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Ferrari: Tax The Rich, We Can’t Do It All Ourselves!
If Ferrari is known for one thing, it’s super-fast, good-looking cars. But if Ferrari is known for two things, that second thing would be its uncanny ability to separate the wealthy from their...
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If The Times Are Bad, Someone Forgot To Tell Rolls-Royce And Ferrari
Derek Kreindler’s provocative defense of the Maserati Kubang sparked off an interesting discussion among TTAC’s Best and Brightest yesterday, about the the macroeconomic outlook for luxury brands....
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Judge Absolves FBI Over Ferrari Destroying Joy Ride
A federal judge on September 27 absolved the US Department of Justice (DOJ) from any liability after an FBI agent destroyed a $750,000 Ferrari during a joy ride. Motors Insurance Corporation had been...
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If An Off-The-Rack Ferrari Won’t Suit You
How do you grow your business if you are allowed to sell only 7,000 cars a year? Ferrari is in that tough spot. Last year, they sold 6,500 cars with the prancing horse. To protect Ferrari from being...
View ArticleFerrari’s Engine Problem
It’s no secret that Ferrari has been wrestling with the inevitable conflict between its bellowing V12s and European emission regulations, but that’s not the only challenge facing the Prancing Horse’s...
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Ferrari: We Won’t Do Crossovers Or Sedans
As Porsche prepares to launch yet another product that’s not a sports car, Ferrari has steadfastly ruled out diluting their brand with anything approaching a crossover or a sedan. The closest we’ll...
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Spy Shot Of Top Secret Ferrari Revealed
If you are lusting for extra oomph, and if all you have to transport is that sadly childless trophy female of yours, then Ferrari has good news from you. The Italians will show a successor to the 599...
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Ferrari F12 Berlinetta; More Wretched Excess
12 cylinders. 740 horsepower. 509 lb-ft of torque. A 7-speed dual clutch gearbox. 3,362 lbs. 211 mph top speed. Non CGI-pictures after the car gets its debut next week at the Geneva Auto Show.
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Ferrari F12berlinetta, No Longer In CGI
The initial shots of the Ferrari F12berlinetta looked suspiciously re-touched for our liking, so some live shots were a necessity before making any final judgement on the car. If you ask me, it looks...
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Jalopnik, Others, Duped By Communist Party Newspaper
From the Times of India to Jalopnik, all have the harrowing story that the Chinese government did “ban the word “Ferrari” from online searches.” According to the reports, a young man was killed on...
View ArticleFerrari Details New Hybrid V12 For Future Flagship
Ferrari’s next flagship will have *gasp* a hybrid system mated to its usual V12/7-speed dual clutch gearbox. The system, known as HY-KERS, will have two electric motors in place. A front mounted motor...
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I Must Say, Sir, Your Ferrari 360 Sounds Suspiciously Like A Toyota
Perhaps inspired by my recent TTAC fiction piece The little death, I was idly shopping for 360 Modenas on eBay this morning when I came across this little gem. Obviously, it’s not a real 360… but it’s...
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The Duel
In the summer of 1989, I was ten going on eleven. The fastest car I had yet ridden in was probably my dad’s 535i, clocked by the CHiP at well over the tonne, a ticket which the patriarch of the family...
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Only In China: Prancing Horse Kicks Prancing Horse. Film At 11
A Ferrari 458, followed by a Lamborghini Aventador were on an outing in Shanghai when a local horse riding club crossed their path. The Ferrari driver demanded the right of way with the tool commonly...
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Vellum Venom: 1989 Ferrari Testarossa (RIP Sergio Pininfarina)
It was 1986. One of the cruise ship’s ports of call was Puerto Rico. At a local gift shop, a 9-year-old boy received his first “nice” car model, a 1:18th scale Ferrari Testarossa. He’d spend far too...
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Ferrari Shows Off Carbon Monocoque: Paris 2012 Live Shots
Kudos to Ferrari for having the audacity to show off their carbon fiber monocoque like it was a new vehicle introduction – which it sort of is, for their new supercar. The big news here is that...
View ArticleFerrari Pricing Heads For Orbit, Porsche Stays Grounded
Click here to view the embedded video. Ferraris are expensive, Porsches (usually) less so. This is something that every kid on the street knows, right? Turns out that it is, as the song says, truer...
View ArticleQuestion Of The Day: Love The Car, Hate The Company
Click here to view the embedded video. Steve Lang just asked the question, Which Car Companies Do You Not Like… But Respect?. That brings to mind a related question, sort of an inverse on...
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Meatball-Themed Ferrari Aimed At Japan
Ferrari abandons its trademark red for a limited-edition version of the California 30 convertible targeted at the Japanese market. In tune with local paint-job preferences, the California 30 Giappone...
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Guns and Ferraris: Joe Biden Would Pry Them Both From Your Cold Dead Hands
Yes, I know that’s not a real Ferrari. The guns aren’t firing real bullets either. So on Thursday, the crazy drunk uncle career politician who currently sits a mere heartbeat from the big desk in the...
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