Ferrari California Carries on the Tradition

Ferrari has written the name of California and has returned as the name, the car has a list of s first for the company that is one mile long.First of the sport in California, a V8 engine, while the original 250 GT and tour LWB California Spyder SWB (short and long term basis) was the first V12 powered.Next front wheel drive Ferrari V8 that has occurred. All cars in the first street in the heart of the V8 engine were, as the 308, 328, 348, 355, 360 and 430 today. Even the newly announced 458 Italy is the engine set back. So this model is really unique.Additional California primates are the use of gasoline direct injection, which will become a standard. If you have not encountered this term before let me give a brief explanation. Most current systems for fuel injection and fuel / air mixture together outside the combustion chamber or cylinder in the intake manifold. Direct injection, air is the intake manifold, but the fuel is delivered directly into the cylinders. The net result is more precise fuel metering and results in better mileage, more power and cleaner emissions.Continuing a little more for the first Ferrari is a seven-speed transmission. This is a double clutch Gertag and is considered an "automated manual gearbox. Paddle shifters allow the driver to shift up and down, but the brain's system for ensuring the smooth ascent with precision by increasing the number of revolutions of the engine at the correct speed on the rise. And change is much faster and smoother than any previous historian had Ferrari.The Ferrari California convertible, and that's the new, with one important difference. This is a retractable hardtop, which remains the first for the company. This design allows the driver the pleasure of opening the engine up and down, and most of the stiffness of a vehicle when the roof is closed. The best of both worlds is expressed in this design.Last the former is a thing called launch control. This has been a feature of race cars for many years, but this is the first Ferrari to them. And 'one of those devices or features, excellent sound, but rarely uses the average driver. Used when you want to take off from a dead stop as soon as possible. Several other high-end vehicles offer this feature, and each works a little 'different. Ferrari California is the first outside the control of traction of the CST. Then press the brake with his left foot while floor the throttle. When you see around 3,000 rpm Tach appeared on the foot brake and hold the steering wheel. Zero to 60 mph in 3.5 seconds and the quarter mile in 11.9 seconds at over 117 miles per hour.Some other specifications on this car has a 430 cc engine capacity from 4297. Who has 29 horses to 454 horses under 430, but shows an increase of 14 lb.-ft. of torque to a final 357 members number.Because superior strength and extra weight to 3916 lbs. In a typical Ferrari gas mileage is low, with an EPA 13/19 city / highway rating.Just I think for a little over $ 192,000 you can drive an instant classic by one of the most famous names that grace a Ferrari.