Filed under: Technology , Ferrari If Scuderia Ferrari drivers Alonso and Massa don’t do well in qualifying next year, it won’t be because they didn’t have the best tools with which to practice.
Filed under: Ferrari Tod’s for Ferrari – Click above for image gallery Tod’s driving loafers and Ferraris go together like gin and vermouth, if not because every barchetta -driving playboy on the Amalfi Coast is sporting a pair, then because Ferrari’s longtime chairman Luca di Montezemolo also sits on the board of the leathercrafter’s company. But now the two companies have teamed up to bridge the divide with a special line of loafers bearing the iconic Cavallino Rampante. The shoes bear all the hallmarks of Tod’s enduring design – comfort, flexibility, style and those little rubber nubs in lieu of actual soles, all the better for gripping the pedals.
While the final product hasn’t been revealed in full, the thread includes over 20 pages of Q&A between James and the rest of the F-Chat community giving several hints at what’s to come. There are even several photo renderings depicting what the car might look like. What we do know is that this new P4/5 […]
As if scissor doors, butterflies and those crazy Koenigsegg pivoters weren’t enough to separate exotics from lesser cars, Ferrari is said to be working on another new door design that is both radical and practical. Autocar came across a patent filing showing a few diagrams depicting this unique door setup. What sets it apart is […]
Filed under: Motorsports , Mercedes-Benz , Ferrari , Rumormill Say it ain’t so, Schu! The Daily Telegraph is reporting that seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher is close to signing on with the newly formed Mercedes Formula 1 team. Mercedes is the new name of the former Brawn GP team, the current Constructors Champion. After a stellar rookie season that saw this former Honda team clinch not just the Constructors Championship, but also the Drivers Championship for Jenson Button, they had a bit of a dropoff as Button bolted for rival McLaren
Filed under: Motorsports , Convertible , Performance , Etc. , Europe , Videos , Ferrari , Luxury Last week, we all watched in collective awe as a $1.8 million Bugatti Veyron drove into a pond . While the driver claimed that he was attacked by a pelican, close examination of the video would appear to reveal..
Filed under: Performance , Technology , Ferrari Try explaining turbocharging to someone who doesn’t know cars, and if you do a good job, you’re likely to get a reaction something along the lines of, “then why don’t they put turbochargers on all cars”? Well, that’s a perfectly fair question, and the answer of course is turbo lag. It’s one major downside to using spools, and it’s what’s keeping Ferrari, for one, from implementing them immediately.
Which is fastest – the Ducati Desmosedici RR or the Ferrari 430 Scuderia? Car fans will argue a supercar can out-brake and out-corner a bike, but we’ll point out that a bike’s power-to-weight ratio is much better, so in a straight race the car will never even get close enough to the bike to use its ‘magic’ powers.