Posts Tagged ‘checkers’
The Nürburgring has become an absolute Mecca for automotive enthusiasts and racing fans across Europe and around the world. Setting new 'Ring records has become a vaunted pursuit, and any automaker worth its bolts brings its latest sportscar prototypes to test there. Among those marques is Ferrari,......
Ferrari opens two new stores in United States
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
In addition to its epic supercars and growing roster of motorsport victories, Ferrari has emerged as a branding and merchandising powerhouse. But with its range of licensed paraphernalia ever increasing, the company's largest market has until now only had two retail outlets out of 20 worldwide Ferra......
Wald C-Class Black Bison Edition scares us… really
Thursday, July 24th, 2008
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We usually try and reserve judgment when it comes to aftermarket styling packages. After all, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and different people prefer different styles. In this case, however, we have to take exception with this body kit from Wald. Fir......
F430 in the shop? Fiat providing limited-edition 500 rental
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Fiat 500 Ferrari Edition.If you own an Italian masterpiece adorned with a prancing horse, your good fortune is likely tempered with a few mechanical or electrical maladies. If and when that happens, most of us would expect an expensive loaner to take our min......
Yanko Designs renders one-off Ferraris
Sunday, July 13th, 2008
As we reported not too long ago, Ferrari is not stupid, and if you've got the obscene cashflow, you can get your own design rendered in Rosso Corsa with a gen-yoo-wine Prancing Horse on the fender. Trouble is, not everyone has a shelf full of sketchbooks with multitudinous supercar designs lying in ......
Heck, it’s your money: Ferrari ready to build customer one-offs
Monday, July 7th, 2008
Hard as it may be to believe, the existing stock of Ferrari road cars just isn't enough for some. For those discerning (and exceedingly wealthy) customers, a unique Prancing Horse of their own is the only thing that will satisfy their need for automotive individuality. Far be it for us to complain, ......
Rumormill: Ferrari looking at turbo’d V6 to save fuel
Sunday, July 6th, 2008
Dino fans rejoice, the rumormill is churning out plenty of grist about a V6 power unit in the offing for some future Ferraris. The California is already getting a V8, so Prancing Horse fans wishing for a "Dino II" will remain unfulfilled, but new approaches to high performance are key to keeping Fer......
Ultimate bling: Saudi man chromes his Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano
Friday, June 13th, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of this reflective 599For some Ferrari faithful, every prancing horse that comes out of the factory should be painted in red. Yellow, black, blue and grey are just plain heretical, and perhaps that's why some of the purest Ferraris, the F40 and 288 GTO, were only off......
More proof that Mazda RX-8 owners want to be Ferrari owners
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
Click above for more shots of the Mazda-rrari RX-8Thanks to an astute reader, we now have further proof that owners of Mazda's rotary powered RX-8 wish they were driving a Ferrari instead. Not that we blame them or anything, as the Prancing Horse has been plastered on many of the finest sportscars t......
Ferrari releases more photos of the California, now with the top up!
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Ferrari CaliforniaThe gang in Maranello is continuing to dribble out more imagery of the new Ferrari California roadster, now with the car now making its first appearance with its hard top up. This blue GT can be seen in the gallery below with the top up, d......