Posts Tagged ‘ferrari’

Lean Machine: Ferrari V4 superbike concept

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of the Ferrari motorbike conceptThis may not be the first effort at creating a Ferrari motorcycle, but it may very well be the best. Alfredo "Dino" Ferrari, the departed son of company founder Enzo, was said to have raced specially-prepared motorcycles in the 1950s.......

Spy Shots: Ferrari 599 GTS roadster

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
Ferrari seem to content with cutting the roof off of everything these days. The F430 Spider remains the company's hottest-selling model, with the new California on the way. A roadster version of the 430 Scuderia is anticipated to make its debut at Mugello in November, and now spy shots have surfaced......

Hollywood, meet California: First example of new Ferrari fetches $520k in charity auction

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
Click for more hi-res images from the Ferrari California launch event in Santa Monica, California "We're not building a cheap Ferrari". That was the oft-repeated party line from Maranello as the Prancing Horse marque was plainly working on the new California. Well no kidding, not at these prices.The......

F1 teams spent over $3 billion, Toyota the most

Monday, September 22nd, 2008
While we knew Formula 1 racing was an expensive venture, leave it to the 2008/2009 edition of Formula Money to spell-out the jaw-dropping finances for us. According to their latest guide, the supporting cast will shell out over $3 billion this year in team resources -- with Toyota dropping more than......

Background image confirms Ferrari 430 Scuderia Spider

Monday, September 22nd, 2008
Ferrari is either getting strategic or careless. The company usually keeps details about its upcoming models hush-hush until the vehicle is ready to make its debut, but lately Maranello seems to have more leaks than a pasta strainer. The latest is a screen-cap that seems to confirm the speculated 43......

Fiat considering Dino-badged Elise

Friday, September 19th, 2008
Say Dino, and people immediately think of something Italian. Most likely, you'll think of either a Rat-Pack crooner or a Ferrari, but there's a third Dino, and that's the one we're talking about. Fiat's thinking of resurrecting its Dino sub-brand with a version of the next generation of Lotus Elise.......

No Fair! F1 teams lobby for engine parity

Thursday, September 18th, 2008
You'd think that the teams in Formula One would all be striving to eek out every little performance advantage they can, right? Well, not quite. It turns out that some of the teams are lobbying behind closed doors to equalize engine performance across the series.The development has been prompted by S......

Watch the Ferrari California official world premiere at 4:00PM EST

Thursday, September 18th, 2008
We've seen the photos and read the press release, but still haven't managed to catch a glimpse of the Ferrari California in person. Even though everyone knows what the car looks like, Ferrari has been pretty strict about who gets to actually see the car in person. We're hoping that will all change w......

Leaked Ferrari document reveals details of project FX150

Thursday, September 18th, 2008
Click above to view the letter An internal document has apparently gotten lost somewhere along the information super-highway leading from Maranello to Beijing. The letter, bearing the signature of Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo, contains vital information on a new supercar coming from Ferrari......

Event Alert: Italy’s finest heading to Chicago for Italian Style

Thursday, September 18th, 2008
If you live in Chicago and have been waiting for the opportunity to check out the most scrumptious of Italian sheetmetal this side of the Atlantic, the Midwest chapter of the Italian-American Chamber of Commerce has got some treats in store for you.Sponsored by Case New Holland – Fiat's American a......