The first time you uncork the 812’s 6.5-litre V12 and allow it to scream to that 8,900rpm limiter in third gear you ask yourself one simple question: “Does it feel faster than an F12 – I mean, can you really feel the extra 59bhp?” Is that two questions? Feels like just the one to me.
When Maranello calls and you are told to find yourself in a few days at Ferrari in order to drive the 488 GTB, you are practically caught up by half a dozen electric shocks. I use a few minutes to rearrange my mind and realize that I’m not dreaming and start in the hectic stage … [Read more…]
The presentation of a new model by Ferrari is always an event, and the fact that the California T’s substitute does not only present new lines, but a brand new name, it just makes our ears ring – here’s the brand new Ferrari Portofino. To celebrate one of the most picturesque and exclusive location of … [Read more…]
812 Superfast. The name tells you a lot about Ferrari’s muscular new front-engine coupe. It has 800 horsepower—well, 800 European horses, at least, which translates to 789 American ponies. It has 12 cylinders. And yes, it’s superfast. Ferrari claims a 0-60 time of about 2.8 seconds, with 124 mph coming up in 7.9 seconds, and … [Read more…]
FERRARI has revealed the Portofino, a new ‘entry-level’ GT designed to replace the California T. It will make its debut at next month’s Frankfurt Motor Show. The Portofino features more power, a new, lighter chassis and more aerodynamic body work than the outgoing California T. Under the bonnet sits the same 3.9-litre turbo V8 found … [Read more…]
With nearly 600kW, the 812 Superfast is Ferrari’s most powerful model since the LaFerrari hypercar. But there’s no hybrid tech here, just one mighty naturally aspirated V12. How does it go? There’s a clue in its name… Standing on the top of an Italian mountain road, alone, waiting for the 812 Superfast to reappear, knowing … [Read more…]
ENZO FERRARI ONCE ALSO SAID AERODYNAMICS ARE for people who can’t build engines. Obviously those days are now well past and the 812 SF is first the product of the wind tunnel. The entire body is a lesson in aerodynamics with scoops, slashes, air channels and active and passive mobile aero devices to increase downforce … [Read more…]
IT’S HALF PAST FIVE IN THE EVENING AS THE sun continues to mercilessly beat down on every car guy’s mecca. We’ve spent the day assaulting the hills of Modena, found roads so glorious we nearly ran out of fuel chasing our tail, and grew hoarse proclaiming everything from the engine to the gearbox to be … [Read more…]
Legend has it that Enzo Ferrari started building road cars as a necessary evil. He loved racing, but it cost a lot of money, hence the road car business. One of those necessary evils was the Ferrari 250 GTO, the first Ferrari to bear the hallowed three letters that would grace other legendary models such … [Read more…]
Starting from what is more than a good donor – that of the Ferrari 488 GTB – Novitec has radically left its signature transforming every deeper shade of the Prancing Horses berlinetta. From being a thrilling performance supercar with an innate inclination to be driven on any type of road, the 488 GTB embraces the … [Read more…]