2012 ferrari 458 spider

2012 ferrari 458 spider

2012 ferrari 458 spider

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.

Ferrari festival 2011

Ferrari festival 2011

 Ferrari festival 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.

Ferrari ff

Ferrari ff

 Ferrari ff

 Ferrari ff

Ferrari ff

FERRARI FF presents four new concepts ahead of its debut at the Geneva Motor Show. This concept is planned to be invested in the successor to 612, where Ferrari will be equipped with four aggressive front fascia, rear bumper expressive, and profiles of California. Ferrari will be equipped with 3.6-liter V12 engine with a power of 660 PS (485 kW / 651 hp) and torque of 683 Nm (504 lb-ft). In addition, seven-speed dual clutch transmission sends power to the system functioned (4RM) advanced four-wheel drive Ruote Motrici. No doubt, this car weighs 1790 kg can accelerate from 0-100 km / h in 3.7 seconds with top speed at 335 km / h (208 mph). In terms of efficiency, FF combined fuel consumption of 15.4 l/100 km (03.15 U.S. mpg) and CO2 emissions of 360 g / km. Ferrari showed off its brand new FF supercar for the first time in real life at a special event in Maranello, with the presentation being broadcast live on the Italian firm’s website for all to see. In case you missed it, we have some photos from the special premiere that you can check out after the jump. Those of you that would like to get an up close peek at Ferrari’s first-ever four-wheel drive model that also features a front mounted 660HP V12 and seating for four with a boot capacity of 450 liters

Ferrari 612 GTO

There does not seem that unlikely or impossible in this world. Including technology and other modern car design. The designers competing to provide unique and distinctive touch to the cars they design. They provide beauty and aerodynamics converge within a framework of a typical body. Several prominent designers who are designing the Adam Denning Navarra Concept for Lamborghini. Also there Selipanov Sasha who designed the Ferrari 612 GTO. Sasha himself famous as a character designer car "angry".

Ferrari 612 GTO is a Ferrari a purely conceptual study of the upper level, perhaps the next generation of 612 Scaglietti.Keunikan Selipanov design of the proposal is to borrow pieces from other supercars like the Aston Martin One-77 and 458 Italian and Classical Maranello 250 GTO, and mixed with unique styles.

The overall results of Selipanov concept is very positive, because of the high quality rendering in the eyes of the car. Since this is still in study design, so no details can be disclosed in detail here. To be sure, we can not deny that the figure 612 GTO Sasha's work is very interesting. He also designed the various forms of other interesting designs that you can see in angrycardesigner.com. Most of the design is the Ferrari.

Ferrari 2013

Ferrari 2013

 Ferrari 2013

 Ferrari 2013

Ferrari 2013

It took more than three decades (and his wife's death) for Enzo Ferrari to officially acknowledge his extramarital son, Piero Lardi Ferrari. Piero is now deputy chairman of the Italian automaker and owns ten percent of the company, but if there's any lingering doubt of his belonging in the family, it should be banished by 2013. That's when Piero joins his father and half brother, Dino, with a Maranello-made sports car bearing his name.

Based on our spy illustration (right), you may have guessed that the Ferrari Piero is the successor to the 2002-2004 Enzo and follows closely to the same formula: a mid-mounted engine, carbon-fiber construction, and a price of well over half a million dollars. But there's also something different, and it's a big deal: turbocharging. In an effort to increase performance -- the Enzo made 650 hp and ran to 60 mph in 3.1 seconds -- and reduce emissions, Ferrari will certainly lower displacement and will likely drop the cylinder count below twelve. Of course, engineers are also looking for places to cut mass, which could mean a sub-3000-pound curb weight for the Piero.As for the new Enzo, Ferrari’s boss has previously confirmed that the successor will receive a twin-turbo V8. The downsizing from the V12 does not, however, imply in any way a shortage on power: the new model has been pegged as having over 700 horses at its disposal. This power will go through a seven-speed sequential gearbox, with a dual-clutch setup to help with the general operating of the car.