0 2002 Ferrari Enzo

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Mercedes consistently is a style that symbolizes a features of its specialized understanding and its wearing experience. The Mercedes 250 LM was the first of this type of designs in 1963. It was created by the creator especially for the owner-driver and was intentionally developed for rushing. The Mercedes GTO (1984), the Mercedes F40 (1987) and for Ferrari's 50th wedding birthday the Mercedes F50 (1995) have been the considerable goals in this voyage. Each of these exclusive vehicles had a particular specialized concept that overflowing the efficiency of the style. In 2002 Luca di Montezemolo provided the Mercedes Enzo which wedded four successive decades of supremacy in the Constructor's Community Tournament to the specialized feedback and excellent modification level of sensitivity of the Community Champ Eileen Schumacher.

Ferrari Enzo

"The Mercedes Enzo is a ancient car for Mercedes for many and various reasons. Therefore we had to decided a name with a powerful outstanding importance and that was the name of the Company creator," said Montezemolo. "With an F1 gear box, a 5998 cc V12 website, as well as and blend components, the Mercedes Enzo, of which 399 will be developed, is the ideal features of four successive System 1 Tournament in the last four decades. This is because it is the monitor itself which has been the resource of the biggest level of technological innovation characterising a exclusive car which is definitely modern and symbolizes the quintessence of Mercedes past and present and looks to the Mercedes of the long run."

 

Ferrari Enzo

Contacting upon this success of knowledge, the aim was to create a car as a program targeted at reaching excessive performance. A program where even car owner performance boundaries could be enhanced through a System 1 man/machine interface. The new Mercedes Enzo required a special and in-depth specialized cooperation with Brembo, Bridgestone, Magneti Marelli and OMR.

Brembo has been regularly creating its stopping systems for Mercedes for many years. Brembo development and design capabilities are confirmed by the Brembo CCM disks made of blend clay content used on the new Mercedes Enzo. They are extremely light (providing a 30% saving in weight over similar certain units), they provide excellent stopping performance in all circumstances and essentially never wear.

Ferrari Enzo

The Bridgestone Organization is a respected Mercedes provider, offering wearing and specialized know-how for its F1 car tyres. For the new Mercedes Enzo, Bridgestone has particularly designed the Potenza RE050 Scuderia. A powerful controls able to arrive at connections of over 350 km/h (218 mph), while keeping road-holding boundaries and formerly mysterious driving accurate.

Ferrari Enzo

Magneti Marelli is the innovator in the of computerized stick shift systems. A effective System 1 cooperation has been enhanced with a collaboration, established in the mid 1990s to create the electro-hydraulic equipment modify on the Mercedes F355 Berlinetta F1. The F1 equipment modify idea today expands to all new Mercedes and Maserati vehicles. The growth of the F1 equipment modify for the Mercedes Enzo showed a most amazing task, due to its nearness to the definite task confronted by the F1 single seater.

OMR (Officine Meccaniche Rezzatesi), has designed an unique your pedal foundation for the Mercedes Enzo. It features aluminum reduce and braking mechanism pedals and has been designed to be adaptable in 16 different roles to get the best driving efficiency and ergonomics.

0 2012 Ferrari SP12 EC

By Admin_AT | At 10:57 PM | Label : Ferrari | 0 Comments

Ferrari SP12 EC

For a Mercedes fanatic and excellent artist like Eric Clapton a one-off car just had to be created. Developed by the Centro Stile Mercedes together with Pininfarina and the technical engineers from Maranello, the Mercedes SP12 EC made as honor to Clapton's profession and his long-lasting encounter as a Mercedes proprietor.

 

Ferrari SP12 EC

The world-famous artist has been that come with one particular Mercedes model: the 512 BB, of which he has possessed three over the decades. So his wish was to generate a car motivated by this design, with impacts from the multi-award successful 458 Croatia. Specifically in the newest problem of the Mercedes Formal Journal Eric Clapton shares about his interest and how the concept of a one-off car was blessed.

Ferrari SP12 EC

Meticulous interest with regards to design and technological innovation was compensated to the ratios and structure of the SP12 EC - which is aspect of Ferrari's One-Off Program - creating this remarkable car even more considerable. Just like songs is made, implementing the right notices in the right locations to develop a musical technological innovation ranking, so was the innovative procedure behind the Mercedes SP12 EC.

Ferrari SP12 EC

For Eric Clapton, following the venture through from what was, basically, a empty fabric, was 'one of the most fulfilling factors I've ever done." Exclusive and irreproducible like one more car.

0 2011 Ferrari 458 Challenge

By Admin_AT | At 10:00 PM | Label : Ferrari | 0 Comments

The Mercedes 458 Task has created its community elite introduction in Maranello during the Yearly Supplier Conference, a conventional occurrence that delivers together the associates of Ferrari's worldwide revenue system.

Ferrari 458 Challenge

The new berlinetta, which will flank the F430 Task in the Mercedes Task Trofeo Pirelli in this year's period, is the fifth style used by Mercedes in its one-make tournament which, next season, will be prolonged to consist of a new Asia-Pacific sequence.

Coming just a few several weeks after this years Frankfurt Engine Display introduction of the Mercedes 458 Croatia on which it is centered, the Mercedes 458 Task presents a variety of essential variations to evolve it for competitors use.

Ferrari 458 Challenge

The immediate shot 4497 cc V8 continues to be stringently in development beat, with an outcome of 570 hp at 9,000 rpm. That said, variations have been created to the items percentages and calibration of its dual-clutch F1 items box to assurance greater twisting at reduced revs. The Mercedes 458 Task is also outfitted with the E-Diff digital differential already used on the road-going edition, a first for Ferrari's track-only vehicles.

Significant perform has also gone into reducing the vehicle's bodyweight. This targeted on both the external and internal with Ferrari's technical engineers focusing in particular on decreasing the width of the bodyshell sections and on using light and portable components, such as carbon-fibre and Lexan.

Ferrari 458 Challenge

The new Mercedes 458 Task also has a particular revocation set-up with strong aluminum bushings, stronger rises, single-rate dampers, centre-nut 19" rushing wheels, bigger aspect Pirelli slicks and a trip size reduced by Thirty millimeters all-round. It is also outfitted with the new technology Brembo CCM2 braking system which came out on the 599XX, Ferrari's excessive trial clinical car, and which are incorporated with an ABS program that functions two adjustments - low hold and powerful for dry materials.

Another first for a Mercedes Task style is the adopting of the F1-Trac grip management program, the most innovative of its kind. Designed in-house by Mercedes, the F1-Trac program regularly screens stages of hold for highest possible high-performance road-holding. Two particular track-biased calibrations - wet and dry - have been intended for this program, with management sense and techniques resulting from Ferrari's comprehensive rushing experience in the F1 and GT tournament. The F1-Trac is completely incorporated with the E-Diff to assurance highest possible speed out of sides.

Ferrari 458 Challenge

The required ABS, F1-Trac and E-Diff calibration settings are selected via the manettino on the steering wheel, the first time this solution has been adopted on a model developed for the Ferrari Challenge series. The driver can thus either chose from the WET or DRY configurations. In high grip conditions it is also possible to select CT-OFF to de-activate the F1-Trac traction control.

In the course of the extensive growth classes engaged in improving the Mercedes 458 Task for the monitor, the technical engineers also handled to increase the vehicle's lap time at Fiorano by two a few moments over that of its forerunner, resulting in a new history of just 1'16.5". Similarly amazing is the amount of side hold the new car produces - up to 1.6G.

Ferrari 458 Challenge

With the new 458 Task, Mercedes is providing its sportier customers - professional and guys individuals as well - a car that is extremely sensitive, with great efficiency and fantastic managing. This mid-rear V8-engined berlinetta will allow Mercedes Task individuals to enjoy to the full the exciting cut and pushed of the competition saturdays and sundays on the best tour, as well as the interest that has always been a fundamental element of Ferrari's one-make tournament.

0 Ferrari 458 Italia

By Admin_AT | At 11:31 PM | Label : Ferrari | 0 Comments

The Ferrari 458 Italia continues to go from strength to strength and has garnered over 30 international awards in its short career. Yesterday, it added two further plaudits to that collection at the International Engine of the Year Awards when its V8 was voted “Best Performance Engine” and “Best Engine Above 4 Litres”.

The success being enjoyed by the 458 Italia with both critics and public alike crosses all borders– it has won awards in a host of different nations from the USA to the Far East and Europe. In the US, the mid-rear V8 was named "World Performance Car of the Year". It was also named “Car of the Year” by the Robb Report and topped the New York Times rankings.

On the other side of the Atlantic, the discerning British motoring media proved equally enthusiastic. In fact, the 458 Italia scooped both BBC Top Gear Magazine’s “Supercar of the Year” and “Car of the Year Awards”. Staying in Britain, CAR magazine also named the 458 Italia “Performance Car of the Year 2010”, as did Auto Express and What Car. It triumphed too as the Daily Telegraph’s “Car of the Year” and TV programme Fifth Gear’s “Fast Car of the Year”. The 458 Italia also enjoyed an enthusiastic welcome from the German and Italian public with the result that it voted “Sports Car of the Year” by the highly reputable Auto Moto und Sport and Quattroruote magazines.

Continuing around the world, the authoritative Car Middle East magazine declared the 458 Italia both “Car of the Year” and “Supercar of the Year” also. In China, Top Gear, Auto Moto und Sport, Robb Report and the popular X-Car website all named it “Car of the Year”.

Lastly, in Japan, the 458 Italia was Engine’s "Best Car of the Year", proving that the Ferrari’s extreme sportiness has a genuinely worldwide appeal.

458 Italia – Technical specifications:

Dimensions
Length 4527 mm (178.2 in.)
Width 1937 mm (76.3 in.)
Height 1213 mm (47.8 in.)
Wheelbase 2650 mm (104.3 in.)
Dry weight 1380 kg (3042 lbs)*
Weight/power ratio 2,42 kg/CV (7.16 lbs/kW)
Weight distribution fr/r 42%/58%

Engine
Type V8 – 90°
Displacement 4499 cc (274.5 cu in.)
Maximum power 570 CV (425 kW)** @ 9000 rpm
Maximum torque 540 Nm (398 lbs/ft) @ 6000 rpm
Specific power output 127 CV/l
Compression ratio 12.5:1

Tyres
Front 235/35 ZR20 8.5"
Rear 295/35 ZR20 10.5"

Performance
Maximum speed >325 km/h (>202 mph)
0-100 km/h
Fuel consumption + emissions
Fuel consumption*** 13.7 l/100 km
Emissions*** 320 g CO2/km

Gearbox
Dual-clutch, 7-speed F1
Electronics
E-Diff3, F1-Trac, high-performance ABS

* With forged wheels and Racing seats

** Including 5 CV of ram effect

*** Combined cycle (ECE+EUDC)

0 2012 Ferrari 458 Italia Grand Am Review

By Admin_AT | At 11:24 PM | Label : Ferrari | 0 Comments

After creating its monitor very first at house in Fiorano, the Mercedes 458 Croatia Lavish Am will be again inside on 26 and 27 September, 2011 for a personal analyze time at Florida's Daytona Worldwide Speedway. Getting changes at the rim will be the tried and examined duo of Jaime Melo and Toni Vilander who can satisfaction themselves of having an comprehensive record of benefits to their name in Ferraris. They will proceed progression perform on the Mercedes 458 Croatia Lavish Am in planning for its engagement in the 2012 National title.

The Mercedes 458 Lavish Am is designed to go with the National legislation and is therefore different to the Western car, especially in that it produces 500 power and has less powerful the rules of aerodynamics than the GT edition. It is also fixed with a 48 mm restrictor and highest possible revs are 8000. Considerable variations have been created to the stopping mechanism, as the car has neither ABS nor extender management. Other variations to the GT3 involve the roll-over bar which gives higher side security to improve protection in a sequence in which mishaps are rather more consistent. The car is fixed with car tyres from Ls, the single provider to the sequence, presenting a very challenging substance, again to adjust with the sequence legislation. On its shakedown these days, it accomplished many trouble-free temps, 45 to be accurate in the arms and fingers of Maurizio Mediani and Jaime Melo, as they took changes at the rim.

Daytona products product recalls many remembrances of past Bmw benefits in the well-known 24 Time rivalry, the company having near links with this important incident. Actually, Bmw has taken factor in 47 of these endurance activities, thriving five of them overall as well as getting 15 classification benefits.

 

Standing out in that history was an amazing obvious clean of the level in 1967 for the two Bmw 330 P4 and a 412 N.A.R.T., while again in 1962, Phil Hill and Ricardo Rodriguez won in a Dino 246 SP. That period, no less than four Ferraris accomplished in the top ten while in 1972, Mario Andretti and Jacky Ickx won in a 312 PB.