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Ferrari F12 Berlinetta

March 1, 2012 by · Comments Off on Ferrari F12 Berlinetta 

Ferrari F12 Berlinetta, The Ferrari 599GTB is now history for there’s a new V12 powered Ferrari in town. Called the F12Berlinetta (Berlinetta refers to its coupe antecedents), it’s being billed by the men at Maranello as the most powerful road-going Ferrari ever.

Let’s look at the stats first – 6.3-litre V12, 730 bhp@8250 rpm and a staggering 70.5 kgm@6000 rpm are good enough to get anyone and everyone to sit up and take notice. It’s a good 30 bhp up on its rival, the Lamborghini Aventador and a collosal 118 bhp up on its predecessor. Now that does call for a party, doesn’t it? But, it doesn’t end there.

If we are to go by Ferrari’s own numbers, then this car can stay in the hunt of an Aventador. 0-100 kph in 3.1 seconds. 0-200 kph in 8.5 seconds. A top speed in excess of 340 kph and a lap time of 1 min 23 secs arounde Fiorano. If that’s not hot, what is?

The increased performance hasn’t blunted its economy, in fact it now stands at a good 30 per cent better than the 599. The CO2 rating too stands at 350 g/km.

Shorter and narrower than the outgoing 599, the F12Berlinetta is designed to be a pure, thoroughbred GT that can also work as an excellent track car. Scaglietti, the famous coach builders and renowned for their work with aluminium have designed the spaceframe using no less than 12 different alloys. This has resulted in a 20 per cent increase in stiffness over the last car and a weight reduction of 75 kg to 1575 kg. And the best bit is that the weight distribution has marginally, but favourably changed from a 47:53 to 46:54 front/rear.

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