21 January 2011 - 11:05
Four-wheel-drive Ferrari 'Four' shooting brake revealed
You can abandon your preconceived ideas about what a Ferrari should be: the new ‘Ferrari Four' or ‘FF' is set to replace the 612 Scaglietti as Ferrari's big V12 GT car - and it's got a few surprises in store.
Apart from the obvious shooting brake-style body - a cross between a wagon and a coupe - the FF also gets four seats and four-wheel drive, a huge step for Ferrari.
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The front is basically nicked from the current 458 Italia, but the aluminium spaceframe is entirely new and allows for a pretty useful 450 litres of bootspace, extendable to 800 litres with - wait for it - flip-down rear seats. In a Ferrari.
But the big news remains the all-wheel drive. Ferrari's ‘4RM' system is 50 per cent lighter than a conventional setup, mated to a beefed-up seven-speed dual-shift transmission already used in the California and 458 Italia.
And, interestingly, that seven-speed DCT ‘box has to contend with the might of a re-worked version of Ferrari's rather glorious 6.0-litre V12. Now a 6.2, this reworked Vee sits just behind the front axle and produces 490kW and 683Nm of torque. You might be interested to know that in the Four, this 6.2-litre returns 15.7l/100km and emits 360g/km of CO2.
But you'll definitely be more interested in learning that the Four can accelerate from 0-100km/h in 3.7 seconds and top 335km/h; fast enough to destroy any lingering doubt you still have over that controversial shape.
What do you make of Maranello's latest?
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It's pug fugly.
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It reminds me of the Panamera!! with a little retro Interceptor influence around the back..
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There is absolutely nothing in this car that I can see or reminds me of the Panamera 4/and or 5 door coupe sedan or the Jensen Interceptor which has an unconventional but proper hatchback.. simply nothing, if it was a BMW Z3 Coupe I could have agreed and moved on.
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It reminds me of the old 'bread van' ferrari, it's different but it's ain't ugly
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jamesmayjr commented on this article
at 05:57 am on 24 January 2011
Probably one of the best Ferrari's ever I think and an aggressive and everyday-usable Ferrari at that, although I did read a lot of polarizing remarks on TG/UK and a few other sites.. It's not the car's fault but a lot of people out there just couldn't accept outright basically what a shooting brake/break design theme is. The one-off Alfa Romeo TZ3 Corsa ( shooting brake ) garnered a lot of rave reviews and this new Ferrari FF is by far better looking than that car. I do would like to see the innards of this new and original 4WD system Ferrari has created.
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