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Monday, October 17, 2011

Ouch... Ferrari 458 Italia Lights Up in Paris

The owner of this Ferrari 458 Italia was in for a nasty surprise when his 570-horsepower Italian supercar started sending smoke signals from the engine compartment while he was driving on the streets of Paris. The cause of the fire remains a mystery but you can see the results in the photo gallery that was posted by a member of the Autogespot forums after the break.

Friday, October 7, 2011

2012 ferrari 458 spider

2012 ferrari 458 spider

The Ferrari 458 Italia is the best car I have ever driven. You might assume the Italian supercar earns that distinction on sheer performance and sex appeal, but the truth is that the 458 is a much more complete car. Its excellence is in how it combines measured balance with raw capability unlike any other vehicle. The 458 Italia is sophisticated but visceral. Aggressive yet refined. Elegant and brutish. With the Spider, Ferrari aims to add one more contradiction to the 458's achievements: a convertible that's also a coupe.

Ferrari's task in building a Spider is not quite as intuitive as it sounds. The open-air 458 is certainly a predictable and modest evolution of the Italia, but the buyers of the two cars are very different. The average 458 Italia will see most of its action on the weekend, without a passenger, and on shorter trips. Spiders, on the other hand, are more likely to be daily drivers exposed to city streets, often with a passenger in the right seat. More notably, Ferrari asserts that Spider owners drive with a sporty -- not aggressive -- style.

Even with buyers using their cars in an entirely different manner, Ferrari won't compromise any of the intensity in its mid-engine coupe to deliver a droptop version. Despite the fact that the Spider is 30 percent less rigid than the coupe, the spring rates are unchanged. And while the magnetorheological dampers are specifically tuned for the Spider, you won't notice a difference in the ride quality between the two cars. The Spider is every bit as firm, controlled, and focused as the Italia. The steering is just as sharp, the throttle pedal just as responsive, and the suspension just as poised. Twist the manettino to Race mode, however -- perhaps an unlikely move for the less aggressive convertible buyers -- and the Spider can't hide the fact that it's missing a major structural component. With the dampers firmed up, the bumps aren't just felt through the seat. They're seen in a small wiggle of the windshield and heard in the muted rattle of the aluminum chassis. Nothing unusual, but this is the one clear difference between coupe and convertible.

The 458 Spider's retractable roof is a two-piece hardtop inspired by the 575 Superamerica. Like that car, the roof rotates -- rather than folds -- into its stored position. Unlike that car, the 458 Spider uses an aluminum skin instead of glass. Ferrari claims that the 458's hardtop assembly is actually some 55 pounds lighter than the 430 Spider's fabric roof. It adds roughly 110 pounds to the Italia's 3400-pound curb weight.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Ferrari f430

Ferrari f430

Justin Bieber Ferrari "F430" is a machine, rather than Justin is a very high price is the price: $ 200,000. Justin Bieber Ferrari "430" is a class of luxury cars have excellent acceleration while walking on the pavement with the wheels that is suitable for the entire design and coloring is very classic. Ferrari "430" is selected by Justin Bieber is a car black lightly browned. Justin chose a slightly darker color, because it was not satisfied with striking colors like green, yellow and red.

Ferrari f430

The body has been redesigned to be more curved and aerodynamic. Although the drag coefficient remains the same, support has been greatly improved. Much of Ferrari heritage found in the car on the back, the taillights of the Enzo and interior vents have been added. The name of the car is engraved in the driver's side mirror Testarossa style. The large oval openings in the front bumper reminiscent of Ferrari racing models from the 60s, specifically the 156 "Sharknose" Formula One car and 250 TR61 Le Mans cars of Phil Hill. The F430 is equipped with a 4.3L V8 gasoline engine derived from a division of Ferrari / Maserati design. The new plant is a significant departure for Ferrari: Ferrari V8 all were descendants of the ancient race program in the 1950's Dino.

Ferrari f430

This fifty year development cycle was completed with a brand new 4.3L, the architecture, which is expected to replace the Dino V12 in most other Ferrari cars. Power requirements of the engine are: 490 hp (360 kW 483 hp) at 8500 rpm and 465 Nm (ft · 343 pounds) of torque at 5250 rpm, 80% is available in less than 3500rpm.

Ferrari f430

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Ferrari festival 2011

Ferrari festival 2011

The Ferrari Festival is an annual Italian Buffet that takes place at the Italian Village restaurant in downtown Chicago. You get to see a group of modern and vintage Ferraris and all of proceeds the benefit Children's Memorial Hospital. My favorite car of the day was the Ferrari F40. The F40 is incredibly rare, fast, and still looks amazing. I wish I could have stayed to hear it fire up. My number two would defiantly be the 599 GTB. I think the GTB looks amazing, plus it's a proper, front-engine, V12, Ferrari. I'd jump at the chance to drive any of these cars (except for the one that was leaking radiator fluid).Earlier tonight was the 6th annual Ferrari Festival, sponsored by the Ferrari Club of America, Ottawa Chapter. It was a decent display of fine Italian iron, with examples ranging from the ’80s to today. There was a 512 (better known as a “Testarossa”), a 348 (better known as “Magnum PI’s ride”), and even a Maserati Biturbo. As a car show, however, it was a bit of a bust. Not many cars had arrived by the time I left, and the cars that were there were behind a rope and guarded by a small battalion of teenagers armed with walkie-talkies who walked in front of the cars and made sure no one touched them as they cruised down the street.

Monday, September 12, 2011

Ferrari 458 italia

Ferrari 458 italia

Outside the 458 Italia (designed to improve aerodynamics) is designed by Pininfarina, the interior was left to Ferrari chief designer. Power comes from a 4.5 liter V8 engine that produces 570 horsepower. Weighs only 3042 pounds, the new Ferrari rocket from 0 to 60 km / h in just 3.4 seconds and will not stop until it hits a top speed of 202 mph.

Ferrari 458 italia

The front end features the opening of a certain amount of air in a couple of valves, is the front wing. On the back there are a couple of big channels just before the rear lights, all designed for an aerodynamic contours and partitions directly on the air directly to the radiator and away from a flat substrate. The nose also sports a small fins that generate downforce, and the speed increases, they deform to reduce the portion of the radiator inlets and reduce drag.

Ferrari 458 Italy 2009 named the Top Gear Car of the Year. The price of this new super-car is about $ 275.000. A full load of about $ 325,000 optional features, such as the steering wheel, LED, power seats, Alcantara inner frame, and, of course, a wheel or two more.

Thursday, September 1, 2011

2012 Ferrari Enzo Preview

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2012 Ferrari Challenge Stradale Cars Review

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