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2014 Ferrari 458 Speciale

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Ferrari Purosangue

After 75 glorious years, Ferrari—the marque that gifted us the 250 GTO, Daytona, F40 and 458 Speciale—has built an SUV. Yet the first Prancing Horse with four doors is described by Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna as “a car unlike any other.” Ferrari insists that the Purosangue actually isn’t an SUV. Whatever the semantics, Ferrari’s decision to launch the Purosangue with a naturally aspirated 6.5-liter V-12 certainly seems to affirm the lack of compromise. The all-new engine serves up 725 hp and 528 ft lbs of torque, and is tucked up beneath the bulkhead for near-perfect weight distribution of 49 percent in front and 51 percent at the rear. And unlike the peaky V-12 in the 812 Superfast, 80 percent of that muscle arrives at an easygoing 2,100 rpm.Power is delivered to all four wheels via a dual-clutch transaxle transmission, which has seven “rapid-fire” ratios and an overdrive-style eighth gear. Despite a hefty curb weight of 4,806 pounds (the lightest dry weight is 4,482 pounds), the vehicle has a power-train configuration that propels it from zero to 62 mph in 3.3 seconds and allows a top speed of 193 mph. Ferrari is coy about the model’s lap-time metrics on the marque’s Fiorano test track, but active suspension and an arsenal of chassis tech mean it certainly won’t be slow. While every potential rival rides on air suspension, that’s not the case for the Purosangue. Stefano Varisco, head of Vehicle Dynamics, says “air springs are too slow to deliver this kind of performance.” Instead, the Ferrari Active Suspension Technology (yep, that’s “FAST” for short) was developed with Canada-based Multimatic and uses a coilover design, with 48-volt electric motors to combat pitch, dive and roll. Want to venture off-road? Surprisingly, the five-position manettino on the steering wheel doesn’t have a dedicated rough-terrain mode, but an optional lift kit allows the stock ride height of 7.3 inches to be raised by another 1.2 inches.Flavio Manzoni, Ferrari’s design chief, readily admits that creating a new kind of Ferrari was “quite tough.” Seeing the Purosangue in the metal at Maranello’s Centro Stile, however, it’s clear his work has paid off. Flowing curves, muscular haunches and a tapering carbon-fiber roof make the model more elegant than most any other super-SUV (with the possible exception of the Aston Martin DBX). According to Manzoni, it “has the feeling of a crouching feline,” with aerodynamic aids—such as the “air-curtain” ducts around the wheel arches—seamlessly integrated into the design.