The everyday, all-weather Ferrari. It's something the 456 and 612 Scaglietti have tried hard for long, but it isn't until now that they have finally cracked it. The Ferrari FF is just that - and what's more it is also the first four-wheel drive production Ferrari! FF stands for four-seats and four-wheel drive is the most powerful car in its class of Grand Touring supercars and the fastback design highlights its practicality and versatility as well.
Not to be confused with the 456 fastback one-offs created for the likes of the Sultan of Brunei, the FF is designed by Pininfarina. There is a lot of design similarity with other Ferrari offerings like the 599 and 458 Italia to keep the current design language going. The four-wheel drive system on the FF uses a patented 4RM (Ruote Motrici) system that provides torque to the front-wheels when the conditions become slippery but is otherwise a rear-wheel driven car at most times.
Measuring 4907 mm it is 127 mm longer than the outgoing Scaglietti, is 46 mm wider and 69 mm taller. It also, surprisingly weighs some 50 kg less than the outgoing Scaglietti despite the use of four-wheel drive gear. This mid-engined grand tourer has a 47:53 weight distribution.
Powering the FF is a newly developed 6.5-litre V12 that produces an absolutely staggering 650 bhp@8000 rpm and a chest thumping 70.3 kgm of peak torque at 5000 rpm. This is up from the 5.7-litre Scaglietti's 540 bhp@7250 rpm and 60 kgm@5250 rpm. Better driveability apart, the new car can now accelerate from 0-100 kph in just 3.7 seconds (v/s the Scaglietti's 4.2 secs) and a top speed of 335 kph (up from 612's 315 kph). Even the emissions numbers show a healthy improvement by coming down from 470 g/km to 360 g/km.
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