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Ferrari’s invite-only car: Only 6 are being made
Arjun Kharpal (http://www.cnbc.com/id/101091325) | @ArjunKharpal (http://twitter.com/ArjunKharpal)
15 Hours AgoCNBC.com
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Ferrari just got even more exclusive. The Italian luxury automaker is gearing up to start production on its invite-only supercar known as the Ferrari Sergio, and only six people will be able to get their hands on one.
The concept car, unveiled at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, was designed in collaboration with Italian firm Pininfarina, and each model is expected to sell for millions, though Ferrari would not disclose an exact price.
But if you wanted to be one of the lucky six, you're too late as Ferrari has already pre-sold all the Sergio cars. Long-standing Ferrari clients are the only ones who got the invites.
A spokesperson from the automaker told CNBC the final orders are being confirmed and production will start "shortly", with the aim of delivering the final product to clients next year. Ferrari will have to make changes to the design unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in order to comply with road laws so the design is likely to be different from the original concept which had no windshield or mirrors.
Ferrari has made a point of being exclusive by capping the number of vehicles it makes each year to 7,000 and the move has paid off financially. The brand, owned by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (http://data.cnbc.com/quotes/FCA-IT), reported revenues of 1.3 billion euros ($1.65 billion) in the first half of the year, a 14.6 percent rise from the same period in 2013.
The company also has a "one off" program where enthusiasts with deep pockets can design a bespoke car from start to finish and have it made at Ferrari's Maranello headquarters. The Sergio buyers' identities have not been revealed but in the past big names like Eric Clapton have purchased custom made cars.
The Sergio is based on the Ferrari's 458 Spider mechanical base and technologic components. The doors rise up rather than open outwards and the company said the car can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in less than 3.4 seconds.
Ferrari has pursued a similar exclusive approach with another car in its range – the LaFerrari supercar (http://www.cnbc.com/id/101242969). Only 499 are being made, and after its debut at the Geneva Motor Show last year, over 1,000 people had already requested the car. But similar to the Sergio, you don't choose the car, Ferrari chooses you.
Pininfarina Sergio is a concept car (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept_car) first shown during the 83rd Geneva Motor Show (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_Motor_Show) (5–17 March 2013) and is a tribute to Sergio Pininfarina (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio_Pininfarina), who died July 3, 2012, at the age of 85 years.[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pininfarina_Sergio#cite_note-Sergio-1) The Sergio is a roadster (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadster_(automobile)) in style that Pininfarina used in the engineering of the Ferrari 458 Spider (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_458_Spider), keeping some elements.
One innovation consists of floats and an aerodynamic headrest attached to the roll rather than the body of the seats, becoming almost elements of the exterior more than the interior. In addition to contributing to the lines, this solution also acts as a fairing of the heads in the rear. In front of the door panel, in a small recess of the channel, are housed the two helmets. Made on a specific design of Pininfarina in collaboration with Newmax, helmets of the Sergio are personalized with the color of the exterior car.
The Pininfarina Style Centre has transformed the original car, a Ferrari 458 Spider, into this roadster car with calculations and tests in the wind tunnel of Grugliasco (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grugliasco) to optimize aerodynamic performance. In particular, new bodywork has been realized, full carbon, with a weight savings of approximately 10% in relation to the bodywork original aluminum, all to the benefit of acceleration and recovery. Compared to the original car, then, have been included in light alloy wheel rims monodado by 21 ', with specific design, and a hub derived from Ferrari 458 Challenge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_458_Challenge).
The aerodynamics have allowed us to achieve more interesting results, starting with the creation of a virtual windshield. The elimination of the windshield would, in fact, the arrival of a stream of air pressure increasing with the speed on the head of the driver and the passenger. The engineers and designers at Pininfarina have designed, built and tested an airfoil placed in a shape of the bonnet, which produces a double deflection of the flow of air entering the passenger compartment.
The first deviation is made from the wing itself, the second from the air that accelerates the channel created between the airfoil and the corresponding shape of the molding in the trunk. The result is that, thanks to the virtual windshield, the air passes above the heads of the driver and the passenger, greatly increasing the comfort. This effect also contributes to increase the aerodynamic downforce (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downforce) on the front axle of the car. The virtual windscreen is already effective from 50 km/h.
The loss of aerodynamic load on the front axle, due to the elimination of the windscreen, has been recovered from a wing inserted in the front bumper. The wing is calculated in the form and dimensions such as to give the required load at the various speeds and, at the same time, allow a correct flow of air to the radiators of the cooling system, the front seats, in a central position. To improve the protection of the occupants was made a roll-bar which has been applied a fixed spoiler that increases the downforce on the rear axle. The attention to detail goes so far as the rearview mirror, center, whose form has been aerodynamically optimized to link up with the air flow of the virtual windshield. The air intake of the engine is channeled from the air inlets in the two sides. The air vents at the base of the roll bar conveying the cooling air to the oil coolers. The torsional stiffness greater than that of the spider of origin, thanks to the reduction in the size of the doors, and with a reduction of the total mass of about 150 kg compared to the spider. This affects handling and acceleration, the value of the 0–100 km / h they estimate to fall below 3.4 seconds.
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Arjun Kharpal (http://www.cnbc.com/id/101091325) | @ArjunKharpal (http://twitter.com/ArjunKharpal)
15 Hours AgoCNBC.com
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http://fm.cnbc.com/applications/cnbc.com/resources/img/editorial/2014/10/27/102123696-Ferrari_sergio.530x298.jpg?v=1414418161Pininfarina
Ferrari just got even more exclusive. The Italian luxury automaker is gearing up to start production on its invite-only supercar known as the Ferrari Sergio, and only six people will be able to get their hands on one.
The concept car, unveiled at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, was designed in collaboration with Italian firm Pininfarina, and each model is expected to sell for millions, though Ferrari would not disclose an exact price.
But if you wanted to be one of the lucky six, you're too late as Ferrari has already pre-sold all the Sergio cars. Long-standing Ferrari clients are the only ones who got the invites.
A spokesperson from the automaker told CNBC the final orders are being confirmed and production will start "shortly", with the aim of delivering the final product to clients next year. Ferrari will have to make changes to the design unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in order to comply with road laws so the design is likely to be different from the original concept which had no windshield or mirrors.
Ferrari has made a point of being exclusive by capping the number of vehicles it makes each year to 7,000 and the move has paid off financially. The brand, owned by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (http://data.cnbc.com/quotes/FCA-IT), reported revenues of 1.3 billion euros ($1.65 billion) in the first half of the year, a 14.6 percent rise from the same period in 2013.
The company also has a "one off" program where enthusiasts with deep pockets can design a bespoke car from start to finish and have it made at Ferrari's Maranello headquarters. The Sergio buyers' identities have not been revealed but in the past big names like Eric Clapton have purchased custom made cars.
The Sergio is based on the Ferrari's 458 Spider mechanical base and technologic components. The doors rise up rather than open outwards and the company said the car can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in less than 3.4 seconds.
Ferrari has pursued a similar exclusive approach with another car in its range – the LaFerrari supercar (http://www.cnbc.com/id/101242969). Only 499 are being made, and after its debut at the Geneva Motor Show last year, over 1,000 people had already requested the car. But similar to the Sergio, you don't choose the car, Ferrari chooses you.
Pininfarina Sergio is a concept car (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept_car) first shown during the 83rd Geneva Motor Show (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_Motor_Show) (5–17 March 2013) and is a tribute to Sergio Pininfarina (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio_Pininfarina), who died July 3, 2012, at the age of 85 years.[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pininfarina_Sergio#cite_note-Sergio-1) The Sergio is a roadster (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadster_(automobile)) in style that Pininfarina used in the engineering of the Ferrari 458 Spider (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_458_Spider), keeping some elements.
One innovation consists of floats and an aerodynamic headrest attached to the roll rather than the body of the seats, becoming almost elements of the exterior more than the interior. In addition to contributing to the lines, this solution also acts as a fairing of the heads in the rear. In front of the door panel, in a small recess of the channel, are housed the two helmets. Made on a specific design of Pininfarina in collaboration with Newmax, helmets of the Sergio are personalized with the color of the exterior car.
The Pininfarina Style Centre has transformed the original car, a Ferrari 458 Spider, into this roadster car with calculations and tests in the wind tunnel of Grugliasco (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grugliasco) to optimize aerodynamic performance. In particular, new bodywork has been realized, full carbon, with a weight savings of approximately 10% in relation to the bodywork original aluminum, all to the benefit of acceleration and recovery. Compared to the original car, then, have been included in light alloy wheel rims monodado by 21 ', with specific design, and a hub derived from Ferrari 458 Challenge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_458_Challenge).
The aerodynamics have allowed us to achieve more interesting results, starting with the creation of a virtual windshield. The elimination of the windshield would, in fact, the arrival of a stream of air pressure increasing with the speed on the head of the driver and the passenger. The engineers and designers at Pininfarina have designed, built and tested an airfoil placed in a shape of the bonnet, which produces a double deflection of the flow of air entering the passenger compartment.
The first deviation is made from the wing itself, the second from the air that accelerates the channel created between the airfoil and the corresponding shape of the molding in the trunk. The result is that, thanks to the virtual windshield, the air passes above the heads of the driver and the passenger, greatly increasing the comfort. This effect also contributes to increase the aerodynamic downforce (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downforce) on the front axle of the car. The virtual windscreen is already effective from 50 km/h.
The loss of aerodynamic load on the front axle, due to the elimination of the windscreen, has been recovered from a wing inserted in the front bumper. The wing is calculated in the form and dimensions such as to give the required load at the various speeds and, at the same time, allow a correct flow of air to the radiators of the cooling system, the front seats, in a central position. To improve the protection of the occupants was made a roll-bar which has been applied a fixed spoiler that increases the downforce on the rear axle. The attention to detail goes so far as the rearview mirror, center, whose form has been aerodynamically optimized to link up with the air flow of the virtual windshield. The air intake of the engine is channeled from the air inlets in the two sides. The air vents at the base of the roll bar conveying the cooling air to the oil coolers. The torsional stiffness greater than that of the spider of origin, thanks to the reduction in the size of the doors, and with a reduction of the total mass of about 150 kg compared to the spider. This affects handling and acceleration, the value of the 0–100 km / h they estimate to fall below 3.4 seconds.
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