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2023 was Ferrari’s best year ever

Like other supercar manufacturers, Ferrari has reason to celebrate 2023, as it was Ferrari’s best year ever. In the past twelve months, Ferrari delivered 13,663 cars worldwide, which is 3 percent more than in 2022.

Ferrari’s biggest market was Europe, where 6,063 cars were delivered, which is 1.8 percent more than in 2022. In North and South America Ferrari delivered 3,811 units (+10.6%), in Asia (China, Taiwan and Hong Kong) 1,490 units (+4%), and in the rest of the Asia Pacific region Ferrari sold 2,299 units (+2%)

This result is great, but even greater is the fact that all current models are sold out for the year 2025, so all interested buyers have to wait at least two years for their cars. However, Ferrari has already announced the arrival of three new models in the coming years.

There is not much information about the new models. The first of the new ones is supposed to be the successor to the 812 Superfast model, caught in spy photos during testing with a Ferrari Roma body, and is predicted to use a V12 engine.

Some rumors say that the second one could be the F250 as the successor to the LaFerrari model, which was produced between 2013 and 2018 in 710 examples as a coupe (500 examples) and Aperta (210 examples).

Also, rumor has it that Ferrari will not use a V12 engine this time, but a plug-in hybrid twin-turbo V6 engine based on the engine used by the 296 GTB and GT3 models. This model will be limited to 828 copies in three versions: the coupe (599 copies) which should arrive this year, 30 copies of the most powerful XX version which will enter production in 2027 and the convertible (199 copies) which will arrive by the end of the decade.

When it comes to the third model, no one knows what the decision might be. Some predict that Ferrari could introduce an entirely new model. Only time will tell.

Source: Ferrari

2017 Ferrari LaFerrari Aperta is up for auction

At the 2013 Geneva Salon, Ferrari unveiled a limited edition sports car that was supposed to be the definitive Ferrari, the LaFerrari. Three years later, the open-top version of this model, the LaFerrari Aperta, arrived on the market. Only 210 cars were produced until 2018, and one of them, the 2017 Ferrari LaFerrari Aperta is up for auction.

LaFerrari Aperta is powered by a 6.3-liter V-12 engine (789 hp/580 kW @ 9,250 rpm) combined with an electric motor (161 hp/118 kW) with a total output of 950 hp (708 kW) and 664 lb-ft (900 Nm ) of torque, with a compression ratio of 13.5:1. Power is sent to the rear wheels via a 7-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission. It reaches 60 mph in just 2.4 seconds with a top speed of 218 mph (351 km/h).

The body of the car is made of carbon fiber, and the entire design focus was on the driver’s position, whose seat is directly attached to the floor and the rear firewall. It is equipped with a reinforced chassis, angled radiators to reduce cabin heat, a longer front air-dam to improve downforce, and a reconfigured angle for the butterfly doors, with correspondingly altered wheel arches.

This LaFerrari Aperta is finished in Nero Daytona metallic paint with Rosso racing stripes, serviced at authorized Ferrari dealerships, rarely driven and has only 2,072 miles on the odometer. It features a digital copy of the Ferrari window sticker on file, which shows that this car has extra equipment worth $113,000 (carbon-fiber hardtop and the carbon-fiber exterior package), which with the standard equipment gives an MSRP of $2.3 million.

Inside, the seats are upholstered in Nero leather with Rosso accents and embossed Prancing Horse stitching on the headrests. There is also a carbon-fiber and Alcantara steering wheel with its signature Manettino drive-mode control.

The car comes with the carbon-fiber hardtop and a canvas soft-top, battery charger, center lock socket, owner’s manuals, the OEM set of five-spoke forged alloy LaFerrari wheels, and an extended two-year Ferrari powertrain warranty.

The auction will take place on November 17 in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the estimated value of the car is $5,300,000 – $5,800,000 USD.

Source: RM Sotheby’s

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