AUTOMOBILE WORLD – CAR NEWS, CAR REVIEWS, CAR INTRODUCTIONS, ALL ABOUT CARS » Fiorano http://mycarblog.org Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:36:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 FERRARI F599 GTB FIORANA http://mycarblog.org/2010/03/22/ferrari-f599-gtb-fiorana/ http://mycarblog.org/2010/03/22/ferrari-f599-gtb-fiorana/#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:53:19 +0000 fahad majidi http://mycarblog.org/?p=2016 After the very pretty 465 GT 2+2, Ferrari stumbled from a styling point of view, with its next two GT cars. Neither of the 550/ 575 Maranello, nor the 612 Scaglietti were the best of Pininfarina designs. Some driving experts also questioned the on limit abilities of the 575M and fewer buyers than Ferrari would have liked signed up for the big, V12 engined, Scaglietti. The F599, however, bore all the hallmarks of a company determined hit the bull’s-eye with its next generation front engined supercar. Frank Stephenson and Pinifarina oversaw the 599’s styling, which was unexpectedly angular and aggressive, but proved to have huge roadside presence.  Ferrari’s first move with the project was to adopt aluminium for the F599’s classic, a huge technical step forward over the steel space frame chassis of its predecessors. Although this technology didn’t make the F599 a featherweight, an aluminium chassis greatly improves rigidly, with in turn improves the accuracy of the car’s steering and handling. And the F599’s handling was widely praised. The 599 was powered by the exceptional 6.0 liter V12 engine also used in the extreme Enzo supercar. The transmission was mounted on the rear axle (known as a transaxle arrangement), which helps ensure that the weight is evenly disturbed between the front and rear. The six speed box was activated by paddles mounted on the steering wheel, just like in a Ferrari F1 car.

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Most agreed that the F599’s performance was just about the pinnacle of what could (or should) be expected from a road car. It could hit 60 mph in just 3.7 seconds and 100 mph in just 7.4 seconds. Fully wrung out in top gear, the car could hit a maximum speed of 205 mph, though the majority of owners would have difficulty in finding the space to achieve it.

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Searched as:]]> http://mycarblog.org/2010/03/22/ferrari-f599-gtb-fiorana/feed/ 0 EXTREME SPEEDS AND POWER, BUT THE FXX SAYS – I STILL HAVE 1000RPM LEFT IN ME http://mycarblog.org/2008/04/13/extreme-speeds-and-power-but-the-fxx-says-%e2%80%93-i-still-have-1000rpm-left-in-me/ http://mycarblog.org/2008/04/13/extreme-speeds-and-power-but-the-fxx-says-%e2%80%93-i-still-have-1000rpm-left-in-me/#comments Sun, 13 Apr 2008 20:19:00 +0000 admin http://mycarblog.org/2008/04/13/extreme-speeds-and-power-but-the-fxx-says-%e2%80%93-i-still-have-1000rpm-left-in-me/ The Ferrari FXX is definitely not homologated or created for road use and neither there are any plans to battle with it either. In fact, the FXX archetype is designed entirely for track lashing and will be considered as an integral part of a explicit R&D program contracted within a picked group of just a bit over twenty clients connecting fourteen group test gatherings and fourteen private ones in the most recent 2 years. Thanks to readings noted over that has clocked up to 16,500 kilometers of testing’s conceded out in 2006 and the 18,500 kilometers sheltered in 2007, the revisions made to the car have spotlighted on honing its sleeks, running gear and electronics. 7-times Formula 1 World Champion Michael Schumacher also adhered to the ranks of the users test drivers and gave the program the advantage of his enormous knowledge on numerous occasions.

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Maranello’s design engineers considered the affluence of information achieved to build up a kit which will reduce the FXX’s Fiorano lap timing to drop under 1’16” (beforehand it was 1’18”). The FXX’s 6262 cc V12 engine can now kick out an astoundingly enormous 860 hp at 9500 rpm. Gear shifting takes the least ever to time limits as low as 60 ms, a massive drop of 20 ms when compared on the previous time charts, and the gear quotients have been acclimatized to make maximum use of the additional 1000 rpm now being pumped out by the engine.

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