Paris 2010: Ferrari California featuring HELE system

Filed under: Coupe , Performance , Technology , Paris Motor Show , Ferrari Ferrari California with HELE System – Click above for high-res image gallery One theme we have seen so far at this years Paris Motor Show , is automakers showing off vehicles which don’t seem to flow with past company history . Ferrari just added a vehicle to the growing list. Have a look at the Ferrari Calfornia fitted with the HELE System.

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Ferrari bringing fuel-efficient California prototype to Paris?

Filed under: Concept Cars , Convertible , Performance , Paris Motor Show , Ferrari Ferrari California – Click above for high-res image gallery Ferrari has plenty in the pipeline , and not just off in the distant future, either. There’s a 599 roadster that was shown in secret during this year’s Pebble Beach festivities, as well as a handful of 458 derivatives on their way. And that’s just the start. Now comes word that the automaker has something big planned for this year’s Paris Motor Show

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Ferrari California gets 515-hp infusion thanks to Anderson Germany

Filed under: Aftermarket , Convertible , Performance , Europe , Ferrari , Luxury Anderson Germany Ferrari California – Click above for high-res image gallery You have to admire the automotive scene in Germany. Despite its somewhat small geographic size, Bavaria seems to have more tuners per capita than just about any other nation in the world. We tend to count Anderson Germany among the best and brightest of that group, thanks largely to the company’s work with various Ferrari products. The tuner has just finished tidying up the details on its latest project, and the final result is plenty mouthwatering

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Special two-tone California to lead Ferrari fleet at Goodwood

Filed under: Convertible , Coupe , Performance , Misc. Auto Shows , Ferrari , UK , Racing Ferrari California with two-tone paintjob for Goodwood 2010 – Click above for high-res image gallery Ferrari always shows up big for the Goodwood Festival of Speed, and this year will be no exception as a roster of factory and private entries fill out the Prancing Horse stables on the run up the Earl of March’s front yard. Both the 458 Italia and the 599 GTO will be making their British debuts at the event, but arguably more intriguing is the specially-prepared California that will be joining them. The two-tone roadster is decked out in a Argento Nurburgring hue, offset by a black roof and pillars similar to the treatment which Ferrari gave to various versions of the 599, including the XX , GTO, HY-KERS and China editions

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Report: Four-year product lifecycles will allow Ferrari to unveil new model every year

Filed under: Performance , Ferrari With the 458 Italia , Calfornia , 612 Scaglietti , 599 GTB Fiorano and numerous derivations thereof, Ferrari ‘s juggling more distinct models than it has since the days of the 328, Mondial, 412 and Testarossa. So while updating its line-up on an ad-hoc basis has worked for the company previously, Maranello has now revealed a solid product life-cycle scheme that will see a new model revealed every year. The plan calls for each model to live for eight years, with an updated version to arrive four years after a model’s introduction.

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Hot Wheels "Speed Machines" dial up the detail

Filed under: Toys/Games Hot Wheels “Speed Machines” Mix E – Click above for high-res image gallery If you’re a casual die-cast car collector, any mundane shopping trip is an opportunity to grow that pile of toy cars you have taking up space in your house that could probably put to better use. (According to your significant other, at least!) If you have kids, there’s that to contend with, too – any unopened toy car they come across will soon be an opened toy car. After all, how do you explain to doe-eyed Junior that really, Daddy would prefer you don’t open that green Matchbox Porsche 914 that took two months to find at the store? Now, the standard buck-a-pop Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars are pretty nicely detailed, but those same castings look a lot better when they’re re-decoed and packaged as pricier, step-up subsets sold separately from the regular assortments

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