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Saturday, June 26, 2010

Ferrari 458 Italia Handling

The car's suspension will feature double wishbones at the front and a multi-link set-up at the rear, coupled with E-Diff and F1-Trac traction control systems, designed to improve the car's cornering and longitudinal acceleration by 32% compared to its predecessors.

The brakes include a prefill function whereby the pistons in the calipers move the pads into contact with the discs on lift off to minimise delay in the brakes being applied. This combined with the ABS has reduced 100–0 km/h (62-0 mph) braking distance to 32.5 metres (107 ft).

The adaptive magnetorheological dampers were co-developed with Delphi.

The 458 Italia will use Bridgestone Potenza S001 tires.

Ferrari 458 Italia

Ferrari 458 Italia

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Friday, June 4, 2010

2010 Ferrari 458 Italia Design

The car was designed by Pininfarina, as with all recent Ferrari models. The car’s exterior styling and features were designed for aerodynamic efficiency, producing a downforce of 140 kg at 124 miles per hour (200 km/h).

In particular, the front grille features deformable winglets that lower at high speeds, in order to offer reduced drag.

2010 Ferrari 458 Italia

2010 Ferrari 458 Italia

The car's interior was designed using input from former Ferrari Formula 1 driver Michael Schumacher, including a new steering wheel design which incorporates many features and controls as opposed to them being on the dashboard, similar to racing car designs.

2010 Ferrari 458 Italia

2010 Ferrari 458 Italia

Monday, December 28, 2009

Swiss Court Slaps Millionaire with a Record Breaking $290,000 Speeding Ticket!

In most parts of the world, speed offenders are usually slapped on the wrist with a reasonable penalty. But not in Switzerland where high-speed fines are calculated based on the motorist’s income and/or wealth. So what happens if the wrongdoer is a millionaire? Well, simply put, the driver is screwed makes world headlines.

In this case, an unnamed Swiss millionaire was impaled handed down with what is said to be a world record breaking fine of $290,000 or €203,000 for going 137km/h (85mph) in an 80km/h (50mph) speed zone in a Ferrari Testarossa.

The judges at the cantonal court in St. Gallen, in eastern Switzerland, are said to have taken into account the driver’s history of similar speeding offenses, the high speed with which he drove through a small village and his estimated wealth of over $20 million.

According to reports from the Swiss media, the fine is more than double the country’s previous record of around $107,000 for a Porsche driver.