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AUTOS: Ferrari F12 Berlinetta Revealed
The successor to the 599 is the fastest Ferrari road car ever, and it will debut at the Geneva Motor Show.
The all-new Ferrari F12 Berlinetta is powered by a 6.3-liter V12 that produces 729 horsepower. (Photo: Ferrari)
The highly anticipated successor to the 599, the all-new Ferrari F12 Berlinetta, was revealed today by the automaker ahead of its world debut on March 6 at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show.
The F12 Berlinetta is not only the most powerful road car in Ferrari’s history, but the fastest, too, thanks to its new 6.3-liter V12 engine that produces a peak 729 horsepower at 8,500 rpm and 508 pound-feet of torque at 6,000 rpm.
The engine alone is a masterpiece, delivering unprecedented performance and revs for a naturally aspirated 12-cylinder. For example, 80 percent of the F12 Berlinetta’s torque is available at just 2,500 rpm, and the revs will climb all the way to their 8,700 cutoff.
Sending drive strictly to the rear wheels is the latest F1 seven-speed dual-clutch transmission, which has closer gear ratios developed specifically for this car’s performance. The end result is a 0-60 mph time of just 3.1 seconds, a 0-124 mph time of 8.5 seconds, and a top speed in excess of 211 mph, according to Ferrari.
The F12 Berlinetta also completes a lap of the Fiorano circuit in one minute and 23 seconds, faster than any other Ferrari road car. Stopping distances have also been drastically reduced, according to the automaker.
In order to better match the extreme performance of the car, Ferrari’s traditional transaxle layout was revolutionized, which means that the car’s wheelbase was shortened compared with previous Ferrari GTs, and the engine, dashboard and seats have been lowered in the chassis.
The new layout of the rear suspension and gearbox also enabled Ferrari’s engineers to make the rear volume of the car smaller. The overall result is a very compact car with a lower center of gravity that is set further back in the chassis.
Ferrari states that the F12 Berlinetta has a dry weight of 3,362 pounds, with a 46/54 front to rear weight distribution. The overall dimensions come to 15.15 feet in length, 6.37 feet in width and a height of 4.17 feet.
The body has been styled by teams at both the Ferrari Styling Center and Pininfarina. The striking shape creates up to 271 pounds of downforce at 124 mph and the coefficient of drag is just 0.299, Ferrari says.
These results come courtesy of two new solutions: the Aero Bridge that uses the hood to generate downforce by channeling air away from the upper part of the car to its flanks where it interacts with the wake from the wheel wells to decrease drag, and Active Brake Cooling, a system that opens guide vanes to the brake cooling ducts only at high operating temperatures, again reducing drag.
The F12 Berlinetta comes with Ferrari’s latest tech including carbon-ceramic brakes and the evolution of the magnetorheological suspension control system. As is now traditional with all Ferraris, its control systems are all fully integrated.
This story originally appeared at Motor Authority.
The F12 Berlinetta is not only the most powerful road car in Ferrari’s history, but the fastest, too, thanks to its new 6.3-liter V12 engine that produces a peak 729 horsepower at 8,500 rpm and 508 pound-feet of torque at 6,000 rpm.
The engine alone is a masterpiece, delivering unprecedented performance and revs for a naturally aspirated 12-cylinder. For example, 80 percent of the F12 Berlinetta’s torque is available at just 2,500 rpm, and the revs will climb all the way to their 8,700 cutoff.
Sending drive strictly to the rear wheels is the latest F1 seven-speed dual-clutch transmission, which has closer gear ratios developed specifically for this car’s performance. The end result is a 0-60 mph time of just 3.1 seconds, a 0-124 mph time of 8.5 seconds, and a top speed in excess of 211 mph, according to Ferrari.
The F12 Berlinetta also completes a lap of the Fiorano circuit in one minute and 23 seconds, faster than any other Ferrari road car. Stopping distances have also been drastically reduced, according to the automaker.
In order to better match the extreme performance of the car, Ferrari’s traditional transaxle layout was revolutionized, which means that the car’s wheelbase was shortened compared with previous Ferrari GTs, and the engine, dashboard and seats have been lowered in the chassis.
The new layout of the rear suspension and gearbox also enabled Ferrari’s engineers to make the rear volume of the car smaller. The overall result is a very compact car with a lower center of gravity that is set further back in the chassis.
Ferrari states that the F12 Berlinetta has a dry weight of 3,362 pounds, with a 46/54 front to rear weight distribution. The overall dimensions come to 15.15 feet in length, 6.37 feet in width and a height of 4.17 feet.
The body has been styled by teams at both the Ferrari Styling Center and Pininfarina. The striking shape creates up to 271 pounds of downforce at 124 mph and the coefficient of drag is just 0.299, Ferrari says.
These results come courtesy of two new solutions: the Aero Bridge that uses the hood to generate downforce by channeling air away from the upper part of the car to its flanks where it interacts with the wake from the wheel wells to decrease drag, and Active Brake Cooling, a system that opens guide vanes to the brake cooling ducts only at high operating temperatures, again reducing drag.
The F12 Berlinetta comes with Ferrari’s latest tech including carbon-ceramic brakes and the evolution of the magnetorheological suspension control system. As is now traditional with all Ferraris, its control systems are all fully integrated.
This story originally appeared at Motor Authority.
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