Ferrari California Revealed
 

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The Hugely anticipated Ferrari California has been revealed with three official images and first details. The new GT joins Ferrari's 8-cylinder family and slots in just below the 612 Scaglietti with its new V8 which for the first time in their history is placed in the mid-front position of the car. Despite earlier predictions of a coupe model, the California will be exclusively available as a convertible featuring a folding hard top.
Power comes courtesy of a new 4.3-Liter V8 Engine with direct fuel injection and a “flat” crankshaft, output stands at 460 horsepower at 7500 rpm which launches it from 0-100km/h in under 4 seconds. The new model is the first model in the range to benefit from a new 7-speed dual clutch transmission which helps enhance the performance figures and driving pleasure whilst simultaneously reducing emissions(c.310 g/km CO2). But the performance enhancements don't stop there, the California also gets a new multilink rear suspension system, the F1-Trac traction system originally debuted in the 599 GTB Fiorano and carbon-ceramic material brake discs.
The interior benefits from newly developed accessories and equipment such as the seats, steering wheel, instrument panel and infotainment system. The exterior shows a classic prancing horse design aerodynamically enhanced to be highly ergonomic and enjoyable car to drive regardless of whether the top is up or down.
The California will be publicly unveiled in September at the Paris Motor Show, but before then we are promised further details and images will be released

Source: Ferrari


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Wow. A new ferrari. Joy!

....I'm not convinced on the styling though.. Side profile looks killer!:twisted:
From the front though, I can't help but think of the cartoon movie "Car".

Nothing ground-breaking on performance either; I just don't understand where it fits in within the Ferrari GT model line-up.

yup, i can live with the side profile, but i'm sorry, it just looks like an opel speedster:thumbdown:

I don't really understand this. I'd say it's closets rival is other Ferraris.

The styling is abit un-Ferrari. What is up with the hoodscope....It maybe functional, but it's ugly as hell.

Haha.. IS-F tail pipes.

The mid section looks like a Z4, the rear section looks like a TVR, the front section looks like Ford Thunderbird.

make It 2, and I also don't like those corvettes rearview mirrors.

WTF was Ferrari's design studio thinking? The exterior looks like a mishmash of a bunch of other sports cars. The rear end looks like a mucked-up TVR Tamora with ISF exhaust pipes...the side mirrors are huge and not attractively-shaped at all (aerodynamics are important, but why the mushed bit in the middle?), the front end looks like a mixed up Lotus Elise with a bit of Pontiac Solstice thrown in for good measure, and the hood scoop, while classic, doesn't fit the shape of the car very well. The side profile is too chunky and the detailing extremely fussy. I don't like the wing vents, nor the artificial "haunches" that they'e so deliberately stamped into the bodyside. I'll reserve judgement until I see the car in person, but right now...BLEH!

I knew it! The prototypes had the cuts on the roof, so I thought it was going to be a hard top convertible.

[quote=Vansquish;830630]The rear end looks like a mucked-up TVR Tamora with ISF exhaust pipes...quote]
The entire car looks like a TVR. An ugly one.

Ferrari's trying too hard. Someone needs to slap the designer and tell him that mixing the new design with classic cues don't work. Massive fail.

It probably won't fail in the marketing though. Old rich men like cars like this. The sheer ugliness will probably make it as attention grabbing as a Gallardo. ;-)

This is the ugliest Ferrari ever, and that's including the 400i.

Still haven't made my mind up on this yet, I need to see the front from a human beings point of view (I hate these pictures from low down, I mean how many people upon seeing a car fall onto their stomachs to get a good look?!) also need to see it with the roof up. I do like the front and side though, but not sure about the gap for the license plate at the back.

A little less busy with the styling and that would've been one of the most gorgeous cars ever made. Ferrari needs to stick to their smooth flowing lines, but they started sliding off their game with the 599gtb. Too busy, the rear just sucks. The profile of the car is beautiful, but they added too many useless details to incorporate the vents and crap. Massive Fail. Back to the drawing board guys...fire the designers first though.

other then the exhaust and side vents i like it..:thumbup:

just looked at it more closely and....it's still ugly! i think the worst bit is the rear, the interior is straight from the porsche boxster with those air vents, even the wheels are wrong, and that depression in the boot lid, between the rear tail lights bears a remarkable resemblance to the one on the lotus elise

Haha - the Ferrari S2000 debuts :P



Mark my words... and SUV is on the horizon.

BTW, why are they even bothering with entering Mazzeratty's market?