Conheça a nova Ferrari F12berlinetta
A belezura que ilustra este post é a mais nova Ferrari. O nome dela é esse mesmo do título, por extenso, F12berlinetta, e ela é a Ferrari mais rápida já construída.
Ela foi revelada oficialmente no próprio site da Ferrari, e conta com um motor V12 de mais de 700 cavalos e um torque de 81,6kgfm a um RPM de 8700. Toda essa potência é controlada por uma caixa de dupla embreagem vinda da própria F1.
Além disso, os freios são de cerâmica de carbono e o sistema de controle de suspensão é o que há de mais atualizado no meio. A Berlinetta consegue atingir seus 100km/h em apenas 3,1 segundos.
Abaixo você conta com várias fotos e vídeos de apresentação da nova Ferrari F12. Read more…
Categories: Ferrari Tags: Conheça, F12berlinetta, Ferrari, nova
Ferrari Shows Off Its F12 Berlinetta: Video
We’ll admit that the initial images of Ferrari’s F12 Berlinetta had us scratching our heads. The car simply didn’t look like a Ferrari; instead, it look like a Banglore back-alley interpretation of a Ferrari, perhaps built on a stretched Toyota Corolla chassis. Now that we’ve had some time to digest Ferrari’s latest Grand Touring flagship, we’ll admit that we’ve warmed up to the design just a bit.
It still lacks the elegance of a 458 Italia, but it also isn’t as comically over-styled as the Ferrari Testarossa or the Ferrari Enzo. We’d prefer some less-pronounced character lines, and we still can’t quite figure out the functionality of the top fender vents (brake cooling or negative lift, perhaps), but at least we’ve warmed to the upswept lines of the rear fenders a bit.
We certainly can’t argue with the music produced by the F12’s 6.3-liter V-12 engine. Like all Ferraris, it positively sings as you run it to the 8,700 rpm redline, and those lucky enough to own an F12 Berlinetta will drive the car simply to enjoy its mechanical symphony.
The video below gives you an idea of that glorious noise, but it’s partially masked by a heavy metal backing track. We’ve said this before, but we’ll keep saying it until automakers listen: when you’re producing a video to highlight your car’s engine sound, background music is only a distraction.
Categories: Ferrari Tags: Berlinetta, Ferrari, Shows, Video
Graf Weckerle Ferrari 599 GTB
Graf Weckerle is a pretty new name in the tuning world but his latest project based on the Ferrari 599 GTB will definitely get a lot of attention. The upgrade package designed for the 599 GTB was dubbed as the Counte Noir which translates to The Black Count, a sinister name for a car that looks pretty sinister as well.
The Ferrari 599 GTB Counte Noir received a sleek black exterior finish and a set of eye catching Fleur-de-Lis forged titanium and aluminum wheels painted in a combination of anthracite and black finish. The wheels definitely make this 599 GTB Fiorano stand out of the pack.
Would You Roll The Dice On A $31k Ferrari
A 1984 4 valve 308. Image: Sfoskett
Some time back, a colleague of mine announced he was shopping for a used Ferrari 308. “Don’t do it,” was the advice I gave him, because “there’s no such thing as an affordable Ferrari.” He listened to me then, but succumbed to the affordable exotic fever a few years later. When I caught up with him last year, I asked how the Ferrari was. “Great,” he said, “it hasn’t cost me anything yet this year.” Which was his way of saying that he hadn’t been driving it lately, because the car needed some $5,000 worth of engine work. The timing belts, for example, were long passed their replacement intervals. Still, it was a Ferrari, it was paid for and it was in his garage, and that was good enough for my buddy.
So here’s the question: you can buy an early ‘80s Ferrari for right around the $30,000 mark, maybe even less if the car has had a hard life. Coincidentally, that’s just about the same price as a new Mustang GT, and a quick comparison shows: Read more…
2012 Ferrari FF Unveiled
Ferrari has unveiled its first production four-wheel-drive model, a front-engined V12 four-seater GT, not only replaces the 612 two-plus-two coupe, and focused on a new kind of “all roads pulling for all seasons “Ferrari customers.
The new 2012 Ferrari FF is known for its four seats and four-wheel-drive called. It was designed by Pininfarina, under the leadership of their chief designer of Ferrari Flavio Manzoni. Read more…
Categories: 4autochannel, Ferrari Tags: 2012, Ferrari, Unveiled
Lotus Announcing Recruits at BMW and Ferrari
Lotus wants to increase sales by 8000 units in 2015, and car manufacturers to give, announced the big guns to do, hiring Karl-Heinz Kalbfell and Guillaume Chabin, formerly of BMW and Ferrari.
Karl-Heinz Kalbfell is chairman Dany Bahar Lotus support and operational support at the company headquarters, and was appointed Sales Director Guillaume Chabin.
“It’s not often you get a brand as iconic cars like phase in its work to develop exciting, and I feel that now is the time to build my future with the Lotus,” said calf enthusiastically. Read more…
Categories: 4autochannel, Lotus Tags: Announcing, Ferrari, Lotus, Recruits
Video: The Subtle Seduction of the Ferrari FF
The new Ferrari FF was not my favorite looking car when it was officially introduced but over time, and after watching the video below, it is actually starting to grow on me. I think the Ferrari FF is trying to seduce me as it is driven on the Fiorano circuit, snowy mountains, the desert, and at Ferrari World Abu Dhabi. You tell me if this video changes your mind at all about the new Ferrari FF.
[source: Ferrari]
Categories: AutomotiveAddicts Tags: Ferrari, Seduction, Subtle, Video
2011 Ferrari 458 Italia Spider Review
It’ll be another few months before the 458 Italia coupe itself takes to full production upon the retirement of the F430, just in time for the 2010 model year. The Spider will accordingly see production as a 2011 model, giving the Prancing Horse marque time to do the voodoo necessary to cut the roof off an otherwise perfectly good Ferrari.
When it does arrive, it will likely shun the folding hardtop of the more laid-back California for a lightweight cloth top more suitable to the 458′s fundamentally sporting nature. Keeping the weight down will be the primary mission, since the Spider will likely need some extra internal bracing to maintain sufficient rigidity, pushing it over the coupe’s 3,030lb weight. Read more…
Ferrari 430 Scuderia pimped by Anderson
German tuner Anderson has its own F430 Scuderia Edition for those who want a few defining extras on this Ferrari model.For a power upgrade to 575 PS / 423 kW, Anderson supplies a stainless-steel sport exhaust system which saves 24 kg of weight, a sport air filter and software tweaking. Sound on the sport exhaust is also adjustable via a remote control with three different sound levels available.
