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HY-KERS Limited Edition – La Ferrari

La Ferrari, first seen in 2013 is Ferrari’s first hybrid production car of which the manufacturers say just 499 examples will be built.

La Ferrari, Goodwood Festival of Speed

This hybrid is based on the Enzo and track FXX models.

La Ferrari, Goodwood Festival of Speed

The carbon fibre moncoque was developed by Rory Bryne who was responsible for the design of Micheal Schumacher’s Formula One Championship winning cars at Benetton and Ferrari.

La Ferrari, Goodwood Festival of Speed

La Ferrari features an in house designed body, the first Ferrari road car body since the Bertone styled body for the Dino 308 GT4 not to feature any input from Pinninfarina.

La Ferrari, Goodwood Festival of Speed

La Ferrari is fitted with a 789hp V12 and a HY KERS, Hybrid Kinetic Energy Recovery System, battery powered electric motor that will deliver an additional 160hp for short periods, making La Ferrari the most powerful street legal Ferrari ever built.

La Ferrari, Goodwood Festival of Speed

Ferrari quoted performance figures include a rest to 62 mph time in under 3 seconds and top speed of 217 mph.

La Ferrari, Goodwood Festival of Speed

The price of La Ferrari is said to be more than GBP £1 million / USD $1.69 million.

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Seven Figure Anonymous Commission – Ferrari F12 TRS

I can’t imagine the wealth required to even think about approaching Ferrari and Pinninfarina to comission a one off car but it must be well into the billions before one can afford a vehicle that is going to cost something north of seven figures like today’s anonymously commissioned Ferrari F12 TRS.

Ferrari F12 TRS, Goodwood Festival of Speed

The base vehicle of this commision is a £239,000 Ferrari F12berlinetta.

Ferrari F12 TRS, Goodwood Festival of Speed

The targa top body created by Flavio Manzoni is otherwise all new with a nod to the 1961 Le Mans winning Ferrari 250 TRI/61 in the treatment of the windscreen and side window’s.

Ferrari F12 TRS, Goodwood Festival of Speed

Like wise the see through bubble over the 730hp motor complete with red cam covers is a nod to Ferrari’s successful sports racing cars of the late 1950’s and early 1960’s.

It remains to be seen if the owner will reveal him or herself, but in the meantime one can’t help but wonder how many similar projects never come to public attention.

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Tee, Targa or TT – Ferrari California T

The T in the new 2+2 Ferrari California T, launched earlier this year, stands for neither the golf tee, nor Targa top but for turbocharged which further investigation leads to the fact that the California T is in fact powered by a twin turbocharged motor, a technology last used by Ferrari on the F40.

Ferrari California T, Goodwood Festival of Speed

The new 552hp Califonia T biturbo motor has a smaller 3.9 litre / 235 cui motor that produces 70 hp more than the original normally aspirated California V8, is 15% more fuel efficient, but still in the Rolls Royce league, and produces 15% less emissions.

Ferrari California T, Goodwood Festival of Speed

The convertible hard top has new subtlety more aggressive panels from Pinninfarina all round and some interior features derived from the F12berlinetta.

Ferrari California T, Goodwood Festival of Speed

The California T is the first Ferrari to be fitted with the iOS 7.1 operating system compatible Apple CarPlay meaning ones Apple devices can be operated by Ferrari’s native control systems.

Ferrari California T, Goodwood Festival of Speed

The 552hp twin turbo motor will push the California t from rest to 62.5mph in 3.6 seconds and on to a quoted top speed of 196 mph.

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Lateral Acceleration 1.33g – Ferrari 458 Speciale

The Ferrari 458 Speciale was launched 2013 Frankfurt Motorshow with the strap line “Extreme technology
FOR SPECIAL EMOTIONS”.

Ferrari 458 Speciale, Goodwood Festival of Speed

Aimed squarely at owners looking for an even more focused sports car offering extreme driving emotions the 458 Speciale bristles with innovations on the 458 Italia from nose to tail.

Ferrari 458 Speciale, Goodwood Festival of Speed

The bodywork developed with Pinninfarina is tweaked with innovations carried over from Ferrari’s racing programmes to look marginally, I would say tastefully, more aggressive from every angle than the standard 458 Italia from which the model is derived.

Ferrari 458 Speciale, Goodwood Festival of Speed

Even the road wheels have been subtly restyled and in gold hark back to the Campagnola Competion Alloy’s used by the Lancia Stratos Team on some events in the mid 1970’s.

Ferrari 458 Speciale, Goodwood Festival of Speed

The Speciale weighs in at some 90 kgs / 198lbs less than the Italia.

Ferrari 458 Speciale, Goodwood Festival of Speed

The Speciale has 30 hp more than the Italia with total hp now quoted as 597 hp.

Ferrari 458 Speciale, Goodwood Festival of Speed

With the increased power to weight ratio the Speciale will reach 62 mph from rest in less than 3 seconds and can generate 1.33g lateral acceleration in a corner.

Of course this car does not just look great and deliver terrific performance it sounds like an orchestra on wheels check out the Official Video on this link, I’ll take mine with the North American Racing Team (NART) stripe please.

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Cartier Style Et Lux Winner – Maserati A6 G Berlinetta #2060

It is believed that today’s featured Maserati A6 G fitted with a replica Pinninfarina Berlinetta body, one of four with such bodies, may have been taken to the 1954 Paris Show.

Scuderia Centro Sud owned the car through the 1950’s up until 1970 and had it fitted with barchetta bodywork by Fiandri. While #2060 was being used by the Scuderia Centro Sud racing school the original Pinninfarina body was fitted to another A6 G.

Maserati A6 G PF Berlinetta, Cartier Style Et Lux, Goodwood Festival Of Speed

In 1970 Count Hubertus von Dönhoff bought #2060 which was by now red and fitted with barchetta bodywork by Fantuzzi. Sometime between 1986 and 1996 #2060 was fitted with the replica Pinninfarina Berlinetta body after Count von Dönhoff had failed to secure an original.

At this years Goodwood Festival of Speed #2060 was awarded Best in the Cartier Style Et Lux Show held on the lawn in front of Goodwood House.

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