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Video: Ferrari Enzo in-depth look by Harry Metcalfe

Rick — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:05:26 +0000

Another great video from Evo’s archive, this time Editorial Director Harry Metcalfe drives a Ferrari Enzo to the south of France. This is not any Ferrari Enzo, mind you, it belongs to the drummer of Pink Floyd, Nick Mason. The car was also featured on Top Gear a few years ago. Here Harry gives you an in-depth look at the Enzo, and shows you stuff that you won’t see in a normal road test. It’s pretty cool.

The Ferrari Enzo is like a stripped out race car meant for the road. Harry Metcalfe goes into quite a bit of detail to show the features of the car. What do you think about it and would you buy the Enzo if you had enough money?
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Source: motorward.com

Video: Black Ferrari F40

Rick — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:20:56 +0000

What’s the first name that pops into your head when asked to name a supercar that could instantly turn all heads even if parked to a Ferrari 458 Spider? Well, one of the best answers to that question also comes from the Prancing Horse’s stable and wears the F40 name.

The 80s’ hero is one of the most loved supercars of all time and it breeds aggression in all aspects, from the exterior design to the sound of its engine. We are here now to focus on the first, giving you a video that brings an extremely rare sight: an F40 dressed in Black.

The clip, which was uploaded by Youtube user alexsmolik, offers us over four minutes of this menacing beast, with the scenes being backed by a sweet soundtrack. We also like the “F40″ in the license plate…

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Source: autoevolution.com

Video: Ferrari 458 Spider at Monza race track in Italy

Rick — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:42:10 +0000

YouTube member NM2255 filmed this white Ferrari 458 Spider at the Monza race track in Italy. You will hear the lovely exhaust sound on the track accompanied by a start up, revving, loud accelerations, fly bys and downshifts.

The open-top prancing horse is equipped with a Ferrari patented, fully retractable hard top, a world first for a sports car with this lay-out. The 458 Spider is powered by the same naturally-aspirated, direct-injection 4.5 liter V8 as the coupe. This allows the convertible to sprint from 0-100km/h in 3.4 seconds. Top speed is 320km/h making it the fastest-ever convertible from Ferrari.

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Source: gtspirit.com

Video: Ferrari 458 Italia tuned by Prindiville Design

Rick — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:46:12 +0000

London-based bespoke coachbuilder, Prindiville Design, has launched three tuning programs for the Ferrari 458 Italia, named S1, S2, and S3. Each package differs with respect to its looks.

The red 458 in the gallery below showcases the S1 program, which has a limited edition run of 25 vehicles. The bodykit includes a front bumper with a stainless steel mesh grills, side skirts, rear bumper, mirror covers, rear tailgate vents, rear spoiler and roof air duct. All parts are made of carbon fiber. Prindiville alloy wheels are available to finish off the new looks.

The S2 program (silver) for the 458 italia has a different body kit with additional top front carbon fiber wing air vent grills. Same goes for the S3 program (orange), which offers a carbon fiber lower front lip spoiler, top air vent grills and rear grills from carbon fiber. The S2 and S3 bodykits are also limited to 25 pieces.

On the technical side the tuner offers a titanium exhaust system, which is up to 70% lighter, replacement sports 200 cell catalytic converters, an ECU upgrade, air filters and suspension kits.

On the inside, you can get anything you want. Prindiville Design has a standard portfolio of interior enhancement programs, entertainment upgrades, and Prindiville tailor made luxury car mats.

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Source: gtspirit.com

Ferrari F40 sells for $710,000 that had 283 miles

Rick — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:09:01 +0000

The 1991 Ferrari F40 Lee Iaccoca bought new sold for an impressive $710,000 at RM Auctions Arizona event on Friday, 20th of January. While the car had two owners after Iacocca sold the car it had an amazing 283 miles on it when it arrived in Arizona to be auctioned.

This F40 was 94th of the 213 U.S.-specification F40s when it was built during October 1990. Almost as amazing as the car’s low mileage is the fact the car remains on the Manufacturers Statement of Origin, meaning it has never been registered. Although the car’s price seems high it falls close to the middle of RM’s pre auction estimate of $650,000-$750,000.

We know it is the car’s low mileage and the fact that it remains on the MSO that makes this F40 so collectible and accordingly valuable. Even so, the idea of having an F40 in the garage that you can’t drive sounds to us like a cruel form of torture. We’re guessing whoever paid $710,000 for this ultra low mileage Ferrari might have a different take on owning the car.

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Source: jalopnik.com

Ferrari F430 crashes into guardrail in Malaysia, injuring both

Rick — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:23:32 +0000

A Ferrari F430 supercar has been recently crashed in Malaysia, after its driver had lost control of the wheel and stopped his ride underneath a guardrail.

Where ever there will be exotic cars there will also be exotic car crashes and a regular driving license isn’t apparently enough when you’re riding in a beast. The latest example comes from Malaysia where a driver crashed a Ferrari F430. According to wreckedexotics.com, the Ferrari F430 was being test driven by a man who pushed the gas pedal too hard, loosing control of the wheel and crashing it underneath a guardrail. The unfortunate event happened in Klia, Malaysia, and both driver and passenger were injured.

As a reminder, the Ferrari F430 has been manufactured by Ferrari from 2004 to 2009 and it was the successor of the 360. The supercar was officially presented to the public at the 2004 Paris Motor Show and it was succeeded by the 458 Italia. The F430 was coming in two body styles, two-seat Berlinetta and two-seat Spider, having a mid-engine, rear-wheel drive layout. The supercar is powered by a 4.3 liter V8 engine which is developing a total output of 483 horsepower and it has a peak torque of 465 Nm (343 lb-ft).

I hope the driver and passenger is alright. Do you think that the driver was incompetent to crash his Ferrari F430?

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Source: inautonews.com

Ferrari FF that uses bio-ethanol (E85) adds 225 horsepower

Rick — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 04:59:17 +0000

There are drawbacks to every kind of alternative to burning fossil fuels in our cars. Electric cars don’t have enough range.Hybrids are burdened with what essentially boils down to two parallel powertrains. Hydrogen is limited to where it is available. Bio-ethanol has its own drawbacks, but don’t tell that to the performance enthusiast. That’s because E85 – similar to what IndyCars run on but mixed with 15% pump gasoline – is not only a renewable and cleaner source of energy, it also provides more power.
Take the Koenigsegg Agera R, for example. With 927 horsepower on tap from ordinary 95-octane gasoline, the Koenigsegg is already one of the fastest, most powerful cars money can buy. But fill it with E85 and it offers up almost 1,100 hp. Now a Norwegian firm is offering an aftermarket bio-ethanol conversion for the Ferrari FF that provides a similar transformation.
Whereas the stock FF (which could now just as easily stand for Flex Fuel) already drives a prodigious 650 horsepower to all four wheels, the converted version packs a whopping 875 hp for a sub-three-second sprint to sixty, all the while dropping the car’s emissions figures by some 80%. The conversion costs just €1500 (less than $2k) – rather insignificant considering the FF’s $300k+ sticker price – and has reportedly been fitted by an authorized Ferrari dealer to at least one customer’s car, though that doesn’t mean it’s covered by (and very well might invalidate) the FF’s warranty.

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Source: green.autoblog.com

Lee Iacocca’s Ferrari F40 crossing the auction block

Rick — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:11:21 +0000

The Ferrari F40 pushed the envelope as far as it could be pushed – in terms of design and engineering – it is the closest you can get to a road-worthy rocket sled on wheels. Weighing just 2,240 lbs and powered by a 3-liter V8 producing 471 bhp (right behind the drivers seat) and pushing you through the speedometer’s range with heart in your throat quickness.

Testing rated the Ferrari at idle to 100 mph in 7.8 quick seconds – 140 mph in 14 seconds. Reportedly independent testing proved it to be even faster but this model, built specifically for Lee Iacocca in 1990 as number 94 of only 213 built to U.S. specs, has only 300 actual miles on it over three separate owners – the engine is not even broken in! Apparently, it’s been parked in various upscale living rooms like a coffee table.

This vehicle was built with a carbon fiber and Kevlar-reinforced steel chassis, composite body panels, a mid-mounted Evoluzione twin-turbocharged, intercooled quad-cam, port-injected V-8, controlled by a professional race-proven Weber-Marelli engine management system! That’s Behr air-to-air intercoolers, a five-speed manual transmission with rear transaxle, four-wheel independent suspension utilizing unequal-length A-arms, coil springs and anti-roll bars plus ventilated hydraulic disc brakes all around a wheelbase of 96.5inches.

We’re hoping whoever buys it intends to put a few miles on this beauty – it was meant to be driven hard and put away wet – not stashed in a vault letting its rubber harden and crumble. Granted it is an investment and a work of art, but if Enzo had envisioned Ferraris as fine art sculpture they would come encased in clear acrylic.

Of course this one has all the documentation to fetch its estimated three-quarter million-dollar auction price. These include Ferrari’s Certificate of Origin dated October 12, 1990, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency letter, Italian export paperwork, an engraved Built Especially for Lee Iacocca card, the Owner’s Warranty and Service Book, the warranty card and one piece of personal correspondence signed by Enzo himself.

Personally, we’d put all the documents in a nice case in the sitting room and drive the Ferrari F40 to the mall on Sundays just to turn heads and cause a commotion. Mind you it would not be left there unattended – but it’s not just money, it’s a Ferrari. Like the rearing stallion in the famous marquee’s badge, it was born to run!

Press Release:

Lot 258 – 1991 Ferrari F40 Berlinetta
Estimate: $650,000-$750,000 US 471 bhp (SAE), 2,936 cc mid-mounted V-8 engine with dual overhead camshafts per cylinder bank, four valves per cylinder, Weber-Marelli engine management and port fuel injection, twin IHI turbochargers, Behr air-to-air intercoolers, five-speed manual gearbox in rear transaxle, four-wheel independent suspension with unequal-length A-arms, coil springs and anti-roll bar, and four-wheel ventilated hydraulic disc brakes. Wheelbase: 96.5″
• Less than 300 miles from new and well documented; still on original MSO • Three owners from new, originally owned by Lee Iacocca • An enduring supercar icon, the last Ferrari under Il Commendatore
Introduced in 1987, Ferrari’s F40 supercar was nothing less than a shock to the senses and a masterful combination of raw-edge, radical styling with state-of-the-art technologies used throughout its engine, body and chassis designs. Without question, driving an F40 is truly a visceral experience, hammering the senses with brutal acceleration, go-kart quick reflexes and a howling exhaust note that is music to the ears of the devoted enthusiast. The overall experience is addictive-a powerful narcotic even.
Conceived in 1986, the F40 project was intended to celebrate Ferrari’s landmark 40th anniversary. Il Commendatore, Enzo Ferrari, is reported to have said, “Let’s make something special for next year’s celebrations in the way we used to do it.” A friend of Ferrari, Gino Rancati, who received a silver plaque to commemorate the occasion, suggested the car’s name. It was inscribed, “To Gino Rancati for a brilliant idea.” An accompanying letter said:
Dear Rancati, with this plaque I want to commemorate our meeting on the 4th June when you kindly contributed to the choice of name for the GT car we presented at the Frankfurt motor show. Your contribution has produced excellent results-the ‘F forty’, based on the idea of forty years of Ferrari cars, identifies and personalizes the fastest Ferrari GT. Kindest regards. G.B. Razelli.
Poignantly, next to this, in slightly shaky script with violet ink, was, “To Signor Gino, Ferrari.” Sadly, the F40 was to be the last car that Enzo Ferrari would see launched by the company he founded.
In true Ferrari tradition, the F40 bridged the gap between the company’s road cars and racing cars, representing a further progression of the 288 GTO Evoluzione. Cost-no-object engineering produced technical specifications that remain the stuff of fantasy even by today’s jaded standards. A carbon-fiber and Kevlar-reinforced steel space frame chassis with composite body panels was mated to an Evoluzione twin-turbocharged and intercooled four-cam, port-injected V-8 engine, controlled by a race-proven Weber-Marelli engine management system and producing close to 500 bhp.
Weighing just 1,100 kilograms, the F40 was capable of blinding performance. Fast Lane magazine road tested the F40 in the late 1980s, achieving zero-to-60 times of just 3.9 seconds. From a standstill, Ferrari’s supercar accelerated to 100 mph in just 7.8 seconds and to 140 mph in 14 seconds! Independent testing revealed even quicker acceleration times. Regardless of the source, the F40 proved to be the fastest road car ever produced, and its performance abilities remain simply staggering in every respect today.
While the initial production run was limited to about 400 examples, the market demand was so overwhelming, even with the car’s stratospheric price tag, that production continued until 1,315 F40s were built by the time production ended in 1991. American Ferrari enthusiasts, however, had to wait until 1990 for the chance to own one. With such strong demand, U.S.-specification cars traded at premiums of many thousands of dollars above their list price in the heady “supercar” market of the time. Over a three-year period, only 213 examples of the F40 were built for the U.S. market.
While every F40 is “special” indeed, this example from 1991 has covered fewer than 300 miles from new, and it is still unregistered and listed on its Manufacturer’s Statement of Origin (MSO). As the 94th of the 213 U.S.-specification F40s, it was produced during October 1990. With just three owners from new, its original owner was none other than the famed American automotive executive and business leader Lee Iacocca. Having recently received a major service by Patrick Ottis, the noted Ferrari marque specialist, the F40 is now offered from the current owner’s impressive private collection and complete with extensive documentation confirming the former ownership of Mr. Iacocca. Among the documents are such items as the Ferrari Certificate of Origin dated October 12, 1990, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency letter, Italian export paperwork, an engraved “Built Especially for Lee Iacocca” card, the Owner’s Warranty and Service Book, the warranty card and one piece of personal correspondence. A genuine “blue chip” investment-quality exotic automobile, this 1991 F40 will certainly continue to top the Ferrari collector’s wish list for many years to come.

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Source: torquenews.com and autoblog.com

Ferrari 599 successor mule captured on video

Rick — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:53:14 +0000

To watch the film, click on the words: “Watch on YouTube” after clicking on the arrow to start the video.
As you probably already know, Ferrari is working on a brand new car, in fact it’s working on two very important cars that might be connected, though we’re not sure. One is a replacement for the Enzo mid-engined marvel, and the other is a fresh 599.

We say they might be connected because the engine could be shared, or at least the block. Right now, it rumored that the engine to be used displaces 6.3 liters, and the naturally-aspirated V12 makes use of direct injection to offer a high level of efficiency. The output of this all-mighty lump is supposed to be a very Aventador-like 700 horsepower, and thanks to German publication Auto Motor und Sport, we can actually hear it.

Currently, it’s expected to debut at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show in March, though we have no way of knowing just how ready that prototype is. Either way, that monster definitely sounds like it’s worth the wait.

Do you think that this Ferrari will compete with the latest Lamborghini?
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Source: autoevolution.com

2013 Ferrari 599 replacement spy photos in Maranello

Rick — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 05:37:35 +0000

Here are the latest spy photos of the Ferrrari 599 replacement, codenamed F152, taken during some tests on public roads as well as the famous Ferrari entrance in Maranello.

As previously reported, the F152 is rumored to forgo a carbon fiber body, like the ones found in the Lamborghini Aventador and McLaren MP4-12C, in favor of an aluminum body structure due to high construction costs and little benefit to performance.

Speculated to carry the name F620, the new front-engine rear-wheel drive supercar will be based on the new Ferrari FF and use the same 6.3-liter V12 engine and seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox. Power output is expected to increase from the FF’s 660 PS (485 kW / 651 hp) to 710 PS (522 kW / 700 bhp).

The F620 is expected to have it world premiere at the Geneva Motor Show in early March.

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Source: worldcarfans.com