Ferrari 458

Ferrari 458

Ferrari 458

The Scottsdale Auction Week has just wrapped up its activities and has achieved its status as the most successful auction ever, pulling in $14.2 Million in final sales. Among those sales were some oldies, but goodies which brought in more than their fair share of benjamins.
“Scottsdale’s sunshine cast a warm glow over the Valley this week but the real heat emanated from our auction today with a fantastic crowd turnout and more than $14 Million in sales,” said President and founder David Gooding. “Collectors and enthusiasts will not want to miss the excitement tomorrow, when highlights such as our barnfind 1948 Tucker and Fiat 8V Supersonic are presented.”
On a vintage note, several significant and highly-original cars from the 1950s and 60s sold very well, including a 1956 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing that sold for $858,000, a 1965 Ferrari 275 GTB that sold for $797,500, and an unrestored 1964 Shelby 289 Cobra that sold for $610,500.
But one of the most impressive auctions was a 2006 Ferrari FXX Evoluzione which sold for an impressive $2.09 Million. This model is one of 30 FXX examples of Ferrari’s most advanced production car ever created. It is powered by a 6262 cc V12 engine that delivers 860 hp at 9500 rpm and is capable of sprinting from 0 to 60 mph in 2.7 seconds, while top speed goes up to an impressive 249 mph.

Ferrari 458

                                                                     Ferrari 458
Gooding and Company are preparing for an amazing auction event set to take place on Friday, January 21 2011 in Scottsdale. This event will lead to the auctioning off of many supercars belonging to the estate of renowned collector Benny Caiola. Although many supercars will be in attendance and hoping to be sold to a good home, the two most prized pieces will be the 2006 Ferrari FXX Evoluzione and a 2005 Maserati MC 12.
The 2006 Ferrari FXX Evoluzione is one of 30 FXX examples of Ferrari’s most advanced production car ever created. It is powered by a 6262 cc V12 engine that delivers 860 hp at 9500 rpm and is capable of sprinting from 0 to 60 mph in 2.7 seconds, while top speed goes up to an impressive 249 mph.
The 2005 Maserati MC 12 was purchased direct from the factory and is vehicle number 31 of the 50 built. It is powered by a 6.0-liter V-12 engine that delivers an impressive 624 HP and can exceed 205mph at full throttle, sprinting from 0 to 60mph in just 3.8 seconds.
The two models are expected to be auctioned off for more than $4 million and join a long line of other supercars ready to take the auction plunge. The list of cars includes a 1995 Ferrari F50, a 2010 Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano HGTE, a 2009 Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4, and a 2008 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster.

 Ferrari 458

Ferrari 2012

                                                             Ferrari 2012

 

                                                              Ferrari 2012   
This car is called "Enzo", the title was taken from the Ferrari founder's name, first introduced on the 2002 at Paris Motor Show. The Enzo produced very limited to maintain this automotive nonetheless exclusive, solely produced as much as 400 items while it predecessor solely produced 349 cars, and since its launch, all units have been bought out though the worth reach $1 million.

Following it Predecessor
Geared up with 12-cylinder (V12) mid-engine that make Enzo quickest on the street, also featured with a number of F1-know-how, the design relies on it predecessor Ferrari F40, both are using the same engine, The F50 was launched in 1995 to have fun the company's fiftieth anniversary.

Engine Specs
Enzo is sports car designed with machine on middle with 43.9/56.1 (front / rear) weight distribution. This machine is known use at Ferrari's F140 65, namely V12 (A V12 engine is a "V" engine with 12 cylinders mounted on the crankcase in two banks of six cylinders) with 4 valves per cylinder, double overhead cams and variable valve timing. Using a Bosch Motronic ME7 fuel injection is used and naturally aspirated engines. It replaces the 5998 cc (366 in) and produces 660 PS (485 kW, 651 hp) at 7800 rpm and 657 N m (485 pounds · ft) at 5500 rpm redline is 8000 rpm.

errari is working on the new Enzo that is known internally as FX70. There are no information on potential powertrain. Ferrari could go with the V12, just like the first Enzo or downsize to a twin-turbo V8. V8 would have less power, but it would also save weight keeping the same performance.

New Enzo should be ready earliest by 2011 with a price tag above $600,000 and a production run limited to just few hundred units.

2012 Ferrari Enzo Hybrid front

Exhaust gas emission regulation in Europe become barriers to the sports car manufacturer. Ferrari. The solution is with the hybrid technology development
Ferrari Enzo remains in the best performance, as well as fuel consumption more efficient with hybrid technology. Enzo Ferrari’s latest model released in 2012.

Hybrid technology will be used on all Ferrari models, with Electric motor weighs less than 100 kg is able “to” boost “the power at least than 100PS.

Ferrari 250 GTO

                                                   Ferrari 250 GTO

 

The 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO is famous for quite a few reasons. It was the last front engine racecar Ferrari ever made and, due to its unique design, it is one of the most recognized cars in the world. It was also the last race car Ferrari built that you could actually drive on the road but it was truly designed for racing and won the World Championship three years in a row, 1962, 1963 and 1964. A 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO also holds the record for the most expensive car ever sold.By the way, GTO stands for "Gran Turismo Omologato." Omologato is the Italian word for "Homologation" which means that the car was classified by the FIA for GT competition. The car shown here was made from a kit that was originally designed by Eagle Manufacturing and sold by Joe Alphabet as an Alpha 1 GTO. I originally purchased this kit from Joe at his Alpha 1 Engineering shop in Huntington Beach, CA. The body installs on a Datsun 240Z to 280Z so a rust free 1971 240Z was selected as the donor. The '71 was preferred because it was prior to the bumper laws and would not have to be lowered.

                                 Ferrari 250 GTO
After two incredibly successful seasons the GTO was up for replacement and Ferrari felt a 'few minor' modifications were not going to be sufficient this time round. Cooper's huge success in Formula 1 in the late 1950s had shown the racing world that a mid mounted engine was superior over the traditional front engine layout. For the first few years of the 1960s Ferrari had reserved this layout for their single seater and prototype racers. In the 1963 24 Hours of Le Mans Ferrari scored the first major mid-engined sportscar success with the 250 P. In good Ferrari tradition, the 250 P still shared many components with its predecessors, despite the novel chassis design. The most familiar part was the well proven Colombo short-block V12 engine, which it shared with GT cars like the 250 GTO. For Enzo Ferrari the engine was the most important part of any car, and hoping he could convince the FIA of the same thing Ferrari set out to develop a civilized version of the 250 P for GT racing. Launched at the 1963 Paris Motorshow this '250 LM' looked strikingly similar to the 250 P, but still Ferrari insisted it was not very different from the front-engined 250 GT.