http://www.topspeed.com/cars/ferrari/20 ... 65722.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;Christian Moe wrote:Ferrari has been selling delicate, aggressive and beautiful cars with the Prancing Horse emblazoned across the hood for 60 years here in the United States. From legendary machines like the 250 GTO, to modern marvels like the Ferrari FF, the Italian company has been showing the world what a supercar should be. Now to celebrate this milestone of six decades, Ferrari has created an ultra-limited model exclusively for its American customers. Dubbed the Ferrari F60 America, this special edition machine comes with a V-12 engine, no roof and a price tag of $2.5-million.
The car is based on the most powerful GT car that Ferrari currently sells, the F12 Berlinetta. The 6.3-liter carries on unchanged, but visually the car has received a very thorough overhaul. Every piece of this car’s design has been created to pay homage to the previous 60 years of Ferrari heritage. Only ten of these cars are being produced, a nod to the 10 GTS4 NART Spiders that Ferrari imported for US customers on the request of Luigi Chinetti. Luigi Chinetti was the founder of Ferrari’s North American Racing Team, and the white stripe across the exterior of the car pays tribute to the team’s preferred livery.
This is easily one of the most limited and sought after Ferrari models in decades. As such, all 10 models were already sold before the car was even announced.
The overall design of the F60 still maintains the proportions of the sexy F12 coupe it is based on, but it adds a dash of excitement and visual aggression with a completely revised front end. The nose dips a little lower and comes to a subtle point, while the gaping mouth fish from the F12 has been abolished, replaced with a grin worthy of the Chesire Cat. Under that new smile is a sharper front lip with some lovely molded intakes that look to funnel air to the brakes. The hood features new vents, and the interesting “flying buttress” air channel near the A-pillar is now gone.
The rear end has been completely altered as well. While the front end looks incredible, the tail looks a little frumpy. New sculpting and vents in the rear bumper make the back look a bit like a grumpy frog. Seriously, just imagine a big frog scowling at you. A new duckbill style rear spoiler sits across the rear, adding a touch of sportiness, and the massive rear diffuser should help keep things planted at speed.
Of course, the biggest change is the loss of the car’s roof. Instead of a piece of aluminum across the top, the F60 features miles of open air, and the rear window has been replaced with a set of carbon and leather roll hoops that features extended sections that travel all the way to the tail of the car. These help to elongate the car and make it appear a little lower. Now this isn’t some sort of fancy convertible top, this car is a truly open air vehicle. Your only protection from the elements comes in the form of a light fabric “top” that can be placed across the top, but be sure to watch your speed. Ferrari says the cloth panel will only hold to 75 mph or so.
The interior receives nearly as many special features and design touches as the outside did. The thin carbon-backed racing buckets each come covered in leather and feature a stripe running up the center that is white at the bottom and finished with a bright blue at the top that matches the exterior paint of the car. The passenger seat is black, but the driver’s seat is actually made from red leather. This is another homage to the racing machines of Ferrari’s past. More than the seat, Ferrari has done the entire driver’s cockpit in red. The center console and main dash assembly are painted in gloss red paint, the bottom of the squared steering wheel has red leather, and the door panel is almost completely red.
Despite the complete visual overhaul for this special edition, Ferrari has decided to leave the running gear completely untouched. That means that each of the 10 new owners of the F60 have access to a 6.3-liter V-12 that dumps 730 horsepower and 509 pound-feet of torque to the rear wheels via a seven-speed dual clutch transmission. The zero to 60 sprint is quoted at 3.1 seconds; no top speed has been given, but we expect it to be considerably less than the closed-top F12’s 225 mph.
