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You don’t drive it. You grab its terminals and let the juice stand your hair on end. La Pista di Fiorano, Ferrari’s private test track, is two giant hooked paper clips wedged between a porcelain tile factory that belches white smoke and a scruffy apartment block whose tenants, we learn from an exasperated Ferrari spokesman, are always bitching about the noise. Noise? Describing a Ferrari in full scream as “noise” is probably against the law in Italy. The riffraff wouldn’t dare if the old man were still around. It’s like calling the Bayeux Tapestry a beach blanket. Nonetheless, Ferrari’s jaded neighbors have forced the ... Read Full Story

European pricing for the Ferrari 458 Italia will begin at €162,900 excluding tax, according to a leaked pricing sheet obtained by TeamSpeed.com. The document also indicates that UK pricing should begin at £149,246, with value-added tax costing an additional £26,118 in that country.A second sheet, found on Dutch website AutoGespot, indicates VAT in the Netherlands as €30,951, with an additional passenger car tax of €77,271, making the on-the-road cost €271,122. While these prices are higher than the F430, which this vehicle replaces, they are not as high as expected. Naturally, Ferrari has set option prices for the 458 Italia that could easily add thousands ... Read Full Story

Posted on 12.3.2009 14:30 by Terence Keon Filed under: Ferrari | 2009 | Supercars / Exotic cars | awards | TopGear | Ferrari 458 | Cars | Car News It is no surprise that the latest mid engine offering from Maranello has caught the attention of the motoring press with its dramatic new styling and revolutionary 4.5 Liter V8 engine equipped with a traditional flat style crankshaft that giving the new super car Ferrari’s signature top end bark producing 570 HP at an astonishingly high 9000 RPM. Tipping the scales at just over 3000 pounds, the new Ferrari 458 Italia will rocket from 0 ... Read Full Story

Ferrari is one of the best car manufacturing companies in the industry. It has been 36 years since Ferrari launched its very first line of V8 road cars. Contributor: Rebecca Thomson Published: Dec 14, 2009 Read Full Story

Purists are those who urge or require strict correctness. Establishing correctness - and arguing with preconceived notions of correctness - is more challenging than actually urging or requiring said correctness. Interestingly, Ferrari purists are more than likely not owners of current Ferraris. And even the purist Ferrari purist doesn't urge or require the sort of sportscar simplicity of say, a Lotus or even a Porsche purist. Nevertheless, coming from someone who lists the Ferrari 458 Italia and Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano as 100 Favourite Cars members, there are worrying signs coming out of Maranello. evo magazine asked Ferrari's CEO a few questions at the ... Read Full Story