans of the brand and of cars in general for a great number of reasons, one being that it was the last vehicle to be commissioned by the company's founder Enzo Ferrari before his death.

Only 1,315 examples of the rare, mid-engine and rear-wheel drive Ferrari were built from 1987 until 1992 – and we can only guess how many survive today. One of them, however, is certainly not looking good.

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Formula 1: Italian Grand Prix Report

rsstou | 06:36 | 0 comments

The Italian Formula 1 Grand Prix, which takes place at the Monza circuit, is an important event for the tifosi; that is, Scuderia Ferrari fans, who want to see the red cars win on their home ground.

This year, two Ferrari-powered cars were on the podium. Sadly for the Italians, only one of them was a Ferrari: that of Fernando Alonso, and it managed only third place.

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Ferrari F430 Driver with Bald Tires Loses Control in the Rain, Luckily Avoids the Worse

rsstou | 13:14 | 0 comments

As good as a mid-engine, rear wheel-drive supercar may be on a dry track or road, this is not the type of car you want to fool around when there is rain and especially without the right kind of tires...

In fact, with the wrong weather conditions, even if you are not challenging your fate, you can still get yourself in heaps of trouble.

The driver of the Ferrari F430 featured in this video should consider himself extremely lucky for not getting into a painful accident after he lost control of the V8-powered Italian supercar in Denver, Colorado.

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Red Bull Heir Accused of Killing a Police Officer With His Ferrari FF and Running Away

rsstou | 05:56 | 0 comments

Most people know Red Bull’s owner, Dietrich Mateschitz, the Austrian entrepreneur who has made a fortune out of the energy drink and among other things, owns not one, but two Formula 1 teams and a couple of soccer clubs.

What is not so widely known is that Mateschitz had a partner in establishing his empire. His name was Chaleo Yoovidhaya and up to his demise earlier this year at the age of 80, had built up a sizeable fortune of around US$5.4 billion, which put him on the 205th place in Forbe's list of the world's billionaires.

On September 3, Bangkok police announced that they had arrested Yoovidhaya’s grandson, Vorayuth Voocidhaya, for allegedly being involved in a hit-and-run accident that resulted in a police officer’s death.

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Formula 1: Belgian Grand Prix Race Report

rsstou | 12:33 | 0 comments

After the summer break, the Formula 1 season resumed this weekend. The Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium is one of the most interesting tracks in the calendar, with its famous Eau Rouge corner shorting out the boys from the men.

Two of the title contesters, however, never had the chance to go so far in Sunday’s race. In fact, they retired at the very first corner. Lewis Hamilton’s McLaren and Romain Grosjean’s Lotus collided, and the later hit the championship points’ leader, Fernando Alonso, marking the Ferrari driver's first retirement this year.

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Ferrari 458 Italia Spider Tinkered by Kahn Design

rsstou | 14:55 | 0 comments

Following Kahn Design's tuning proposal for the coupe version of the Ferrari 458 Italia, the British brand has now turned its attention on the Spider model that sports an all-aluminium roof that rolls out from below the flying buttresses.

The first and probably only eye-catching changes made by Kahn are the new Monza forged wheels in sizes 21-inches up front and 22-inches at the back that come with original Ferrari caps and encompass yellow brake calipers.

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Mint Colored Ferrari 458 Italia Spider: What Do You Say?

rsstou | 10:23 | 0 comments

While we're happy to see that at least one owner of the 458 Italia Spider broke the long-standing tradition of red-colored Ferraris, we're not sure what to make of the of this example finished inside and out in a teal (bluish green) tint that was filmed by YouTube user "Lamborghinisown" parked on the road.

In case you're wondering, the hardtop spider model was fitted with dealer plates from Connecticut.

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Ferrari's di Montezemolo Says Increased Demand Will Result in Record Sales and Profits This Year

rsstou | 09:29 | 0 comments

As a whole, the global automotive sector is facing many unknowns. China, the world’s biggest car market, is slowing down, the US, despite being on a positive track so far, is not immune to fears of a future recession, and Europe is facing the worst crisis in its recent history.

Even so, Ferrari Chairman Luca di Montezemolo expects his company to report all-time sales and operating profit highs in 2012.

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R&T Pits Corvette ZR1 Against Ferrari 458 Italia and McLaren MP4-12C in a V8 Showdown

rsstou | 16:28 | 0 comments

The Corvette is one of the longest standing nameplates in the sports car world with a history that spans seven decades across six generations of models.

The current iteration of the Corvette (C6) has been in production since 2004 (as a 2005 model) and will soon be replaced by an all-new version set to appear at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show next January with sales to follow later in the year.

The pinnacle of the series, the ZR1, is the fastest and most expensive (at $112,600) production Corvette ever, but how does it compare against two of the newest and most capable V8-powered supercars in the world, the Ferrari 458 Italia and the McLaren MP4-12C?

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Would You Turn Your Nissan 350Z Into a Ferrari California Replica?

rsstou | 16:47 | 0 comments

Regardless of personal styling preferences, most will agree that the Ferrari California carries a lot more cache than any Nissan model, the older generation 350Z included (just as long as we're talking about a genuine Ferrari).

Still, the first Z coupe of the new millennium has its own special character and a strong following, thanks in part to its handsome styling as well as its sports car performance and handling credentials.

Considering all this, we can safely say that the 350Z isn't exactly a prime candidate as a donor car for a replica build, even if said clone is a Ferrari California.

However, one German company named FGP begs to differ. The replica-car builder and parts supplier has designed a new Ferrari California kit for use on the pre-facelift Nissan 350Z Coupe built from 2002 through 2008.

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Ferrari Collector Convinces Maranello to Build Him a One-of-a-Kind 599 GTO Coupe

rsstou | 16:05 | 0 comments

As far as hobbies go, collecting V12-engined Ferraris certainly beats golf or fly-fishing – provided, of course, that you have the means. Cheerag Arya, or CA as he prefers to be called, is one of the lucky few.

CA, who was born in India, has spent much of his time in the US and for the last six years live in Dubai where he has established a new manufacturing plant at Ras al Khaimah, one of the seven states that constitute the United Arab Emirates.

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VW Golf Cabriolet Driver Gives Ferrari F430 a Bump for its Money

rsstou | 09:59 | 0 comments

It's a scene that repeats itself on an everyday basis, all around the world, especially in crowded cities: a driver bumping and/or pushing other vehicles with his or her car while trying to wiggle out of a tight parking space.

In this video, which may have been filmed somewhere in France (judging by the license plates), a man in an older generation Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet has found himself in a tight parking squeeze between a BMW X3 and a Ferrari F430.

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Steve Sutcliffe Tries to Find out if the Ferrari FF will Drift

rsstou | 10:16 | 0 comments

Normally, there would be no point in asking if a Ferrari model can drift, but then again, Maranello brand's new FF supercar isn't your typical Ferrari.

For starters, it comes with standard four-wheel drive (a first for a Ferrari model), which isn't an ideal setup for powerslides, and then there's the fact that the four-seater, shooting brake-style Ferrari weighs in at close to two tonnes.

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NYPD Officer Run Over by Ferrari Sues For Assault With Deadly Weapon, Asks For $10 Million

rsstou | 14:36 | 0 comments

Life is smiling at you when you’re dating a reality show TV star and driving a sparkling Rosso Corsa Ferrari 458 Spider at the age of 28. But all this doesn’t mean that you’re above the law.

Unfortunately, Julien Chabbott thought otherwise, since he was caught on camera driving said Ferrari over an NYPD officer’s foot while being handed a parking ticket.

Now Felix Recio, the officer who was run over by Chabbott, has hired lawyer Sal Strazzullo and is upping the stakes. “Chabbott clearly had no regard for officer Recio’s life”, Strazzullo told The New York Post. “Hitting him with his Ferrari could have caused serious injuries or death”, he added.

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Chris Harris Trades in His Personal Porsche for a Used a Ferrari 599 GTB

rsstou | 13:00 | 0 comments

It's no secret that Ferrari has banned auto journalist Chris Harris from driving its press cars after a rant back in 2011 where he revealed, among other things, that the Italian company "custom-tunes" its vehicles for track tests and media purposes.

However, just because Harris is pissed off with the way Ferrari's people try to manipulate the motoring press doesn't mean he has a beef with Maranello's cars – at least not with the regular models.

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New Ferrari F70 V12 Hybrid Hypercar Through the Eyes of David Williams

rsstou | 17:36 | 0 comments

No thanks to the extensive efforts of Ferrari's engineers to keep all prototypes of the Enzo's replacement (codenamed F70) safe from prying eyes, there's a lot of speculation about what Maranello's next top model will look like.

Independent artist David Williams from Sydney, Australia, whom we first heard about this past June through his Ferrari 365 Turin design concept, took a good look at Ferrari's test cars and put his imagination to work to create his own vision of the F70.

Before we let you check out Williams' well-executed renderings in the gallery below, we'll remind you that the new F70 is slated to debut before the end of the year and go on sale in 2013.

The rear wheel-drive flagship from Maranello will sport a hybrid powerplant linking a mid-mounted 7.3-liter V12 naturally aspirated V12 rated at around 800-horses to a dual-clutch transmission and a pair of electric motors with about 120hp for a total system output in excess of 900 ponies.

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2012 Ferrari Sport Cars SP12 EC

rsstou | 13:29 | 0 comments
2012 Ferrari Sport Cars SP12 EC

Designed by Centro Stile Pininfarina and Ferrari in collaboration with engineers from Maranello. 2012 Ferrari Sport Cars SP12 EC was created as a tribute to Clapton’s career and long-lasting experience as a Ferrari owner to make this 2012 Ferrari Sport Cars SP12 EC look unique and different from other car models.
2012 Ferrari Sport Cars SP12 EC

Eric Clapton, the English musician said that embarking on the project was like “being in front of a gigantic blank canvas that had to be painted on” and that being involved with the birth and development of the 2012 Ferrari Sport Cars SP12 EC was “an incredible experience, one of the most satisfying things I’ve ever done”. Unique and irreproducible like the final car.
2012 Ferrari Sport Cars SP12 EC


The 2012 Ferrari Sport Cars SP12 EC Special Project, '12 'means that the car was inspired by the style of Ferrari 512BB, and of course, stands for Eric Clapton EC. Although the mechanical part is unchanged from that of the donor, Ferrari 458 Italy, body, lights and cues reminiscent of the legendary 512 BB in the 70s.
2012 Ferrari Sport Cars SP12 EC


The world-famous guitar player has been attached to one particular Ferrari model: the 512 BB, of which he has owned three over the years. So his desire was to drive a car inspired by this model, with influences from the multi-award winning 458 Italia. Exclusively in the latest issue of the Ferrari Official Magazine Eric Clapton talks about his passion and how the idea of a one-off car was born.
2012 Ferrari Sport Cars SP12 EC


Specs Ferrari SP12 EC Special Edition Eric Clapton, for the features the 2012 Ferrari Sport CarsFerrari SP12 EC, which is part of the One-Off Ferrari Program make this car exceptional even more significant. purpose in the production of 2012 Ferrari Sport Cars SP12 EC to commemorate also the multi-award-winning Italian 458.
2012 Ferrari Sport Cars SP12 EC


The English musician said that embarking on the project was like “being in front of a gigantic blank canvas that had to be painted on” and that being involved with the birth and development of the 2012 Ferrari Sport Cars SP12 EC was “an incredible experience, one of the most satisfying things I’ve ever done”. As unique and unrepeatable as the SP12 EC. The 2012 Ferrari Sport Cars SP12 EC, SP12 Ferrari 512BB EC-inspired models, he followed the car manufacturing project from start to finish. "This is one project that most makes me happy," he said. Previously, this car appeared in one of the Ferrari showroom in London.

2012 Ferrari 458 Italia Spyder | Review specs and price

rsstou | 22:17 | 0 comments
2012 Ferrari 458 Italia Spyder | Review specs and price.

2012 Ferrari 458 Italia Spyder.

2012 Ferrari 458 Italia Spider is a vehicle with a design that futuristic supercar, a lot of public attention. According by news, 2012 Ferrari 458 Italia Spider are a retractable hardtop hiding under the dual pod behind the passenger area, and not a traditional cloth top as previously thought. On October we can see the Ferrari 458 Italia Spider at the Frankfurt Show.

2012 Ferrari 458 Italia Spyder
2012 Ferrari 458 Italia Spyder.

Price of 2012 Ferrari 458 Italia Spider.

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Interior design 2012 Ferrari 458 Italia Spyder
Interior design 2012 Ferrari 458 Italia Spyder 
2012 Ferrari 458 Italia Spyder
2012 Ferrari 458 Italia Spyder 

Engine and Interior of 2012 Ferrari 458 Italia Spyder.

For engine of Ferrari 458 Italia Spider have awesome feature, using a 4.5-liter V8 engine with direct injection technology. The V8 engine of Ferrari 458 Italia Spider capable of delivering 570 horsepower at 9,000 rpm and 540Nm or 398.2-ft of peak torque at 6,000 rpm. Power from this engine will be sent to the rear wheels via a 7-speed gearbox Ferrari F1.

2012 Ferrari 458 Italia Spyder.
2012 Ferrari 458 Italia Spyder.
For Interior of Ferrari 458 Italia Spider, The structure has reduced its overall weight and the moving masses involved. The entire opening/closing cycle is completed in just 14 seconds. Ferrari has officially confirmed that the future 458 Italia Spyder will indeed feature a trick folding hard-top and not a cloth roof as used in its predecessor. The roadster version will also drop the transparent engine cover According to reports circulating 2012 Ferrari 458 Italian Spyder has a release date of mid 2011. As for car prices forecast Ferrari 458 Spyder Italy is approximately $ 225 000 for basic models, with a typical 2-port model Ferrari, Italy is expected that the high price of sale of the Ferrari 458 Spyder coverage Italy.

2012 Ferrari 458 Italia review Specs and Price

rsstou | 22:14 | 0 comments
2012 Ferrari 458 Italia review Specs and Price
2012 Ferrari 458 Italia review Specs and Price

2012 Ferrari 458 Italia.

inex-cars.blogspot.com will review 2012 Ferrari 458 Italia, and review price and specs. Now, Mansory do some serious bodywork upgrades to the 2012 Ferrari 458 Spyder Italy, complete with a body kit made ​​of carbon fiber. This package includes restyled front apron with air holes for the cooling front, new hood, side skirts with integrated channel, the rear skirt with integrated diffuser, carbon blades that replace the rear window and rear wing. All told, the carbon fiber components to shave than 60 kg (132 lbs) of the overall weight of this supercar. Now, the 2012 V8 Ferrari 458 is a screaming 562-horsepower mechanical only a few inches from the driver's head. There is really only one way to make it better, and it will remove that pesky roof windows and the back unfortunately placed between your ear and its addictive wail. For 2012, that's what has been done, as the model 458 Spider convertible coupe joins Italy.

2012 Ferrari 458 Italia Price.
2012 Ferrari 458 Italia.

2012 Ferrari 458 Italia Price.

For price of 2012 Ferrari 458 Italia Sales for the drop top beauty will start in January 2012 for the US with prices starting at $257,000. Sales in Europe will begin in October 20 and prices will start at 226,800 euros, or $309,000 at the current exchange rates. Customers interested can also opt for different packages to boost the car’s appeal: a leather luggage set for the trunk (€ 5.651/$7,900 at the current rates) and a carbon fiber package (€ 11.592/$15,990 at the current rates). The cheapest option is a silver plate priced at € 484 ($667 at the current rates).

2012 Ferrari 458 Italia
2012 Ferrari 458 Italia.
2012 Ferrari 458 Italia interior.
2012 Ferrari 458 Italia interior.

Interior design and Engine 2012 Ferrari 458 Italia.

For design interior of 2012 Ferrari 458, they give free up space for the enlarged transmission paddle shifters, Ferrari did away with traditional steering wheel column stalks. While it's one thing to change the light and wiper controls to buttons on the steering wheel, it's quite another to reinvent the turn signal stalk as buttons on each spoke of the steering wheel. It's unintuitive, just a bit silly and likely destined to eventually become only a footnote in history. There are also other ergonomic faux pas. The stereo, navigation and other infotainment systems are controlled via buttons on knobs that flank both sides of the steering column. This makes it a wee bit difficult for the passenger to control anything, but the bigger deal is that the display shares real estate with the gauge cluster. On the cabin is still slathered in beautifully soft leather, while the refinement and build quality are better than that of any previous Ferrari. Even the driving position is more comfortable than ever. So even if it can be a little frustrating to use, the 458's cabin at least offers the luxury one now expects from this rarefied segment of sports cars. The Spider also stands out with the first retractable hardtop applied to a midengine supercar. Not only does it maintain the look of the Italia coupe, but it also provides improved security and road noise isolation than the soft top of the previous-generation Ferrari F430 Spider. Top operation is also fairly quick, taking just 14 seconds to open or close. 

2012 Ferrari 458 Italia Spyder.
2012 Ferrari 458 Italia Spyder.
For engine of 2012 Ferrari 458 Italia are powered by a 4.5-liter V8 that sends 562 hp and 398 pound-feet of torque to the rear wheels through a seven-speed, dual-clutch automated manual transmission. Ferrari says it will go from a standstill to 60 mph in about 3.4 seconds, which makes it one of the quickest cars in the world. As if anyone cares, EPA-estimated fuel economy stands at 12 mpg city/18 mpg highway and 14 mpg combined. In the off chance you do care, or are simply interested in sampling every dollop of technology Ferrari has to offer, the optional HELE system adds a number of technologies designed to reduce fuel consumption and increase performance. These include an engine stop/start system, a different air-conditioning compressor, changes to the electrical system, and adaptive transmission programming and throttle response. Source : http://www.edmunds.com, http://www.topspeed.com, http://inex-cars.blogspot.com
 
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