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Sun
15
Jan

Ferrari 458 Spider configurator goes live


Filed under: Convertible, Performance, Ferrari

89f53deaa8config.jpg Ferrari 458 Spider configurator goes live

If we had the money to splurge on a new exotic, we’d take a long, hard look at the Ferrari 458 Spider. Unfortunately, we don’t, so we’ll settle for playing with Ferrari’s latest online configurator instead.

Just launched for the 458 Spider, it lets would-be buyers and dreamers spec out their roadster with 38 colors, six wheel designs, and dozens of exterior and interior trim options to choose from.

Click on through and have some fun. You can start working towards buying one tomorrow.

Ferrari 458 Spider configurator goes live originally appeared on Ferrari News on Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Fri
13
Jan

Alonso and Massa slalom Ferrari FF coupes on the slopes [w/video]


Filed under: Motorsports, Performance, Etc., Europe, Videos, Hatchback, Ferrari, Celebrities, Racing

4c5f5b684fwroom.jpg Alonso and Massa slalom Ferrari FF coupes on the slopes [w/video]

Ferrari factory drivers are used to racing in all sorts of conditions: under the baking sun, in the pouring rain, at night and at sunset. Competing in the snow has historically been beyond their usual purview, but then again, Ferrari never made an all-wheel-drive vehicle before. That’s where the FF comes in.

The Ferrari Four, as you may recall, channels its 660 horsepower to all four wheels through an innovative new all-wheel drive system that ups the traction but ditches much of the weight penalty usually associated with these types of systems systems. Ferrari has taken the occasion of its annual Wrooom event – a pre-season retreat at Italy’s Madonna di Campiglio ski resort – to demonstrate the FF’s abilities by putting its star Formula One drivers Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa behind the wheel for a downhill slalom.

So who won? Ferrari says it was a dead tie. But while we don’t believe that bit any further than we could throw one of their sportscars (light as they may be), there ought to be plenty of time to see which driver is quicker when the F1 season kicks off in a few months. In the meantime, you can check out the video and press release after the jump, along with our high-resolution gallery above.

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Alonso and Massa slalom Ferrari FF coupes on the slopes [w/video] originally appeared on Ferrari News on Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Fri
6
Jan

Watch a Volvo Amazon wagon race a Ferrari 599… and win


Filed under: Motorsports, Classics, Wagon, Videos, Volvo, Ferrari, Specialty

f019b6a29ferrari.jpg Watch a Volvo Amazon wagon race a Ferrari 599... and win

We’re more than happy to admit we have an intense fondness for the classic Volvo Amazon, especially in wagon form. Among its many virtues are its timeless styling, rugged Swedish structure and, with its range of four-cylinder engines, reliability and economy.

Fast, however, it was not.

At least, not in stock form. But at least one enterprising man named Mattias V

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Mon
2
Jan

Crashed Ferrari Enzo to lead 20-car return to Targa Newfoundland [w/video]


Filed under: Motorsports, Videos, Ferrari, Canada

2ca9103ffbcrash.jpg Crashed Ferrari Enzo to lead 20 car return to Targa Newfoundland [w/video]

Newfoundland is a bit of a funny place. It’s the easternmost point of the North American continent, has its own half time zone, was the last province to join Canadian confederation (having existed as a British colony until 1949) and has its own linguistic dialects. It’s also the kind of place where you can fail upwards, it seems. Particularly when driving a customized Ferrari Enzo.

You may recall the story of one Zahir Rana, a Kenyan-born exotic car dealer and enthusiast based in Calgary, Alberta, who took his Edo-modified Enzo to the 2011 Targa Newfoundland rally and promptly drove it right off the road and into a tidal river on the Atlantic coast. (If you missed the story, you can watch the video footage right here after the jump.) Some $100,000 in damage was reportedly caused to the million-dollar supercar – though we wouldn’t be surprised it the final figure were substantially more – but that hasn’t deterred Rana, or his friends, from returning.

Having lived to tell the tale of his epic crash, Rana has had his Enzo’s engine further tuned to 950 horsepower, and is reportedly planning to bring it back for the 2012 Targa Newfoundland… along with 20 of the friends and clients he has amassed from over a decade in the business. Which strikes us as a particularly headstrong and determined way to get back on the prancing horse, so long as this year’s rally goes a little more smoothly for Team ZR Exotics.

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Crashed Ferrari Enzo to lead 20-car return to Targa Newfoundland [w/video] originally appeared on Ferrari News on Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Wed
28
Dec

How Montezemolo revolutionized Ferrari after Enzo’s death


Filed under: Performance, Etc., Europe, Earnings/Financials, Ferrari, Luxury

9683358936errari.jpg How Montezemolo revolutionized Ferrari after Enzos death

Finding one’s self at the helm of a storied automaker like Ferrari must be equal parts amazing and terrifying. While you have the power to steer the company in any direction you so please, you’re also saddled with serving the high expectations of the world. Luca Cordero di Montezemolo knows all about those pressures. The Piedmontese aristocrat took the helm of Ferrari nearly 20 years and has largely been responsible for the company’s transformation in that time. Motor Trend recently took the time to sit down with Montezemolo for a brief chat about his time with the automaker to learn a little more about how things changed after company founder Enzo Ferrari passed away in 1988.

In addition to increasing the company’s revenue from a modest €230 million in 1993 (around $300M USD) to €2 billion ($2.59B) last year, Montezemolo ensured 17 to 20 percent of the company’s earnings were rolled into research and development each year. The CEO was also instrumental in guiding the company to becoming “The Best Workplace in Europe” as named by London’s Financial Times. Each Ferrari worker has access to free school books for their children, free family medical checkups and a low home mortgage rate.

Head over to Motor Trend for a fascinating look at how Montezemolo worked to craft Ferrari into the global performance and marketing powerhouse it is today… and who knows, you just might be learning more about Italy’s next prime minister.

How Montezemolo revolutionized Ferrari after Enzo’s death originally appeared on Ferrari News on Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mon
26
Dec

Ferrari gets into the Christmas spirit


Filed under: Motorsports, Etc., Videos, Ferrari

19e7dfd67cmasvid.jpg Ferrari gets into the Christmas spirit

It’s never too late for some Christmas cheer from the Ferrari Formula One team, and it’s certainly not too early to hear about what it expects to do in the 2012 season. After a brief intro, the 15-minute(!) video turns to Ferrari CEO and Italian prime ministerial candidate Luca di Montezemolo’s musings on 2011, starting with “I’ve been extremely unhappy with what happened” this year, admitting he still has nightmares about the last race of 2010.

Team drivers Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa also get a chance to discuss their seasons and aims. Naturally, it boils down to they “want to be perfect every race in a competitive car,” but don’t let that stop you from checking out the Santa-laced video after the jump.

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Ferrari gets into the Christmas spirit originally appeared on Ferrari News on Mon, 26 Dec 2011 14:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Thu
22
Dec

This is a 250-horsepower, Ferrari-powered quad


Filed under: Aftermarket, Performance, Etc., Ferrari, Motorcycle

322d756f398f 628.jpg This is a 250 horsepower, Ferrari powered quad

We really should just shut up and let the absurdity of this contraption sink in for a spell, but the details of the Lazareth Wazuma V8F are just to insane to leave unmentioned. A 3.0-liter Ferrari V8 lies at the heart of the newest Lazareth Wazuma, and the 250-horsepower lump is bolted to a six-speed manual transmission sourced from a BMW M3.

A set of 12.8-inch Brembo brakes help bring the blur down from speed. All told, the V8F tips the scales at a relatively portly 1,433 pounds, which is still light enough to scare your underwear inside out given the power on tap.

If you’re looking for the best way to kill yourself on four wheels, this is likely it, but don’t expect the assisted suicide to come cheap. The Lazareth Wazuma V8F will set you back just under $261,000 at current conversion rates. What can we say? This kind of twisted engineering doesn’t come for free.

This is a 250-horsepower, Ferrari-powered quad originally appeared on Ferrari News on Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Wed
21
Dec

Ferrari president Montezemolo to run for Italian Prime Minister


Filed under: Europe, Government/Legal, Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, Ferrari

eefdf8f62bpress.jpg Ferrari president Montezemolo to run for Italian Prime Minister

There have always been rumors surrounding Ferrari. But most of those rumors have revolved around its road cars, if not its Formula One operations: that the company is planning to build this type of car or that, that the team is planning to hire this driver or that one. But this one rumor that has only grown with time revolves around the company’s affable chairman, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo.

A member of Italy’s hereditary aristocracy and a lawyer by profession, Montezemolo was a prodigy of both Enzo Ferrari and former Fiat chairman Gianni Agnelli and quickly rose up the ranks in the both companies to preside over each. He’s also chaired influential industrial groups and coordinated the World Cup when it was held in Italy, to say nothing of the America’s Cup sailing team and high-speed rail company he’s run. But his latest move could elevate him to an even more central role.

Montezemolo has for years been linked to a potential run for the premiership of Italy, and fresh reports out of Europe suggest that moment is finally approaching. In 2009, he formed a center-left think tank called Italia Futura, which could, the pundits predict, be rapidly turned into a political party that may place Montezemolo as its candidate for prime minister. In that role, he’d succeed Silvio Berlusconi – the embattled, right-leaning former prime minister with whom Montezemolo has long been at odds – and the economist Mario Monti who took his place as caretaker just last month.

Elections are currently scheduled for 2013, and if Montezemolo manages to mobilize Italia Futura’s 40,000 members, he could soon be changing his job description to that of the highest office in the land.

Ferrari president Montezemolo to run for Italian Prime Minister originally appeared on Ferrari News on Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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