The Need For Speed video game franchise is one of the most successful racing ones of all time, managing impressive sales with each iteration. For the latest one, NFS Shift, its publisher, EA, has prepared something special: a Ferrari-themed downloadable content pack, which will arrive next week (February 16th), exclusively for the Xbox 360 console. For... ...read the full post
Ferrari has recently revealed more details about its hybrid endeavors, including the 599 hybrid prototype it will be showing next month at the Geneva Motor Show and the future plans for implementing such a technology into production models. First off, company boss Amedeo Felisa revealed that the hybrid 599 has been used for almost a year, and has improved... ...read the full post
As we’ve mentioned in previous articles this week, Monday marked the beginning of the first organized practice sessions ahead of the start of the 2010 Formula 1 season, on the track of the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia. But before the F1 cars were unleashed on the track, Ferrari organized a special gathering with its top F1 driver Felipe... ...read the full post
Valentino Rossi, the famous and successful MotoGP rider took advantage of the recent vacation between the seasons of the bike competition, and went to the Ferrari Formula 1 team and asked them to take their car on the circuit. His performance impressed everyone, and even prompted the boss of the Yamaha team, for which Rossi rides in MotoGP, to say... ...read the full post
You’d think that problems for powerful sportscars begin when the owner takes control of the vehicle and starts pushing it until he gets into a crash. That’s what usually happens when we report exotic accidents, but this time, a Ferrari F430 Spyder didn’t even reach the dealership from which it should have been sold, and it was already... ...read the full post
The 2010 Formula 1 season is rapidly approaching its start, and with it more and more teams are getting ready to present the cars with which they will attack the upcoming season of the famous motorsport competition. The first team to presents its car was Ferrari, which unveiled the F10 model at its Maranello headquarters in Italy, alongside its two... ...read the full post
Formula 1 is set to have one of its most exciting seasons yet during 2010, as not only did former 7-time champion Michael Schumacher decided to race once more, but he will do so at Mercedes GP, and not Ferrari, with which he earned most of his titles. This fact will prove to be a challenge, according to Stefano Domenicali, the team manager of Ferrari,... ...read the full post
Without a doubt one of the greatest riders in recent history is Valentino Rossi, managing to win an astounding six MotoGP titles and will be targeting a seventh one during the 2010 season. But while he isn’t busy riding on two wheels for Yamaha in MotoGP, the Italian has also honed his skills with four-wheel vehicles. And don’t think any... ...read the full post
Quick, look outside the window! If you see a Ferrari Enzo in your driveway, then I’ve got some bad news for you: 399 people drive the same car as you these days. Luckily, the guys at Gemballa have got just the thing: the Mig-U1 performance and appearance package for your Italian hypercar. This special treatment for the Enzo takes it closer to... ...read the full post
Ferrari is one sports car manufacturer with a big heritage behind it, and among them, no models shine as bright as the GTO-badged ones, the 250 and the 288, which dominated both the professional racetrack and the road. Now, it seems the Maranello company will be developing another car worthy of the GTO badge, based on the current 599 GTB Fiorano. Essentially... ...read the full post
Even though speeding isn’t encouraged, sometimes, when you’re in the right car, you just can’t help putting your foot down a bit. That’s probably what happened to a Swiss driver which took his Ferrari Testarossa on a run through the village of St. Gallen. Sadly for his wallet, he had an encounter with the police, which caught... ...read the full post
Ferrari, just like almost all other carmakers, is researching hybrid technology for its cars, and, according to Italian magazine Quattroroute, might show off a concept at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. The model, based on the 599 GTB Fiorano, will use the KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System), which was used heavily on the Formula 1 car the company team... ...read the full post
After hearing from Ferrari boss Luca di Montezemolo about his reported talk with seven-time Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher, in which he revealed that there is a very high possibility of coming back to the motorsport which made him famous, new reports indicate that he has already signed with the new Mercedes F1 team. Reports coming from German... ...read the full post
Michael Schumacher’s name is, thanks to 7 world Formula 1 titles, linked to Ferrari. But lately more and more rumors are saying that the German racer might make a comeback into F1, even though he retired a few years ago. But the shocking part about these rumors is that he will race for Mercedes-Benz’s new F1 team, which was formed after... ...read the full post
It definitely pays to be Edward Walson, the son of the guy who invented cable television, as you can just go to Ferrari’s Special Projects division with a 599 GTB Fiorano and ask them nicely, with a considerable amount of money, to create a unique car based on it. That is the case with this, the P540 Superfast Aperta model, which even though... ...read the full post
