![]() But that’s not really enough, so there’s also an electric motor aboard that adds 161 horsepower to the mix. The 6.3-liter V-12 heart of the LaFerrari sits just behind the driver’s right ear and womps out a stupefying 789 horsepower. This is, by far, the quickest roadgoing Ferrari ever built. During a C/D test carefully monitored by Ferrari at its Fiorano test track in Italy, a LaFerrari rocketed to 60 mph in 2.5 seconds and completed the quarter-mile in 9.8 seconds at 150 mph. ![]() It was Ferrari’s first turbocharged road car.Īs a roadgoing gas-electric hybrid hypercar, the LaFerrari may be the most technologically advanced Ferrari of all time-road or race car. But in 1982, the 208 model returned with a turbocharged and injected version of the engine, rated at 217 horsepower. Few of these 208GTB and GTS models were made. In Ferrari’s native Italy, tax laws severely restricted the ability to market 3.0-liter engines, so in 1980 Ferrari created a 2.0-liter version of the V-8 that was rated at 155 horsepower. The redline was way up there at 7700 rpm, the five-speed manual transmission had a real gated shifter that was a blast to engage (or at least try to engage), and it sounded fantastic. Initially fitted with four Weber carburetors, the dry-sump version of the V-8 was rated at 255 horsepower in Europe, but the wet-sump edition used in the United States went off at only 240 horsepower.īy mid-1970s standards, the 308 was a thriller. But the 100.4-inch-wheelbase GT4’s angular, Bertone-designed body was awkward while the 92.1-inch-wheelbase 308GTB’s Pininfarina body was spectacularly gorgeous. The 308GTB shared its transverse-mounted, four-cam, 16-valve 3.0-liter V-8, transmission, and much of its chassis design with the Dino 308GT4. Pick your own 12 greatest Ferraris and there’s a good chance that your list wouldn’t share any cars with ours. 400 with an incomparable slugging percentage. ![]() The 12 real cars that have made Ferrari, well, legendary.īut these sorts of collections are very subjective, and Ferrari’s batting average is well above average. So while greatest-Ferrari lists are as common on the internet as fake news, fake friendships, and fake outrage, this one includes both street-bound cars and race cars. That’s been true since 1947 when Enzo Ferrari willed the Ferrari race team and car factory into existence. For Ferrari, the ultimate measure of greatness is victory. Winning Grand Prix races, endurance races, hill-climbs-and, occasionally, he even pondered winning the Indianapolis 500. Enzo Ferrari didn’t care about comfort or appearance, but he was obsessed with winning. It was produced in the usual high Ixo quality and reflects the original in the best possible way.Long before Ferrari sold 488s or LaFerraris or licensed its logo for use on beach towels, it went racing. The model with driver figure from the manufacturer Ixo comes in an exclusive Collector Edition box in "World Champion" design. ![]() The start of an unprecedented winning streak. At the end of the season he would celebrate his first world championship title with Ferrari and his third title overall with nine Grand Prix victories, among others. With his fourth victory from six races, he continued to distance himself from permanent rival Häkkinen in the overall standings. ![]() As the race progressed, he extended his lead and eventually won the Grand Prix ahead of Häkkinen and Coulthard. During the race, Schumacher benefited from the onset of rain and was able to pass Häkkinen again. Right at the start he was able to overtake pole setter David Coulthard, but at the same time he had to let his biggest rival Mika Häkkinen in the McLaren-Mercedes pass. Michael Schumacher in the Ferrari F1-2000 started the race from 2nd position. The European Grand Prix took place on at the Nürburgring and covered a distance of 67 laps of 4.555 km each, giving a total distance of 305.235 km. The Michael Schumacher Ferrari F1-2000 Winner European GP 2000 1/43 scale model ![]()
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