Showing posts with label All-Wheel Drive. Show all posts
Showing posts with label All-Wheel Drive. Show all posts

Friday, February 4, 2011

Snowy Prancing Horse

2012 Ferrari FF
Ferrari's aren't known for going off-road, however now, there's one that can. This is the Ferrari FF, Ferrari's first ever car with their patent-pended all-wheel drive system.  You can see here that the system is doing good work in the snow. It also looks rather nice in some angles. Not to mention is it fast. It has a 6.3-liter V12 engine producing 651 horsepower making it the most powerful grand-tourer Ferrari's ever built. 0 to 60 is done in 3.7 seconds on its way to a top speed of 208 MPH, making it the fastest grand-tourer Ferrari's ever built. So it's fast, powerful, and can handle snow like Ken Block's Rally Car. That's pretty cool. When this thing comes out later in the year, don't be surprised to see a lot of them out in snowstorms or rain showers. They've been built to handle these sorts of things. Here's some more pics of the car in action.

Source: [TopGear]

Friday, January 21, 2011

Fast Four

2012 Ferrari FF
And here it is: Ferrari's new flagship GT car. They call it the FF which is an acronym for "Fast Four", and I think four is the keyword here. This car, like it's predecessor, the 612  Scaglietti, has four seats so you can seat your friends or your grandchildren. And, new for Ferrari, those rear seats flip down for more trunk space if you are doing some grocery shopping. This is one fast shopping cart though. It features the same 6.2-liter V12 engine that you get in a 599 GTO, only the power goes up to 651. 0 to 60 is done in an astonishing 3.7 seconds on its way to a catastrophic top speed of 208 MPH. This could possibly be the fastest GT car on earth. Also, that engine is mated to Ferrari's 7-speed Dual-Clutch Transmission for seamless gear changes as your driving along. As for design, this car borrows the front facial look of the beautiful Ferrari 458 Italia. 

That's no Photoshop. That's real.
The rest of car was designed in a shooting brake type of style. As for drivetrain, this, ladies and gentlemen, is the first Ferrari in history to be fitted with, wait for it.....FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE! That's right! So, for the first time ever in a Ferrari, you can confidently drive fast on snow, dirt, or wet surfaces and not worry about a thing. This car is an exciting move up for Ferrari in terms of design and technology. Well done, Modena! Look for the new FF later this year.

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Thursday, December 23, 2010

NFS Hot Pursuit Car Profiles: Bugatti Veyron Super Sport Interceptor

2011 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport Interceptor
Here it is everyone! The fastest police car in the SCPD: the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport. Now EA wanted to have you racers and police officers reach over 270 MPH with this car, but they thought that would be too fast. So, with the Nitrous topped out you will reach 263 MPH, but it's still the fastest interceptor in the game. It will reach 60 in less than 2.6 seconds. You will reach your lawbreakers with ease thanks to its new 8.0-liter Quad-Turbocharged W16 engine producing 1200 horsepower, 7-speed Semi-automatic transmission, and All-Wheel Drive. But, there's one other thing that makes this car the best on the force: it's weight.

Bridge Patrol
It might have been lightened with Carbon Fiber in the skunkworks of Bugatti, but the Veyron is still heavy as it always has been. The regular Veyron weighs 4470 lbs. The Super Sport is just 400 lbs. lighter than that, which means there's still 2 tons of weight in this car. But it won't matter. You will be able use that weight and immense speed to knock out speeders. And, even though it's heavy, it doesn't handle this way.

Mountain Cruise
 You have to remember that this car topped out the Top Gear leaderboard with a time of 1:16.8, thrashing the 1:17 time set by the Gumpert Apollo S, which you can also drive in the Super Sports Pack. Around the corners, it really comes alive. It manages to stick the road so much that you might get caught off guard. Just make sure you don't go to fast around the corners, or you'll end up hitting the wall all the time. This is a difficult car to handle, not because it handles well, but because it's just too fast.

Super Cool!
So here you are then: the fastest car on the force, revealed! You can have fun with it now with the Super Sports Pack, available now on PSN and Xbox Live.