Iħjut Top 12 karozzi ta ' 2012: Ferrari F12 Berlinetta

Il-Front-magna ġdid ta ' l-V12 Berlinetta taħlitiet McLaren F1-Swat il-prestazzjoni ma ' livelli ta ' kumdità tal-familja saloon. Il-jum li Ferrari tana l-imfieta ħ għall-Ferrari F12 tagħha setgħu kienu l-itwal ħadd fl-istorja. Hija ma bdietx partikolarment kmieni, iżda – għal ruħ waħda fraġli, mill-inqas – spiċċat fi 3. 47am nhar it-tnejn filgħodu. Hija ma verament finitura fil-livell kollu, waslet biex think ta ' dan. Kelli żmien għal 42 minuti ta ' mistrieħ qabel ma jkollna u ħalla lil Maranello biex titla ' abbord id-dar tat-titjira bikrija.
Ħdax-il siegħa aqwa fil-karozza u quddiem kamera tal-vidjow kienu segwiti minn sitt sigħat fuq it-tastiera u xkupilja bi skadenza ta ' printers li ma ħalliet assolutament l-ebda marġini għal żball. Il-ħaġa waħda li għamilha kollha possibbli: karozza tant monumentali li l-istorja kollha iżda kiteb lilu nnifsu.
Il-F12 hija monumentali – bidla fundamentali. Dan se jkollu influwenza ferm akbar milli jista ' jimplika l-bejg ħ tiegħu. Huwa jikteb mill-ġdid il-ġabra ta ' regoli dwar id-disinn konvenzjonali super-gt – il-klassi magħmula mill-ikbar ta ' Grand touring coupes. Karozzi b ' magni V12 mmuntati fuq quddiem u b ' sedili 2 + 2, li Ferrari għamel tiegħu stess mal-1968 Daytona. Minħabba li l-F12 turi li l-żotiċi prattiċi u li ilhom hemm bżonn ikunu tant kbar.
Huma neednt ikunu tant tqal. Fil-fatt, jistgħu jiġu bħala razor-sharp, veloċi u ta ' sodisfazzjon bħala supercar b ' demmhom sħiħ-u għadhom jistgħu jintużaw fis-supremazija. Il-F12 huwa l-ewwel mudell ta ' 12-ċilindru li qatt sar minn Ferrari biex ikun iżgħar mill-karozza li jissostitwixxi, irrispettivament minn kif tkejjel dan. B ' mod sinifikanti wkoll eħfef u stiffer iżda, fl-istess ħin, aktar spazjużi minn 599. Aktar b ' saħħtu minn McLaren F1 u, skont iċ-ċifri uffiċjali, aktar malajr għal 62mph. Għandha ajrudinamika attiva inkredibbli; hija tipproduċi downforce attwali minn ftit li 70mph, iżda xorta għandha koeffiċjent drag li rivali saloons familja... M ' għandekx tistaqsi lili kif dak huwa possibbli, imma Nemmen dan.
U meta ssuq il-F12, is-sens ta ' l-meravilja biss iżid. Din il-karozza gniedes bid-direttività ta ' single-seater. Tagħha V12 Front-magna li biss ma jafux li understeer jew roll korp jeżistu. Il-kapa ċità tagħha għall-qabda u l-istabbiltà b ' veloċità għolja fil-modalità tar-razza hija kważi bħala tnemnim tas-sinsla tad-dahar bħala l-aptit tagħha għall-angolu ta ' żliq meta iddawwar kollox.
Dan jirrappreżenta l-bi ċċa l-kbira ta ' sfida sħiħa fuq ċirkwit bħala track ta ' l-istripping speċjali bħal Porsche 911 GT3 RS. Mhuwiex supremazija faċli biex tikseb fuq termini ma ', iżda inti ma tridx li tkun. Minħabba li, meta inti tikseb dan id-dritt, il-F12 tista ' ħoġor track malajr kemm xejn fid-dinja. Tagħha aktar malajr madwar Fiorano, Ferraris track tat-test, minn Enzo.
U minbarra dan kollu, xorta tista ' tilgħab Ferrari kbar tradizzjonali. Xorta jista ' jkun ta ' min joqgħod biżżejjed biex iħaffef il-mili ta ' 500 mil f ' seduta, umidifikaturi fil-modalità ratba, il-gearbox taħdem ' l bogħod imperċettibbli, bil-magna mumbling kwiet f ' kruċiera kalm – in-nervituri tiegħek kompletament unjangled. Dik il-wisa ' tal-abilità mhix biss rari; l-ebda ħaġa qasira ta ' masterstroke.

Ferrari's new front-engined V12 Berlinetta mixes McLaren F1-beating performance with family saloon levels of comfort. The day that Ferrari handed us the keys to its new Ferrari F12 may have been the longest Sunday in history. It didnt start particularly early, but – for one frazzled soul, at least – it finished at 3. 47am on Monday morning. It didnt really finish at all, come to think of it. I had time for 42 minutes of rest before getting up and leaving Maranello to board the early flight home.
Eleven amazing hours in the car and in front of a video camera were followed by six hours at the keyboard and a brush with a printers deadline that left absolutely no margin for error. The one thing that made it all possible: a car so monumental that the story all but wrote itself.
The F12 is a landmark – a paradigm shift. It will have an influence far greater than its sales reach might imply. It rewrites the rulebook on conventional super-GT design – the class made up of the grandest of grand touring coupes. Cars with front-mounted V12 engines and 2+2 seating, which Ferrari made its own with the 1968 Daytona. Because the F12 proves that practical, long-legged exotics neednt be so big.
They neednt be so heavy. In fact, they can be as razor-sharp, fast and rewarding as a full-blooded supercar – and still be supremely usable. The F12 is the first 12-cylinder model ever made by Ferrari to be smaller than the car it replaces, regardless of which way you measure it. Its also significantly lighter and stiffer but, at the same time, more spacious than a 599. Its more powerful than a McLaren F1 and, according to official figures, faster to 62mph. It has incredible active aerodynamics; it produces actual downforce from as little as 70mph, but it still has a drag coefficient to rival a family saloons. Dont ask me how thats possible, but I believe it.
And when you drive the F12, your sense of awe only increases. This car steers with the directness of a single-seater. Its a front-engined V12 that just doesnt know that understeer or body roll exist. Its capacity for grip and high-speed stability in Race mode is almost as spine-tingling as its appetite for slip angle when you turn it all off.
It represents as much of a full-on challenge on a circuit as a stripped-out track special like a Porsche 911 GT3 RS. Its not supremely easy to get on terms with, but you wouldnt want it to be. Because, when you get it right, the F12 can lap a track as quickly as anything in the world. Its quicker around Fiorano, Ferraris own test track, than an Enzo.
And besides all of that, it can still play the traditional big Ferrari. It can still be docile enough to ease away 500 miles in a sitting, dampers in soft mode, gearbox working away imperceptibly, engine mumbling quietly at a calm cruise – your nerves entirely unjangled. That breadth of ability isnt just rare; its nothing short of a masterstroke.