Best Car Models & All About Cars: 2012 Ferrari FF

Thursday 22 March 2012

2012 Ferrari FF

2012 Ferrari FF Seats

Ferrari's shooting brake FF has garnered a truthful bit of attention for its unconventional styling and its addition of all-wheel drive to the prancing horse whole. The unique four-seat model shows that Italy's most renowned sportscar manufacturer will do more than build coupes and convertibles.

With the introduction of the FF, Ferrari seems to be taking an entirely new direction, seemingly forced by the addition of the Porsche Panamera and also the Aston Martin Rapide, except Ferrari determined to tackle the four-seater (with actual room for four) question a bit differently.

For starters, the FF still retains the two-door layout, unlike the Rapide and Panamera that adopted four full doors and a a lot of generous rear seating space than the shooting brake FF. But, the Ferrari looks to have been developed with a completely new approach in mind – on and off road style driving in snow and rain, because of the primary-ever application of all-wheel drive in a very production Ferrari.

The FF nomenclature derives from “Ferrari Four-seater,” meaning that this shooting brake has masses of space for additional passengers and their cargo. Its long roofline hides a virtually sixteen cubic foot cargo space which will be extended to a lot of than 28 cubic feet with the second row of seats tumbled away.

The FF debuts Ferrari’s new 4RM all-wheel-drive system, which weighs in at about half that of a conventional all-wheel-drive system utilized in rivals bearing the Lamborghini and Porsche badges. Ferrari says that the FF tips the scales at below four,00zero lbs., which means that even though it puts power to all or any four wheels and options an elongated roofline, it weighs around 100 lbs. less than the 612.

The light weight system helps keep weight distribution at 47/fifty three between the front and rear axles.

Ferrari says that the FF is powered by a 6.3-liter V12 that cranks out 651 horsepower at eight,000 rpm and 504 lb-ft. of torque at 6,00zero rpm. Prime speed is 208 mph and the automaker says that the FF sprints to 62 mph in simply three.seven seconds, representing a roughly 0.3 second increase over the outgoing 612.

Helping to keep things green, the automaker’s HELE start/stop system makes an appearance. Fuel consumption is down to around fifteen.5 mpg combined and emissions are curbed at 360 g/km – spectacular figures for a Ferrari.

2012 Ferrari FF Side View