Last year SR Auto Group has unveiled a pretty cool tuning kit based on the Ferrari 458 Italia called Project Zeus. This year the tuner turned their attention back to the 458 Italia and they came up with an even cooler kit for it, this time called Project Era.
As you know, despite the fact that the 458 Italia is being offered in lots of colors, Rosso Corsa is just the perfect color for it, and this is the color used for project Era. Next to this SR is also using a new set of wheels in PUR 1NE design. The new wheels are painted either in silver finish combined with a unique blue sheen and are offered from twenty-one and twenty-two inches.
There are some cars that require a lot of work to stand out from the rest, but the 458 Italia is simply not a car like this. Just some minor modifications made it look amazing.
If you end up trying to pick up your jaws from the floor after checking out this stunning Ferrari 458 Italia, don’t be embarrassed.
It happened to us, too.
Very rarely do you see a joint project between two esteemed aftermarket companies. But this project for the 458 Italia, called the ’Design 5ive’ SR Project Kiluminat - "The Contempo Renaissance" is what happens when the minds of SR Auto Group and PUR Wheels collaborate to work on a supercar as amazing as the 458 Italia.
It’s no secret that Ferrari tuning programs hold a certain flair, but the Project Kiluminati 458 Italia plays the unconventional and bold direction, dressing up the Italian supercar in a fancy chrome paint finish that fully compliments the new set of fancy three-spoke wheels from PUR Wheels.
Despite not carrying a lot more aerodynamic enhancements than what we’re used to when it comes to the 458 Italia, SR Auto Group and PUR Wheels’ work on Design 5ive Project Kiluminati is the stuff that makes these guys two of the best in the business.
The Ferrari 250 GTO is considered one of the most revered cars in history, so much so that people with very, very deep pockets will line up and bid in the "7-0’s" just to be able to own one.
Recently, one of only 39 models of the iconic Ferrari sports car was put up for auction. Lo and behold, the bids came at a feverish rate before the vehicle was scooped up for a reported £20.2 million - that’s about $32 million based on current exchange rates.
You read that right, folks: $32 million for a Ferrari 250 GTO.
The classic sports car was reportedly sold by British businessman Jon Hunt, the same man who bought the car a few years ago for £15.7 million. Four years after the purchase, Hunt already has an extra £4.5 million in profit to his name.
As far as the car itself, the $32-million 250 GTO carries chassis number ’5095’ and comes with a 3.0-liter V12 engine that produces 300 horsepower while carrying a 0-60 mph time of 6.1 seconds and a top speed of 174 mph.
Despite the astronomical price tag, the 250 GTO’s auction price is a little short of the world record bid for a classic car, which the 1936 Bugatti 57SC Atlantic owns after receiving a bid of somewhere around $40 million two years ago.
This isn’t the first time we’ve heard about a replacement for the Ferrari 599 Fiorano, but this is the first time we can offer more details about the new sports car. For starters, expect it to make its official at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show in March with sales beginning later in the year.
The 599 replacement will be built on an all-new chassis and will borrow design elements from both the 2012 Ferrari FF and the Ferrari California. The model will get modified bumpers and new headlamps, a modified bonnet, and a new exhaust system with tips that sit higher than on the current 599.
Fans of true sportscars can also breathe easier knowing that the replacement 599 will not be a hybrid model. The new GT will be powered by a 6.3 liter V12 engine that will deliver more than 700 HP. With this output, the GT will be more powerful than both the 599 (620 HP) and the current FF (660 HP), but more importantly, it will beat out the Lamborghini Aventador (700 HP 6.5 liter V12 engine). The engine will send its power to the rear wheels via a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission with an F1 style electronic differential.
UPDATE 12/14/2011: TeamSpeed is offering new details on the next Ferrari 599 set to be released next year in Geneva. According to them, it seems that Ferrari has decided that carbon fiber won’t lower the car’s weight as much as needed and instead the F152 will extensively use aluminum. The next 599 will share most of its technical parts with the FF, including an updated version of the V12 engine. The sad news is that the new 599 will drop the manual gearbox and will only be offered with a seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox to handle the 725 HP.
UPDATE 02/06/2012: According to German magazine, Autobild, Ferrari’s successor for the 599 GTB will be unveiled in March at the Geneva Motor Show and it will be called the F620 GT.
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A few days after McLaren F1 presented their 2012 Formula One race car, the MP4-27, the Prancing Horse from Maranello has decided to unveil their 2012 F1 race car. Called the F2012, the race car is the fifty eighth F1 car Ferrari has ever built, and is arguably the most advanced race car it has ever developed.
As far as all the changes that have been done to the car to accommodate for new regulations, the F2012 was fundamentally and meticulously revised, most specifically the height of the front section of the chassis, the position of the exhaust pipes, and the re-tweaking of the car’s electronic engine management system.
According to the folks over at Ferrari, the F2012 comes with a revised suspension lay-out with both the front and rear ends featuring pull-rods that were designed to improve the car’s overall aerodynamic performance. The F2012 also comes with a stepped nose that was designed to follow new requirements set out to lower the front end of the car, while the front wing was developed from the one that was used in the 150º Italia - last year’s F1 race car.
Other important modifications include a redesigned side that improves the car’s side impact structures. Similarly, the radiators on the race were also repositioned while the lower part of the rear of the car was designed to be narrower and more tapered, allowing for improved aerodynamics and mechanical enhancements. Last, the rear wing is also similar to the one used in the 150 Italia and is still fitted with a drag reduction system.
As far as the engine on the car is concerned, the F2012 will carry a revised version of the 150 Italia’s 2.4-liter V8 engine to accommodate new technical regulations that are being enforced for the 2012 season. Ferrari will also be using the KERS system, which maintains its low location in the car while also cutting down on its weight and improving its overall efficiency.
