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Ferrari previews Spa

Ferrari previews Spa
Twenty six days after the Hungarian Grand Prix, the sound of Formula 1 engines will be heard once again this Friday, echoing around the Ardennes, as the World Championship resumes after its summer break…

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Celebrity Chef Lidia Bastianich Headlines 2010 Saratoga Wine & Food and Fall Ferrari Festival Presented by the Italian …

Celebrity Chef Lidia Bastianich Headlines 2010 Saratoga Wine & Food and Fall Ferrari Festival Presented by the Italian …
SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – August 23, 2010: Celebrity chef and best-selling author Lidia Bastianich will highlight the 2010 Saratoga Wine & Food and Fall Ferrari Festival presented by the Italian Trade Commission, September 10 – 12. Bastianich joins world-class Italian auto designer Andrea Zagato and Presenting Sponsor, the Italian Trade Commission, in headlining the festival – a series of events …

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Mini Ferrari 312

By far the most impressive piece of model building I’ve ever seen.I thought the guys with the mini working Viper engine and the mini blown Hemi were fanatical until a friend sent me this.Unreal! Everything on this mini Ferrari works including the tranny(reverse too)engine,brakes,etc…. I’m not a huge Ferrari fan per se but this is too cool.

Koenigsegg CCX vs Ferrari 430 Scuderia 50-300km/h = GTBoard.com

www.m5board.com Koenigsegg CCX vs Ferrari 430 Scuderia 50-300km/h rolling start from 50 km/h (25 mph) to 300 km/h (188 mph). Pictures of Koenigseg CCX EDITION: www.m5board.com GTBoard.com DVD: www.gtboard.com Edit and post production by www.joji.se Jonas Fogelström +46 70 8676529 YouTube Profile www.youtube.com

Ferrari 458 Italia v Porsche 911 GT3 RS – evo Magazine

Ferraris latest 562bhp V8 Berlinetta has changed the way we think about sports cars – its the first of a new, digital breed. The Porsche 997 GT3 RS is perhaps even more stunning on road than it is on track. Its ingredients are more basic, but its appeal is infectious. Theyre not direct rivals, but theyre two of the most exciting high performance cars well drive all year. Chris Harris attempts to adjudicate.

Enzo Ferrari burns in Okanagan Falls, BC

Enzo Ferrari burns in Okanagan Falls, BC

Ferrari vs. Smart Car, An Ass Whipping

www.lsxTV.com – Video of the week featuring a 200 hp GSX-R powered Smart Car smoking a Ferrari. Talk about a sleeper.

Ferrari California test drive – autocar.co.uk

Andrew Frankel tests the new Ferrari California. With its folding metal roof, all new V8 and a dual clutch ‘DSG’ gearbox, is it any good? For more Ferrari news and reviews visit www.autocar.co.uk

Battle of the Mega Cars ? Ferrari V Bugatti V Jaguar

I guess the 1980’s had to leave many a legacy of which, greed, avarice, dodgy haircuts, box jackets and designer stubble were but a few! Their was however another hidden legacy that carried right through to the 1990s and that was the development and manufacture off ridiculously expensive and massively overpowered very elite road cars.

I guess if you had the cash to splash around on any of the beasts that we’re about to talk about then you didn’t really have to worry about most of the day to day mundane issues that most of the rest of us have to fret about.

Here we are going to take a nostalgic look at the Ferrari F40, the Jaguar XJ220 pounds and last but not least the Bugatti EB1 10SS.

These were really well and truly the big beasts off their day and quite frankly had performance figures and specifications that would frighten you almost as much as the price tag.

I guess though, as is being said on many an earlier article if you had the cash to splash on any of these three vehicles then you wouldn’t really have to give a damn about many other problems anyway.

Let’s take a look briefly at the various specifications of these beasts. The Ferrari F40 had 32 valve V8 2936cc engine that developed 478bhp @7000 rpm and had a maximum torque of 426lb/ft @4000 rpm. It had a five speed manual transmission driven from the rear wheels, rack and pinion brakes and a naught to 60 of 4.6 seconds and a speed that topped out at almost 3 times the legal speed limit at 202 miles an hour. The price tag was, wait for it a staggering $328,000. There were only ever 1315 of the F40 made between 1997 and 1992.

The Jaguar XJ220 on the other hand had a 24 valve V6 3498cc engine that developed 542bhp @6500 rpm and had a maximum torque of 473lb/ft @4500 rpm. It had a five speed all-synchro transaxle driven from the rear wheels. It had servo assisted ventilated disc brakes and a naught to 60 of over a staggering 3.6 seconds! The top speed was reputed to be 211.9 miles an hour and the price tag at the time would have set you back a cool $850,000! Was there any surprise that there were only ever 218 of these cars ever built between 1991 and 1992.

Lastly let’s look at the Bugatti. The EB11 OSS had a 60 Valve V12 3500cc engine that developed 603bhp @8250rpm and had a maximum torque of 479lb/ft @ 4250rpm. The Bugatti had a six speed manual transmission that was driven from all four wheels. Like the HJ 228 had servo assisted ventilated disc brakes and claimed a naught to 60 of 3.1 seconds! The top speed of the Bugatti was again claimed to be 218 miles an hour. The prize tag was a mere $576,000. Again like the XJ220 production tally barely got into three figures with 123 cars being built between 1992 and 1995.

Truly it could have been said that if you had been a proud owner of any one of the above and actually took it out on the road to drive then you possibly had more money than sense. That having been said, again if you actually had the money to own one of these cars then you wouldn’t have had to give a damn about what other people thought anyway!

Ferrari F430 Scuderia

Proud 510 “Cavallini Rampanti” (these horses are the brand name of the Italian sports car sportwagenschmiede) are strained before the südländische Kutsche F430 Scuderia. The Scuderia is, which each good sports car should be: a racing car with road permission. No more and not less. In this case even: less. At least, which concerns the weight. Owing to diätischer nutrition the ungedopte top-class sportsman brings unloaded weight to only 1,250 kilograms on the balance – remarkably little for such muscle-show off. The result can hear itself and let see: In the comparison with the Coupé F430 it abgespeckt full 200 Kilos. And 30 horses more. From 0 to 100 kilometers per hour the black horses gallop in less than four seconds. If one gives them the Sporen, they reach in full gallopp over 320 km/h.

The competition hat´s before-made. In the Italian homeland Lamborghini sent the Gallardo Superleggera into running around the perfect symbiosis from Leichtgewicht and lead foot. In Germany one pulled 911 GT2 tight with the Porsche, the fastest Serien-911er of all times. With the refurbished F430-Modell kitzeln Ferrari engineers 510 HP with 8500/min from the V8. Thus the weight per horsepower sinks according to manufacturer on 2,45 kg per HP. The third series of the F430 beside Coupé and Spider were also otherwise modified: The half mechanism is standard and provides for still faster course changes – within 60 milliseconds the sports car is weitergepusht owing to the semi automatic transmission as by spirit hand. In addition the traction and stability control were optimized. The Ferrari experts likewise updated engine electronics. An electronically regulated differential is on board. An old acquaintance will reveal the Italian road rocket in September on the international motor show in Frankfurt. No different one would be worthier of this action than it: Ex-Formel-1-Weltmeister Michael Schumacher.