When you own a Ferrari, you really don’t expect to get smoked by anybody. The thing is, when you are racing a supercar versus a superbike, you really are outgunned unless you’re in an Ariel Atom. Even so, they’re really fun to watch.
The new Ferrari is said to have a variation of the engine found in the California T, but tuned to somewhere in the 660 horsepower range. From these shots, it looks like the front of the car will retain much of the look of the regular 458, and not the bonkers Speciale.
Watch video of a fire breathing Lamborghini, read about the Porsche Macan Diesel that’s coming to the U.S. and find out how much a Ferrari 458 Speciale Aperta is worth in today’s Traffic Report.
It seems like there is an endless amount of recalls these days. GM is recalling pretty much every car it’s ever made. Chrysler is having to recall a few million of its vehicles. Ford went through a long spat of recalls, and even some supercar manufacturers like Koenigsegg and Porsche aren’t able to escape the […] More »
McLaren has plans to make Ferrari’s 458 Speciale seem less specialé err… Special. They’lll be starting from a great place: the 12C. Specifically, its twin-turbo V8 – tuned to around 650 horsepower – and carbon-fiber chassis. Autocar also mentions the possibility of standard carbon-ceramic brake hardware. To improve its aerodynamics, the English firm will graft some features […] More »
It’s a set list that looks a lot more like a season of BBC’s Top Gear than what you’d imagine gets covered with a year of reviews from Car and Driver. Luckily though, this list serves as an awesome reminder to just how diverse of a publication this industry giant is and for what it’s worth, it’s very […] More »
This Saturday the ALMS rolls into the streets of Southern California for For the seventh annual Tequila Patron American Le Mans Series at Long Beach. With five classes, a field of 34 cars, 11 turns, and the tightest hair-pin of the season, this is sure to turn into an all out street course brawl. In P1, Muscle Milk/Pickett […] More »