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Wednesday, Nov 4
UFC Boss Smashes Customized Ferrari F430 [Car Crashes]
No details other than this image yet, but UFC head honcho Dana White smashed up his custom Ferrari F430 pretty good. It's appropriately bleeding green blood (coolant) all over the asphalt. Thanks for the tip Dave) (TwitPic)
Ferrari 599 China Auctioned Off For $1.8 Million [Auctions]
Here's the plan: paint Song Dynasty Ge Kiln pottery patterns on a Ferrari 599, call it the "China" then auction it off for a cool $1.8 million at a Beijing gala event of Ferrari owners swooning over Michael Schumacher. Ferrari 599 China' Auctioned In Beijing For 1.2 Million Euro
Dodge Viper Dead Again, New Fiat Alliance Product To Replace In Summer 2012
Chrysler will only build another 500 Dodge Vipers. An all-new sports car will arrive for the summer of 2012 using Fiat team (Ferrari?) resources. [@RayWert]
Tuesday, Nov 3
Ten Vehicles That Don't Belong On BuisnessWeek's 50 Ugliest Cars List
Reason it's BS: Save the Enzo's! The Ferrari Enzo wasn't built to win beauty contests, it was designed to showcase Ferrari's F1 racing pedigree and tie those techniques and technologies to their road cars. Form follows function and while it's not classically beautiful it's fast and uniq...
Friday, Oct 30
Kimi Räikkönen On Fire [Formula One]
The conflagration which enveloped Ferrari’s Ice Cream Man was fuelled by racing fuel from his fellow Finn Heikki Kovalainen’s McLaren. After the race, McLaren was fined $50,000 for dangerous conduct, while Kovalainen received a 25-second penatly, which dropped him from 9th to 12th po...
Thursday, Oct 29
What It's Really LIke To Race A Ferrari [LOLCars]
This video proves, definitively, that at least one Ferrari F430 owner/driver has a great sense of humor. We love the fake Enzo Quote. (Hat tip to everyone for the tips!)
Help The Environment And Ditch The Prius, Get A 911 [I Feel Gassy]
Eaton echoes a James May column from last week published in The Telegraph, where the Top Gear presenter argues that cars as we know them will inevitably cease to exist as tools for going to places and the only form of the car to survive will be the sports car, purchased and driven purely for en...
Wednesday, Oct 28
Commenter Of The Day: The Failed Campaigns Of Abraham Lincoln Edition [Commenter Of The Day]
I don't understand how people find this ugly. It's quite beautiful in my eyes. The body work is extraordinary, just as it was with the DBAR1. It's got the classic proportions. And fantastic curves. It's both instantly recognizable as a Ferrari and a Zagato. What more can you want?
550 GTZ: Zagato's Final Ferrari [Custom Cars]
Ferrari's agreed to one last Zagato Ferrari swansong before bringing branded customization in house, giving the green light for five Ferrari 550 GTZ. Each gets a greater-than-$1.65 million price tag. Below, CarsUK's gallery of the final Zagato Ferrari.
Tuesday, Oct 27
$50,000 Ultima GTR Shatters $1.6 Million Ferrari FXX Top Gear Track Record [Top Gear]
The Ultima GTR720 recorded a blistering 1min 9.9secs lap time, which demolishes the previous record of 1min10.7secs set by seven-time world Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher in his Ferrari FXX track car. To put things into perspective the Ultima is almost 10 seconds per lap faster tha...
Monday, Oct 26
Jean Todt Wins FIA Presidency [Racing News]
After a successful rallying career, Todt made his name as a manager first with Peugeot, taking them to back-to-back Le Mans titles in 1992 and 1993, then with Ferrari, where he was the head of the Ross Brawn–Michael Schumacher–Rory Byrne machine which dominated the sport for close to a de...
Thursday, Oct 22
2011 Lexus LFA: First Drive
With only a 202 MPH top speed, a 3.7-second 0-60 MPH time and a 7:30 ‘Ring time, the LFA isn't going to be a bench racer's dream. But we actually admire Toyota for eschewing the conventional, numbers-based approach to supercar success. The LFA's 500 lucky customers aren't buying bragging rig...
Wednesday, Oct 21
Formula One Has a New Posse [Formula One]
His ascendancy to the highest rung of motor racing also happened to coincide with the rise of a particular team led by his current boss Ross Brawn: Scuderia Ferrari. Awakening from a slumber of almost twenty years, Ferrari came to dominate Formula One like no one had before.
Saturday, Oct 17
Engine Of The Day Overload! [Engine Of The Day]
Toyota R Ford Flathead V8 BMW M30 Nissan L Small-Block Chevrolet V8 Volkswagen Air-Cooled BMC B Series Chrysler Slant Six Rolls-Royce V8 Honda B GMC Twin Six Jaguar XK Pontiac V8 Mazda B Fiat Twin-Cam Porsche Flat Six Offenhauser Willys Go-Devil Chrysler LA Packard Inline 8 Mazda 13B Cro...
Thursday, Oct 15
Why Can’t Real BMWs Look This Good? [Concept Cars]
If thinking about the BMW 5-series GT makes your head hurt, here's some automotive aspirin. Iranian auto designer Emil Baddal's rendering of a fictional BMW super car has no grounding in reality, but at least it's, you know, attractive.
Wednesday, Oct 14
1970 Targa Florio: Racing In The Streets [Vintage Racing]
Vaccarella would be back the next year in the much more suitable 3-liter Alfa Romeo T33 and take the title. This was the car with the center-mounted rearview mirror sticking out like the love child of a periscope and a Martian fighting machine from The War of the Worlds:
Opinion: Hyper-Maintained Ferrari 308 Boggles Minds With Perfection [Found On EBay]
This 1979 Ferrari 308 GTB is for sale on eBay. It's probably in better condition now than when Maranello birthed it. The obsessively maintained car has not only been meticulously maintained, it's been updated to provide better performance and reliability.
Tuesday, Oct 13
What's The Greatest Automotive Duel Of All Time? [Question Of The Day]
The Fords, of course, have a history of battling. Henry Ford bested Alexander Winston in 1901 and used that success to start an empire. But not all great automotive duels start with a race. Later, Henry Ford II took up the mantle when Enzo Ferrari walked away from talks with FoMoCo. It was a slap i...
Friday, Oct 9
What Would You Drive If You Were Famous? [Question Of The Day]
Though everyone focuses on the V8 Volvo wagons, we're partial to his 1988 Volvo 745GLE Grand National. That's right, it's got a Grand National turbo V6 in a comfortable, yuppie wagon. It's stealthy, powerful, luxurious and unique — just like we will be.
Thursday, Oct 8
1999 Vector M12 for a Myth-Busting $139,900! [Nice Price Or Crack Pipe]
Shortly thereafter, Wiegert was forced out of Vector through a hostile takeover by the Indonesian company - and good Transformer - Megatech. That company also sought to forgo years of tradition and actually produce Vectors for public sale. They determined that the most expedient way to d...
Wednesday, Oct 7
Gran Turismo For PSP Vs. Forza Motorsport 3: The Cars [Car Games]
Reason: There are only a few Ferraris and Lamborghinis in GT for PSP, giving a clear advantage to Forza 3 with its stable of classic and modern Ferraris including the Tafel Racing F430GT and 1964 Ferrari GTO. Gran Turismo does have a better collection of Alfa Romeos though...
All 400+ Cars Of Forza Motorsport 3
1964 Ferrari 250 GTO 1999 Ferrari 360 Modena 2002 Ferrari 575M Maranello 2004 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti 2002 Ferrari Enzo Ferrari 2004 Ferrari F430 2005 Ferrari FXX 1984 Ferrari GTO 1987 Porsche #17 Racing Porsche AG 962c 1982 Porsche 911 Turbo 3.3 1989 Porsche 944 Turbo 1980 Renault 5 Turbo
Ferrari 458 Italia Pricing To Start At $240,000 [New Cars]
Those interested in snagging the F430-replacing Ferrari 458 Italia will be pleased to hear the V8-powered stallion is going on sale in Europe for a currency-and-VAT-adjusted $240,000 before options. Full list, translated and un-translated, below.
Ferrari P4/5 Competizione: The Work In Progress Renderings [Custom Cars]
While the Michiel van den Brink renderings — both of them — were great, we've been told — by Glickenhaus himself over at FerrariChat — these renderings are closer to Jim's vision of a car that's very similar to his P4/5. One question still remains — what Ferrari will he base this race-ready ba...
Monday, Oct 5
The P4/5 Competizione: Another Look [Custom Cars]
Car sketch superman Michiel Van Den Brink has put together another rendering of what a possible Glickenhaus-commissioned Ferrari P4/5 Competizione might look like. What do we think? [Coachbuild]
One-Off Modernized Pininfarina Ferrari 410 Superamerica Hiding In Italy? [Over The Back Fence]
A member at FerrariChat was at his Torino, Italy shop and spotted what he described as a one-off modern interpretation of a Ferrari 410 Superamerica wearing Pininfarina-crossed flags on the rump. We've got no pictures, but we're told it's real.
Thursday, Oct 1
All 830 Cars From Gran Turismo For PSP
20 Alfa Romeo Spider 1600 Duetto '66 21 Alfa Romeo Spider 3.0i V6 24V '01 37 Audi Nuvolari quattro '03 54 BMW 2002 Turbo '73 58 BMW M Coupe '98 130 Enzo Ferrari '02 136 Fiat Coupe Turbo Plus '00 163 Honda 1300 Coupe 9 S '70 164 Honda ACCORD Coupe '88 174 Honda CITY Turbo II '83 650 Renault 5 Turbo '80
No Production Plans For Ferrari F458 Italia Scuderia [Over The Back Fence]
Just so everyone knows, there's no production plans for a Ferrari 458 Italia Scuderia...yet. [4wheelsnews]
Ayrton Senna's High-Speed Exploits at Suzuka
Ten years later, Senna’s scorching pole from 1989 remained an awesome feat. Watch this comparison with Michael Schumacher in 1999, who is driving Ferrari’s constructor’s champhionship-winning F399. Senna, five years dead at this point, is right up there with the German who would come t...
The 15 "Most Beautiful" Ferraris Of All Time? [Exotic Cars]
In coordination with running A&E's one-hour Enzo Ferrari bio-pic, CNBC and Marcel Massini put together their list of the 15 most beautiful Ferraris of all time, picking the 375 Mille Miglia Spider as "most beautiful." Really? What say you? [CNBC]
Wednesday, Sep 30
So This Is Why The Nissan GT-R Is Called Godzilla [Honda NSX]
The trend is much the same with sporty roadsters. Witness the 1964 Honda S600 versus the 1999 Honda S2000: The rather lithe and low Ferrari 360 Modena is practically a battleship when compared to the little Dino 246 GT. Photo Credit: Honda fórum (NSX’s and GT–R), VWvortex Forums (Honda S600...
How Not To Unload A Ferrari F430 Spider
The driver delivering this Ferrari to an exotic car reseller in Ohio didn't have a great day yesterday as he accidentally dropped a F430 Spider tail-first onto the ground. One more picture of the unfortunate incident below.
2009 Singapore Grand Prix: Into the Night [Formula One]
The case for night races! Giancarlo Fisichella in his Ferrari is a wonderful sight in his Ferrari even if he threatened nobody for points. If you were a refueling hose, this is what you would see of a Formula One race. Spectacular—but I suspect rather repetitive after a while.
Tuesday, Sep 29
OFFICIAL: Fernando Alonso Signs Three-Year Contract With Scuderia Ferrari [Formula One]
Felipe Massa, still recuperating from his head injury sustained at the Hungarian Grand Prix, will remain with Ferrari as Alonso’s teammate. Giancarlo Fisichella, who joined Ferrari after a surprising second place finish for Force India at the Belgian Grand Prix, will remain for 2010 a...
Eight Automotive Myths We Choose To Believe
WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT: The overwhelming Ferrari mystique obscures the fact that these things are overpriced, overstyled, breakdown-prone pose-mobiles. WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT: LeMans is a collection of racing footage inside of a really terrible movie.
Italian Policemen Being Italian Policemen [Ferrari]
If Italian stereotypes are indeed true, the highway policemen pictured here are doing nothing but listening to this Ferrari F430’s exhaust note.
Monday, Sep 28
REPORT: Fernando Alonso To Sign Five-Year Deal With Ferrari [Formula One]
Fernando Alonso reportedly will sign a five-year deal with Ferrari for $36.5 million. Jackpot! [Planet-F1]
Jalopnik Crash Week: Post-Accident Report
• McLaren SLR Crashes, Destroys Surrounding Cars In Ferrari Street Race • Head-On Crash Caught On Dash Cam • World Atlas Of Bad Driving: Asia • World's Fastest Super Car Crashes • What Car Makes You Feel Safe? • 2010 Porsche Panamera Crashes, Joins Cool Club
Glickenhaus Plans Race-Ready P4/5 Competizione For 2010! [Custom Cars]
James Glickenhaus, owner of the wild coach-built Ferrari Enzo-based Ferrari P4/5 has told the Ferrari faithful he's finally set to launch a North American Racing Team-like race-ready Ferrari P4/5 Competizione. Glickenhaus also announced he won't be racing the vehicle stating "my dr...
Sunday, Sep 27
Williams F1 HQ: British Racing Green Of A Different Sort [Formula One]
According to The Daily Mail, each six foot high mechanic working on the driverless car is made from two separate plants. The structure is from Italy: An Italian nursery made the model for Ferrari but Williams bought it and had the shape of the car changed to reflect their own car design.
Friday, Sep 25
Top Twelve Stupid Car Crashes Caught On Video [Crash Week]
Don't try to look like a badass in a Bugatti Veyron after you spin out at the track by trying to pull a donut to get back on. You will just take an embarrassing situation and make it an expensive one by backing it into the tire wall. A Ferrari plus a opportunity to show off for other Ferrari owners du...
Thursday, Sep 24
Jaguar XKR GT3 Racer: Cat Track Fever [Racing News]
RASELTON, GA (September 24, 2009) – In preparation for a full championship effort in 2010, RSR has entered the Jaguar XKR GT2 in the American Le Mans Series' famed event the Petit Le Mans with the intention to introduce the car and utilize the track time for testing and development. The Jagu...
Two Ferrari 458 Italias Race Mugello [New Cars]
What's better than one Ferrari 458 Italia? Two Ferrari 458 Italia's driven in anger around Mugello, all captured in HD video, that's what. Here's 1,124 HP of Italian muscle in action.
Wednesday, Sep 23
Reigning in the Rain: 1965 Sebring Sprite Up For Auction [Found On EBay]
The '65 Sebring Race was noteworthy for both rain and Jim Hall's Chaparral stealing the chequered from better-funded competitors Ford and Ferrari. While the big dogs slid through the slush, one little Sprite showed them all how it was done.
Tuesday, Sep 22
World's Fastest Super Car Crashes [Crash Week]
What was it? Ferrari 360 Modena How Fast? 130 MPH What was it? Ferrari Enzo How Fast? 160 MPH What happened? The driver in this crash wasn't so lucky and died after crashing at 160 MPH, spreading the car out over a huge debris field in Italy.
Monday, Sep 21
McLaren SLR Crashes, Destroys Surrounding Cars In Ferrari Street Race
The crash happened Sunday when the two morons organized a race on public streets and the SLR driver just couldn't hack it. The car crashed in spectacular fashion, sending four individuals to the hospital after destroying as many as four other cars. The driver of the Ferrari fled the scene bu...
Capristo Shows Us What 80 Stallions In One Place Looks Like [Car Culture]
Ferrari exhaust tuner Capristo invited as many German Ferrari owners they could find (one or two even fitted with Capristo-built aftermarket exhausts) last Saturday to Sundern, Germany. Over 80 prancing stallions from Maranello responded to the call. Gallery below.
Friday, Sep 18
This Is Why People Think Ferrari Drivers Are Asshats
That a Ferrari F40, Ferrari F50 and Ferrari Enzo are all haphazardly parked in handicapped spots at a golf course is quite an indictment of people who buy Ferraris. Hat Tip to Anthony!) MadWhips]
What’s a Cosworth? Oh, About $26,500! [Nice Price Or Crack Pipe]
Rare in the world, and rarer still here, from sea to shining sea, is the Cosworth Escort. Built to meet the requirements for FIA accreditation, there were only about 7,100 constructed over its blazing bright 4-year lifespan, and none were ever officially brought to the U.S.. Like profession...
Tuesday, Sep 15
2009 Frankfurt Motor Show: Postcard From Day One [Frankfurt Motor Show]
Gallery: Abarth 695 Tributo Ferrari Gallery: Audi R8 5.2 FSI Spyder: Live Photos BMW X1 Gallery: BMW X1: Live Photos More information: 2010 Porsche 911 Turbo Convertible: Now With 500 Toupeé-Dislodging Horses Coupé Gallery: Porsche 911 Turbo Convertible: Live Photos
Commenter Of The Day: Skunk Works Edition [Commenter Of The Day]
Ferruccio Lamborghini began building cars to go up against Enzo Ferrari. A rivalry that exists to this day. At first, the cars seemed capable, but uninspired. It wasn't until the Miura that Lamborghini hit its stride. Now, it seems Stephan Winkelmann would like to take that Lamborghini comp...
Monday, Sep 14
Now Introducing The New Ferrari... Fiat 500 [Frankfurt Motor Show]
The 695 Tributo Ferrari is being offered in limited numbers as a Ferrari-inspired version of the Fiat 500. So is it either a dreadful dilution of the brand or the coolest Fiat ever? It may be both. This may be the best Fiat 500 out there, but the look on the booth professional's face says it all: "...
Thursday, Aug 27
Ferrari 458 Italia Hits The Road, Reveals Interior [Frankfurt Motor Show]
Along with the photos now on-line, the Ferrari site also includes an exclusive video interview with Paolo Pininfarina, Chairman of Pininfarina S.p.A., who provides in depth insight into the 458 Italia's design philosophy and exterior styling. The next release on www.ferrari.com will incl...
Tuesday, Jul 28
Will Michael Schumacher Come Back to Drive Felipe Massa’s Ferrari? [Formula One]
Yet don’t discount Schumacher. Juan Manuel Fangio, who is second only to him in number of Formula One world championships won, drove his greatest race to clinch his fifth title on August 4, 1957—at the age of 46. Schumacher turned 40 this January.
Ferrari 458 Italia: 562 HP Of F430-Replacing Italian Muscle [New Cars]
Ferrari 458 Italia – Technical specifications Length 4527 mm (178.2 in.) Width 1937 mm (76.3 in.) Height 1213 mm (47.8 in.) Wheelbase 2650 mm (104.3 in.) Engine Type V8 – 90° Displacement 4499 cc (274.5 cu in.) Tyres 0-100 km/h Gearbox With forged wheels and Racing seats
Tuesday, Jun 16
Forza Motorsport 3: Le Mans Screen Shots, Partial Car List [Racing Games]
Road Cars: Corvette Z06 Corvette ZR1 Alfa Romeo 8C Aston Martin DBS Audi R8 4.2L V8 Audi R8 5.2L V10 BMW 135i BMW E92 M3 Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR Ferrari F430 Scuderia Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano Ford GT Jaguar XKR Lamborghini LP640-4 Maserati Gran Turismo Mercedes-McLaren SLR
Monday, May 18
Opinion: $12 Million Ferrari Breaks Auction World Record
1958 would prove to be the 250 Testarossa's absolute pinnacle. The factory cars won four of the six races to secure Ferrari's third consecutive World Sports Car Championship for Constructors. Phil Hill and Peter Collins won in Argentina and again at the Sebring 12-Hours. Victory at the Tar...
Monday, May 4
FIA GT Championship At Silverstone: Round One Mega-Gallery [Motorsports]
It was an exciting race with many new contenders including the new Nissan GT-R and the Ford GT in GT1, the Ferrari F430 Scuderia, Audi R8 LMS and Alpina B6 in GT3. In the end though it was the beefcake K plus K Motorsports Saleen S7R that took top honors ahead of the Vitaphone Maserati MC12 and th...
Friday, May 1
Ferrari 599XX Gets Up Close And Personal In New Glam Shots
Ferrari 599XX, while based on the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano with the same transaxle layout and engine type, is an extreme track car. Ferrari's engineers have carried out extensive work on the engine's combustion chambers and inlet and exhaust tracts. These modifications, combined with th...
Thursday, Apr 23
Opinion: Jason Castriota: Stile Bertone Mantide, Pininfarina P4/5 Designer [Jalopnik Interviews]
While in Shanghai, we sat down and interviewed the designer of the Pininfarina P4/5 and controversial, ZR1-based, Stile Bertone Mantide. What does this avid Jalopnik-reading sports car designer have to say? TAI: You left Pininfarina prior to the Paris show in 2008. What caused you to mak...
Sunday, Apr 12
Fabio Crashes A Ferrari 599
Guess Fabio's not so fabulous with Ferraris. He smashed up a Ferrari 599 that belonged not to him, but rather, to World Class Driving, near Calabasas, Cal. after hitting a turn going too fast. [TMZ]
Friday, Feb 13
Top Scandal: Top Gear Live Using MR2-Based Fake Ferrari 360 Spiders [Top Gear Live]
The replica Ferraris, reportedly based on Toyota MR2 underpinnings, were produced at a fraction of the cost of the real McCoy. The Ferrari 360, which was discontinued in 2005, sold for almost $400,000, while the MR2 cost less than $50,000 new.
Wednesday, Oct 22
PCH, Suspension Of Ferrari Disbelief Edition: Mustrrari or Integrrari? [Project Car Hell]
You've got your Fauxrraris based on Fieros, or Corvettes, or 280Zs, or even Mitsubishi Eclipses. But say you want the reliability and VTEC power of a Honda product in your Fauxrrari? Sure, sure, it's front-wheel drive, and maybe that makes a Ferronda even more of an abomination in the eyes...
Monday, Sep 22
Ferrari F430 Scuderia Spider Accidentally Revealed In Low Resolution
Is Jalopnik of me to loathe the F430 Scuderia Spider while at the same time not loathe the Miata retractable hardtop? brandegee.
Ferrari F430 Scuderia Spider Accidentally Revealed In Low Resolution
F430. . . . due to the retractable hard top roof. WTF? The F430 spider getting a hard roof in replacement of the soft top is a bigger story than the Scuderia version. Hmmmm . . . graverobber- It says Loud Pipes Save Lives.
Ferrari F430 Scuderia Spider Accidentally Revealed In Low Resolution
JantheMan...is employed by Porsche?: But would you rather have this Ferrari or a previous generation model,for me right now Ferrari dont make a car that i'd want compared to older models. Ferrari are wrecking their own image with all ...
Ferrari F430 Scuderia Spider Accidentally Revealed In Low Resolution
Man, Ari's wife shouldve waited for this instead of the lame-o standard F430 spider. ChiSox219.
Thursday, Sep 18
Ferrari California, Really Revealed, Live!
MI - Sep 18, 2008 Ferrari will be broadcasting the live reveal of the Ferrari California, which really should be called "Live From Maranello, It's The Ferrari California! ...
Wednesday, Aug 20
Katech Corvette Z06 Clubsport Priced Like ZR1, Missing 126 HP
“The Z06 is already wonderfully light weight,” commented Jason Harding, performance parts sales, Katech Performance. “We knew, however, that we could improve the power-to-weight ratio with several select modifications. Lamborghini has its Gallardo Superleggera, Ferrari its F430...
Audi R8 Jumps Into Roadside Canal, Can't Swim
Apparently, the law of equivalent exchange is alive and well, for just as one Ferrari Enzo is rebuilt, an Audi R8 is destroyed... or at least it's really, really waterlogged. These pictures come from the Netherlands, where the straight, flat, canal-lined roads ultimately proved too challe...
Friday, Aug 1
Five Supercars Worth $1.4 Million Allegedly Trashed By Drunken Brit Wedding Guests
According to The Sun an unruly group of UK wedding guests spent this past weekend destroying five rented supercars valued at over $1.4 million. The carnage includes a Bentley Continental GT, a Ferrari F430 and three Lamborghini Gallardo Spyders. Although the details are still rather sket...
Wednesday, Jun 4
Auto-Inspiration: The Real-Life Cars Behind Grand Theft Auto IV
If you're going to find a supercar while roaming the streets, you're most likely to stumble upon a Turismo. This is a 208-mph beast with a mid-engine. This car obviously takes cues from the Ferrari 360 with some Venturi influences. Note that this vehicle lacks durability, so be careful out th...
Monday, Feb 11
Project Car Hell, Dial 911 For Hell Edition: '71 or '76?
We did Cheap Ferrari Hell the other day, and that made me realize that we're overdue for Cheap Porsche Hell. Now, you can get your 914s, 924s, and 944s for next to nothing, and bargains on 912s can often be found. You can even find the occasional $1,000 928... but you need at least a 911 in your stable...
Friday, Feb 8
Project Car Hell: Abarth A112 or Carrera Panamericana Citroen?
It looks like the Jalopnik readership did some agonized soul-searching and decided to go with the 308/Esprit combo over the somewhat imcomplete 365 at a 7-to-3 ratio in yesterday's Cheap Ferrari Edition Choose Your Eternity poll. But an Italian car versus an Anglo-Italian 2-fer brings...
Sunday, Dec 9
Audi R8, Part 3
• Manufacturer: Audi • Model tested: R8 • Model year: 2008 • Base Price: $118,000 • Red line: 8,250 RPM • LxWxH: 174.5" x 75" x 49.3" • Wheelbase: 104.3" • Drive type: AWD • 0 - 60 mph: 4.4 seconds • Top speed: 187 MPH • Fuel economy city/highway: 13/18 MPG Audi R8, Part 1 Audi R8, Part 2
Wednesday, Nov 21
Supercar Hypermiling Day 2: Ferrari F430
In Part 1, I found the Ford GT's high-torque V8 pretty economical in traffic. But what was it we were saying about those Italian engineers and their appetite for Chianti? Well, like father like son, the creators of the F430 created a thirsty one. In spite of being the smallest, arguably most s...
Friday, Nov 16
2007 LA Auto Show
BMW BMW 1 Series (US Reveal) Ferrari Ferrari 430 Scuderia (US Reveal) Honda Honda FCX (US Reveal) Honda FCX Clarity Fuel Cell Lotus Lotus Elise S/C Maserati Maserati Sport GT S (US Reveal) Porsche Porsche Cayenne Hybrid (Non-MotorTrend Reveal)
Wednesday, Oct 31
Ferrari 599 GTB by Edo Competition
Level 2 - 630 GTB 20" racing wheels Front: 9.0x20, offset 27 with Pirelli tires 245/35R20 Rear: 11.0x20, offset 42 with Pirelli tires 305/35R20, painted wheel face and stainless steel outer rim. Upon request the wheels can be painted in custom colors.
Friday, Oct 5
Project Car Hell, Italian Supercar Edition: Ferrari or Lamborghini?
The 80s may well have been the decade in which the Ferrari made the most sense. Ferraris of the era didn't have the ungodly awesome racecar cool of the 60s models, and they weren't as loony fast as the current crop, but what goes better with looted S&Ls, Learjets paid for with junk bond pro...
Sunday, Sep 23
Ferrari F430 Scuderia Promo Video
What's a Monday without some serious Ferrari pr0n, starring the recently revealed F430 Scuderia. Make that a whole mess of them, being flogged on a patch of tarmac. You don't have to be one of the tifosi to get a vicarious charge from that sound. [via Carscoop]
Monday, Sep 10
The Jalopnik 2007 Frankfurt Auto Show Cheat Sheet
Audi A8 Audi A8 for 2008 Ferrari Ferrari 430 Scuderia coupe Live Reveal! Ferrari F430 Scuderia Revealed! Ferrari F430 Scuderia, Now On Video! Ferrari Reveals F430 Scuderia For "Friends" Ahead of Frankfurt Lancia gt;Lancia Musa Renault Renault Clio
Wednesday, Sep 5
Ferrari Reveals F430 Scuderia For "Friends" Ahead of Frankfurt
Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo decided he wanted to first unveil (we mean after the press photos) the new F430 Scuderia to a select group of "friends" before it's officially unveiled to the full spectrum of media at the Frankfurt Auto Show next week. So, he invited all of his "friend...
Thursday, Aug 2
The Bugatti Veyron Pegaso Edition: For When Owning A Bugatti Is Not Quite Exclusive Enough
Some times are for Michelob, and other times are for Cristal. The vehicle you see above and in the gallery below — the Bugatti Veyron Pegaso Edition — is one of the latter. Similarly, we're assuming there are some times we guess it's important for Russian oil barons to set themselves apart fro...
Tuesday, Jul 24
Ferrari F430 Scuderia, Now On Video!
We already showed you the Ferrari F430 Scuderia via pictures from Ferrari, but now we've got ourselves, courtesy of the Dutch bloggers of autos, some video of what appears to be the Scuderia. The video shows the purported Scuderia scooting through a gate and taking a little trip in and out o...
Wednesday, Jul 18
Ferrari F430 Scuderia Revealed!
The new Ferrari 430 Scuderia will join the road-going V8 line-up alongside the F430 coupe and the F430 Spider. The 430 Scuderia is a truly high-performance 2-seater berlinetta which demonstrates how Ferrari's Formula 1 know-how is carried across to its production cars.
Friday, Jul 13
Do We Really Want An Entry Level Ferrari?
And does Ferrari need the headache? We're all for more Ferraris, but is downmarket the right way to go? Chevy's Z06 already has pwnage on the F430 in terms of raw, thrusting juju and costs $100,000 less. Should the Dino get actualized, it will (obviously) have less to say on the track than its...
Thursday, Jul 5
Opinion: Clarkson On The 1964 Ferrari 275 GTS
BMW M3s driven by people with shaved heads would get 10. Saabs driven by people in linen jackets would get maybe one or two. Totally. However, his logic breaks down a bit when he says that no matter who you are, you register a zero in the Ferrari 275 GTS. Apparently, like a certain Romanian Count, C...
Wednesday, Jul 4
Diddy to Buy F1 Team?
Oh yikes. Sean Combs, after spending some time hanging out with Lewis Hamilton, has floated the idea of purchasing a Formula 1 operation at a dinner celebrating the launch of his new perfume, Unforgiven. Of course, 100k of the 150,000-quid dinner was spent on champagne, so who knows how man...
Wednesday, Jun 20
Paper-Doll Enzo : Ferrari Reveals Cardboard Concept
Related: Only in Geneva: One Man's One-Off Ferrari Concept Is Another's Daily Driver; More on the James Glickenhaus Ferrari P4/5; Pininfarina Releases Press Kit; Ferrari to Show Giugiaro-Designed Concept in Tokyo [internal]
Wednesday, Apr 11
Opinion: Spumy Flinders! Dan Neil on the 599 Fiorano
In the video accompanying his review of the Ferrari 599, Se or Neil mentions that in a past life as a rock writer, he once interviewed Anthrax. He then proceeded to call them numbskulls. How can the band that recorded Among the Living and Persistence of Time possibly be a group of numbskulls? T...
Wednesday, Jan 10
Sheikhs Heart Driving Fast: Bahrain Buys 30% of McLaren F1 Group
If you produce the oil that powers the engines, why not own the whole damn car? Or at least a good slice of it? Turns out, the Kingdom of Bahrain's purchase is not unprecedented as Abu Dhabi owns 5% of Ferrari and 15% of Spyker. What does this mean for lay pistonheads like us? Just that F1 will con...
Wednesday, Jan 3
Lap Dance: Track Day in a Ferrari Enzo FXX
Aside from apexing a bit too close to pit road at times, and one inadvisable one-handed burn through the straights — while searching for a cameraphone to hand over to the passenger — this young viscount handles his Ferrari Enzo FXX quite deftly. According to a tipster, the track could be Rij...
Tuesday, Dec 26
Clarkson on the 599 GTB Fiorano
Los Jalopniks have yet to get our hands on a 599 GTB. But we oh, oh, oh, oh so desperately want to. So far, C/D has crashed one, we have drooled over it from Geneva to Pebble Beach to Paris to LA, and now Clarkson weighs in on the Enzo-engined bruiser, As is his wont, he rips the hyperbux GT a new one, c...
Friday, Dec 15
Glickenhaus on Living With the P4/5
Ed Jim "Big Daddy" Glickenhaus has had a few months to toy with his Pininfarina-built, Enzo-based Ferrari P4/5, and the auto types over at Forbes commissioned Ted West (who did the Car and Driver P4/5 profile released just before the car's debut at Pebble Beach last summer) to speak with t...
Tuesday, Nov 28
LA Auto Show Preview: Lamborghini LP640 Roadster
Call it headless horsepower. The flagship Lamborghini Murci lago — the 640-hp LP640 — is now sans top. The company is introducing its LP640 Roadster at the LA show this week, and we'd imagine it'll suck the oxygen out of the room with its air of menace and tricky convertible-top. Like its coupe...
Monday, Oct 2
Prancing Dutchman: Ferrari to Supply Engines to Spyker MF1 Team, Not Supercars
Spyker ended speculation on where the company would get engines for its F1 team this past weekend, when it announced it had inked what's essentially a one-year deal with Scuderia Ferrari. But Ferrari team boss Jean Todt wants you to know the deal is only for F1 engines, not street powerplan...
Tuesday, Sep 12
The Kid Did It: More On Hulk Hogan's Burning Lamborghini
So there you go. The kid did it and it wasn't his fault. Luckily he was smart and quick enough to take camera pictures of the fire — because that's like step one in "What to do when your Lambo catches fire." Wish we had remembered that one when we posted on those Ferraris going up in flames. [Hat tip to...
Wednesday, Aug 16
The Bug, Squashed? Bugatti Could Be Laid Low by New US Airbag Requirements
According to a report in the UK's Financial Times, new US airbag requirements by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration could render Bugatti's Veyron superdupercar illegal to import without expensive retrofitting, sending Bugatti right 'round the drain. The company is...
Monday, Jul 31
Jalopnik Emissions
Gettin' all Gadgety on the Glickenhaus Ferrari P4/5 AutoWeek Reveals GMT-900 Pickups Ahead of Launch Fat, Fast Bastard: Twin Turbos for Leno's Tank Car Spy Photos: Pre-Production Mazda CX-9 Spotted in Cali Batten Down the Hatches: Audi Launching S3 This Week? Bullrun News
Wednesday, Jul 19
Ferrari FXX Ride-Along
Lucky bastard Michael Bettencourt of ForbesAutos got a chance to ride as a passenger on a few hot laps of Mosport Raceway in an unnamed owner's Ferrari FXX. The 800hp, 2,500-lb ber-Enzo apparently dished out the punishment like a pre-menstrual Zsa Zsa Gabor in a leather corset, prompting...
Friday, Jun 9
Ferrari 599 GTB Commercial Video Est Arrive!
The product of that video shoot late last year that was reported to show a Ferrari 599GTB Fiorano ripping through canyons of the western US has hit the online. Despite (enhanced by?) lovely French narration by Audrey Tautou (in our mind), the video shows heli-shots of a red 599 being flogge...
Tuesday, May 23
Ferrari's 599 GTB Pounds the Fiorano Pavement
The 620-hp Ferrari 599 GTB, the the prancing horse crew's newest front-engine coupe, could have one of the sweetest vehicular soundtracks outside of GT4. How do we know? By this Auto Motor und Sport video showing the new GT getting a proper workout at the company's Fiorano test track. It's f...
Friday, Apr 7
That's Not My Car!: Collector Answers AutoWeek's P4/5 Speculation
James Glickenhaus, the Ferrari collector who's commissioning Pininfarina to build him a $3 million bespoke update of the Ferrari P4 over an Enzo chassis, the 612 P4/5, says AutoWeek's sea-mammalian rendering (above) completely missed the mark. He sent us an e-mail this morning to that...
Monday, Mar 27
AutoWeek Reveals New P4/5 Prototype
AutoWeek put up its feature piece and digital illustrations of the Pininfarina-designed one-off commissioned by a Ferrari collector, the 612 P4/5. Granted, it's only a mock-up of what the custom job will look like when it's unveiled in Pebble Beach later this year. Still, the original P4...
Thursday, Feb 2
Risi Competizione to Run F430 in ALMS
Risi Competizione is a professional racing team organised and managed by Giuseppe Risi, the owner and dealer principal of Ferrari Maserati of Houston. One of the world s top teams in sportscar and endurance racing, Risi Competizione most recently raced its own Ferrari 360GT in the ALMS G...
Tuesday, Jan 24
Over the Back Fence: New Models from Honda?
Our buddy Luca at Eurocar Blog found a mess o' speculation on the German auto mag Auto Motor und Sport regarding three of Honda's forthcoming models. Exhibit A: The new Honda NSX will be a front-mid-engined, all-wheel-drive GT car, taking on, say, Aston Martin's coupes over the Ferrari F4...
Saturday, Dec 31
Top Gear's Awards for 2005: Bugatti Veyron Is "Best Car"
Best Car: Ferrari F430 BMW M5 Bugatti Veyron (Winner) Biggest Surprise: Honda Civic Nissan Murano Audi RS4 (Winner) Best Noise: Ferrari F430 Mercedes-Benz CLS55 AMG Aston Martin V8 Vantage (Winner) Related: TopGear Nominates Bugatti Veyron as Car of the Year [internal]
Tuesday, Dec 20
Between the Lines: EVO on the Bugatti Veyron
RF Related: Between the Lines: Road & Track on the Bugatti Veyron; Between the Lines: Csaba s Excellent Adventure; Between the Lines: Autocar s Sutcliffe on the Bugatti Veyron; Between the Lines: Motor Trend on the Bugatti Veyron [internal]
Friday, Dec 9
Between the Lines: Road & Track on the Bugatti Veyron
Forget the 660-bhp Ferrari Enzo, the 605-bhp Porsche Carrera GT, the 617-bhp Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, or even the mighty 627-bhp McLaren F1. These supercars are simply slugs compared with the new 2006 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 (16.4 for 16 cylinders, 4 turbochargers). This $1.2 million hyper-...
Wednesday, Nov 30
Choosing Jalopnik's Car of the Year: Farago's Plea for the Boxster S [News]
Friggin' Farago decided to make a case for voting the Porsche Boxster S Jalopnik's Car of the Year by tearing down my pick, the Ferrari F430. I could say he makes a good point, but since he doesn't know his ass from a sack of mangelwurzel, I'll just let him prattle on about his beloved Boxster. La...
Thursday, Nov 3
Between the Lines: Autocar's Sutcliffe on the Bugatti Veyron
Having watched Car & Driver fumble the Bugatti-shaped literary football, it s time to check out UK weekly Autocar s take on the big Kahuna. To go flat out in the fastest car ever, the august publication threw the keys to their Editor-at-Large, Steve Sutcliffe. As Autocar s top lead foot,...
