Ferrari 458 Italia Chased

I was taking my usual rounds on this Sunday with my stereo on listening to Burn It to the Ground by Nickel back. It was past 3 in the afternoon and the sun was scorching through my helmet, desperate to remove my helmet, darn!

There was a thunderous noise which captured my attention though I had my ear-phones on. I started being restless to find what it was. I was at the traffic signal waiting for the signal to turn green to take shade from the terrible sun while, I could hear the noise again nearing me. I shook my head to the road adjacent to where I was and I hear the sound once again, a gorgeous Italian beauty, is what I could say. I couldn’t resist, I jumped the signal to catch the extreme supercar, the Ferrari 458 Italia. I chased the Italia for almost 1.5km and through out the chase my mind was completely captured by the Italian masterpiece! una brillantezza automotive!

The 458 Italia is a replacement of the Ferrari F430 which was produced during 2004-2009. The 458 Italia was unveiled at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show. Though the 458 Italia is said to be the successor of the F430, the 458 Italia possesses an entirely new design, incorporating technologies developed from the company's experience in Formula 1.

The gorgeous 458 Italia is powered by a 4.5 Litre V8 engine, producing 562 prancing horses @ 9,000 rpm and 540 N·m @ 6,000 rpm.

The 458 Italia felt as if it is polishing the road, it has an excellent handing note, the suspension features double wishbones at the front and a multi-link set-up at the rear, coupled with E-Diff and F1-Trac traction control systems.

Ferrari’s official figures say 0-100 km/h acceleration is under 3.4 seconds and achieves a top speed of 325 km/h. You need to get behind a 458 Italia to experience the exhaust note, when I say behind it’s actually behind the car  J J!!!

The 458 Italia’s body was designed by Pininfarina, as with all recent Ferrari models. It’s an automotive art showcasing aerodynamic efficiency. The front grill of the Italia features deformable winglets that lower at high speeds, in order to offer reduced drag. The interesting part of the interior is, it was designed using input from former Formula 1 race icon Michael Schumacher.

after the chase… Ferrari 458 Italia un vero e proprio marchio italiano

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The beauty of FOUR from Ferrari, launched in India

Shreyans Group, New Delhi once again creates magic by making the Ferrari FF available in India. The FF will be the 4^th line-up from Ferrari in India and first four seats and four-wheel drive model which is described as a shooting-brake.

Ferrari SPA Chief Executive Officer Amedeo Felisa said that the latest FF model, which made its global debut earlier this year, has so far sold 800 units and bookings are already complete for next year, at over 1,000 units. Since its formal entry into India in May this year, the company has got bookings for 20 cars so far. It had launched models such as the California, 458 Italia and 599GTB Fiorano, with prices starting from `2.2 crore. Globally, Ferrari aims to sell about 7,000 cars this year, as against 6,500 cars last year, Felisa said.

The Ferrari FF has the largest capacity Ferrari engine ever produced, it possess a 6.3 Litre naturally aspirated direct injected V12 engine which produces 651bhp. The transmission of the FF is similar to that of the Ferrari California and 458 Italia equipped with 7-speed double-clutch semi-automatic paddle shift system.

The FF also features the four-wheel drive system called 4RM, engineered and patented by Ferrari. 4RM means, it is around 50% lighter than a conventional system, and provides power intelligently to each of the four wheels as needed. It only functions when the manettino dial on the steering wheel is in the "comfort" or "snow" positions, leaving the car most often in the traditional rear wheel drive layout.

The FF shares the design language of present-day Ferraris, including the pulled-back headlights of the 458 Italia, and the twin circular taillights of the 599 GTB Fiorano. Distinctive styling elements include a large egg-crate grille, defined side skirts, and four exhaust tips.

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