On this episode of Wide Open Throttle, Jessi Lang brings you the latest on the new 2013 Ferrari F12 Berlinetta and 2013 SRT Viper, future ultra-luxury SUVs from Lamborghini & Bentley, and the potential benefits and complications from the announced GM – PSA Peugeot Citroen alliance. Plus Jessi stops by the set of Ignition to talk with Carlos Lago, who gives us a behind-the-scenes look at Motor Trend’s weekly first drive program, including a sneak peek at an upcoming episode on the 2013 BMW M5. Wide Open Throttle appears every Thursday on the new Motor Trend channel.
Eight Ferraris and a Lamborghini were among the vehicles involved in a chain collision of luxury cars on a Japanese expressway Sunday. They’d been heading to a motor festival in Hiroshima. (Dec.
An outing of luxury sports car enthusiasts in Japan ended in an expensive freeway pileup – smashing a stunning eight Ferraris, a Lamborghini and two Mercedes. Police say they believe the accident Sunday was touched off when the driver of one of the Ferraris tried to change lanes and hit the median barrier. He spun across the freeway, and the other cars collided while trying to avoid hitting his car
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Scuderia Ferrari driver, Felipe Massa, was in London’s fashionable Knightsbridge today to officially open the Prancing Horse’s latest Atelier at The Berkeley Hotel, one of London’s most prestigious 5-star luxury hotels.
Ferrari is reportedly currently working on the three V12 cars that will replace its comparable current offerings: the 612 Scaglietti, 599 GTB, and Enzo. The 612′s follow-on will be the first one to arrive, likely in early 2012, and another mule has been spotted out and about. It still sports the hood scoop (bigger engine with more power, anyone?) and California-style stacked tailpipes, and it looks like it might have a longer wheelbase to boot.
Rumor has it that the new direct-injected V12 will be 40 percent less polluting and get 40 percent better gas mileage than the 5.7-liter V12 presently in use, even as it’s expected to get a slight 7-horsepower bump to 540. The fuel economy increase would provide a very respectable 16 MPG – not bad for a car that ought to hustle to 60 MPH in about 4.5 seconds. Check out a host of new spy photos in our gallery below. In case you’re curious, the sticker on the steering wheel boss which reads “Betrieb nur mit geschlossener Motorhaube” is an instruction telling drivers that the engine should only be started with the hood closed.
