LaFerrari!

[twobjshelbys]

I basically agree with that assessment. I think LaFerrari is the best looking overall, but it does have some funky ugly stuff going on from the front view.

If anyone manages to get the three of them together concurrently, that will be the ultimate car comparison of all time.

I used to think the same thing of the Enzo and the F40 but I got over it

 

[Empty Pockets]

Re: LaFerr...my take on the car (not that anyone asked or cares) is, down the road a few years, it will be looked upon in much the same way as a Countach is now.

Dated.

 

[andymlow]

Tough choices...luckily few of us have to suffer with them. That active aero looks confused...maybe it is actively compensating for some inherently unstable aero like the newest fighter jets?

 

[dbk]

Interesting idea.

Be afraid. Ferrari is working on the most extreme production-derived car in its history: a hardcore, track-spec version of the heart-poundingly fast LaFerrari, dubbed the ‘XX'.

And Top Gear can exclusively reveal that the company has been working on a Formula One-derived V6 turbo hybrid powertrain for the car. Yup, it's that hot: an F1 car for civilians.

Speaking at the recent Ferrari Racing Days event in Sydney, Ferrari's Sporting Activity Department boss Antonella Coletta confirmed that the new car would likely appear "in January or February" next year, following in the footsteps of the original FXX - which Stig piloted around the track many moons ago - and the 599XX.

At this point, it's worth remembering just how astonishingly quick the ‘regular' LaFerrari already is, to provide context on the sheer brutality promised by the XX. Said regular LaFerrari gets a 789bhp 6.3-litre V12 that revs to 9,250rpm, along with a Hy-Kers system that adds an additional 161bhp to the pot.

Sent through a seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox to the rear wheels, the LaFerrari is capable of accelerating from 0-62mph in 2.9 seconds, cracking 124mph just four seconds later, and a top speed in excess of 218mph. Hugely fast, then.

Coletta admitted that making the XX version any quicker would be ‘difficult'; quite possibly the understatement of the year. But then Ferrari's XX programme has never just been about power. Coletta suggested the LaFerrari XX would boast a revised suspension system, as well as more aero and a rethought electric system. Oh, and slick tyres.

Though Coletta never mentioned anything about the powertrain, you might remember late last year, the Internet was ablaze with a video of a disguised LaFerrari mule lapping Fiorano and making a very V6-turbo noise. Online speculation reckoned on Ferrari doing some secret-squirrel pre-season race testing. But no, we've been told from very high up in the company that this was a potential powertrain for the new XX.

No confirmation yet that the XX will run this engine. But even if it doesn't, the very fact that Ferrari tried it out shows just how serious it is about making the XX into an unimaginably ballistic machine.

And though there's been no official word from Ferrari on a Nürburgring lap time, we hear rumours of a 6m35s target. Which is ridiculous, frankly.

 

[dbk]

Looks good in all red

 

[MAD IN NC]

Saw the same car on display in Marenello last week.....

 

[daytrayd]

My favorite so far of the new hypercars, but I like to judge cars after they are 5+ years old and see what is still relevant in the looks department. Wish this thing would depreciate like a normal car, I'd have a chance to actually own one, but this thing will never see below msrp imo so I'll be stuck with youtube dreams

 

[MNJason]

Some great build shots here!

www.automobilemag.com/features/news/1405-building-the-ferrari-laferrari/?eml=813461&sp_rid=4250217

 

[dbk]

That car in Titanio is ludicrous.

 

[Vince H]

To my eye the Titanio is even better than the red.

Vince H

 

[jaxgt]

Have to agree. Titanio really nice. Black probably pretty sinister as well.

To my eye the Titanio is even better than the red.

Vince H

 

[dbk]

It looks good in black but probably wouldn't be my choice.

 

[jaxgt]

It looks good in black but probably wouldn't be my choice.

I have to agree - the Titanio is sweet. Now if you sell your McLaren and F12, maybe you might be able to get yourself one and take me for a spin !

 

[dbk]

Yeah, and my house, the GT and at least one kid.

 

[GTdrummer]

I've had cars with smaller wheels than those brakes.


DBK, almost all dealers have stopped taking kids on trade-- found out when I was getting close on a P1.

 

[dbk]

Ferrari dealer wouldn't want mine anyways. At least one of them has a clear distaste for prancing horses.

 

[Vince H]

Ferrari dealer wouldn't want mine anyways. At least one of them has a clear distaste for prancing horses.

Looks to me like this is a case of disappointment because the keys are not in the ignition. :biggrin

Vince H

 

[mmlcobra]

To my eye the Titanio is even better than the red.

Vince H

I must agree!

 

[Fast Freddy]

i like the red the best

 

[GTdrummer]

Yeah, I tried 2 of mine . Strong, and pull plow well, but at 6'8", eat too much.