2009 ferrari california

Just as more spy shots of the rumored “Baby Ferrari” begin surfacing, the Italian automaker has decided to blow the cover off their newest vehicle, the gorgeous California, with a trio of official photos.

Offered only as a folding hardtop convertible, the California aims to sate the desires of the ultrarich who crave both open-air and Grand Tourer experiences. Powering the California will be Ferrari’s familiar 4.3-liter, flat-crank V-8, here with direct injection and mounted in a front-mid position and producing 454 horsepower at 7500 rpm, down from the 483 and 503 in the mid-engined F430 coupe/Spider and F430 Scuderia, respectively. The chassis and body panels will be crafted—as is the case with all Ferraris—in aluminum, and Brembo carbon-ceramic brakes will be standard.

The California is mechanically related to both the Maserati GranTurismo and Alfa Romeo 8C, which might make this the hottest set of triplets since, well, ever. The rear suspension is a new multilink setup, which deviates from the control arm approach used for the rest of the Ferrari lineup (and the GranTurismo and 8C, too). Seating is said to be a 2+ arrangement, which implies a rear seat, but the photos suggest that it will be little more than vestigial, a leather-lined shelf for your Prada briefcase.

In big news, putting the Prancing Horse’s ponies to the pavement will be a new, seven-speed dual-clutch transmission, a first for Ferrari. While Ferrari has had great success reducing the shift times to mere milliseconds with its Formula 1–derived F1 sequential manual gearbox, it’s never been able to make the shifts smooth enough for comfortable use in regular driving, particularly in automatic mode; this new box should fix that. Acceleration will be neck-snapping, as the automaker claims a 0-to-62-mph gallop of less than four seconds.

The “Baby Ferrari” nickname will likely prove to be misleading in terms of price, as Ferrari is positioning the California as a shoulder-to-shoulder GT peer to its own 612 Scaglietti, which sports a sticker of around $270,000. While the California will not likely cost nearly as much as that, some rumors have this car priced commensurate with today’s F430, whose replacement model will become even more technologically intensive—and therefore more expensive.

As such, we expect the California to come in just under $200,000, but going on looks alone—the achingly beautiful styling is inspired by both the 599GTB Fiorano and classic Ferraris of the past—we’re going to go ahead and say it’ll be worth whatever they ask.

Ferrari has set up a Web site with high-quality sound clips of the engine, as well as a live timer indicating when the next details are to be released. It also promises photos and what it’s calling “highly gratifying virtual road tests” some time in the future. The live reveal will take place October 1st at the 2008 Paris auto show.[/quote]
-Story by Car and Driver

me likie

looks slow

Meh, I'm not one for these supercars. I'd rather see an everyday car done up right than see someone pay $200,000 to have a car that looks like the one in the brochure.

i hope they make this one actually i think its the most sexiest sports car iver seen by ferrari

It looks way too much like a Solstice.

Corvette + ferrari

dunno almost like the new gtr too

Sweetland wrote:

Meh, I'm not one for these supercars. I'd rather see an everyday car done up right than see someone pay $200,000 to have a car that looks like the one in the brochure.

I want a Ferrari...

Sweetland wrote:

Meh, I'm not one for these supercars. I'd rather see an everyday car done up right than see someone pay $200,000 to have a car that looks like the one in the brochure.

Dont you buy the one in the brochure because you want it tho?

SuPRCHRGD wrote:

It looks way too much like a Solstice.

Thats exactly what i said when i seen the second set of pictures. A Solstice with Ferrari Badges lol

they really do look alot alike,, ALOT.

coady-admin wrote:

they really do look alot alike,, ALOT.

there are some quite different looks from one to another and secondly i dont think gm can make a car as good as a ferrari
plus the solstice is shit because its an vauxhall fucked over redesigned by gm they took the shitotec engine in it instead of the mid engine out of this car

PhotoShark wrote:

coady-admin wrote:

they really do look alot alike,, ALOT.

there are some quite different looks from one to another and secondly i dont think gm can make a car as good as a ferrari
plus the solstice is shit because its an vauxhall fucked over redesigned by gm they took the shitotec engine in it instead of the mid engine out of this car

Alright,
We said they look similar, not exact and i dont think we compared their performance or how good they are, just looks. And no matter what you say, they do look similar.

coady-admin wrote:

Sweetland wrote:

Meh, I'm not one for these supercars. I'd rather see an everyday car done up right than see someone pay $200,000 to have a car that looks like the one in the brochure.

Dont you buy the one in the brochure because you want it tho?

Yeah but I dont mean new cars in general I mean these "supercars". What are you going to be able to do to it to make it standout/yours/unique compared to some everyday car that you could make just as powerful for way less and probally make it look way better than a concept looking car.

Supercars are not made for people who think like us dude, that's all there is to it.

You can take a MK1 Rabbit and make it faster than a Lamborghini, but it's still going to be a Volkswagen and no millionaire on this earth would take his wife out for dinner in it.

lambos are owned by vw so in a sense making a vw faster then a lambo is just pointless

PhotoShark wrote:

lambos are owned by vw so in a sense making a vw faster then a lambo is just pointless

Umm, oh my fuck. Are you on retarded pills tonight or something?

what does vw in part take in sharing but controling shares: Audi ,seat, lamborghini, bugatti,bentley, and skoda.
if your gonna spend thousands of dollars trying to beat a lambo why not gather some of you money and buy a audi rs8 or a baby gallardo.

I CHALLENGE you to save up "some of your money" and buy a Gallardo.

You make it sound like no big deal to buy a $200,000+ supercar when you could build a much faster car for under $20k.

I just laughed so hard i shot pop thru my nose

and then proceeded to throw it at co workers, you filthy fucking orang-utang


and before you post yes I know how to spell orangutan so fuck off

SuPRCHRGD wrote:

Supercars are not made for people who think like us dude, that's all there is to it.

You can take a MK1 Rabbit and make it faster than a Lamborghini, but it's still going to be a Volkswagen and no millionaire on this earth would take his wife out for dinner in it.

Yeah I suppose, good point Jordan.

id rather own one of these 2008 Ford Australia FPV F6 4 liter inline-6 turbocharged
Torque 417 lb-ft @ 1950 - 5200 rpm HP 416 hp