Recently Ferrari has announced that they are unveiling a brand new F142 V8 sports car this year to replace the old F430. It now has a 5.0 litre 32valve V8 engine and with its new seven speed gear box can go from 0-60 in just 3.5 seconds and has an estimated top speed of about 200mph! It has been stripped down and is much lighter than the F430 so can achieve greater speeds. But with a price tag of $225,000 I don’t think that anyone can afford to go that fast!
Ferrari is one of the most successful car manufacturers and I hope that this car will go down well with all of the critics. I think that it looks really good and it is an excellent car.
In 2004 Ferrari brought out the Enzo. The Enzo has a six speed gearbox and a 6.0l V12. It can go from 0-60 in just 3.14 seconds and its top speed is 221mph. It holds a hefty price tag of $643,330 and is much more expensive than the new F142 which is surprising. Only 400 Enzo’s have been produced in 4 years. After celebrating its first world championship of the new millennium Ferrari built the Enzo and named it after Ferrari’s founder Enzo Ferrari who died in 1988.
The Ferrari F430 is the base model for the new F142 and doesn’t have many differences. It has a 4.3l V8 with a six speed gearbox, this engine has been used in many other Ferraris that have been made in the past and present. It began sales in 2004 just like the Enzo. It costs about $227,000 and can produce about 483bhp. The F430 can reach a top speed of 196mph which is quite slow compared to the other models. In 3.5 seconds it can reach 60mph. On Top Gear on the 17 July 2005, The Stig achieved a Power Lap time of 1:22.9 which was only 0.89 seconds less than a Lamborghini Murciélago!
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