Ferrari LaFerrari, 2014
Ferrari LaFerrari
Ferrari LaFerrari•
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Chassis No.: ZFF76ZFA6E0207602
Auction: Kissimmee 2019
Auction date: January 13, 2019
Lot No.: S114
$3,300,000 | Sold
- Exterior: Red
- Interior: Black
- 418 original miles
- $37,589 in special features
- Attestation for Special Series Cars (Yellow certification book)
- 6.3/949 HP hybrid drive V-12 engine
- F1-inspired HY-KERS Kinetic Energy Recovery System
- Factory-rated top speed of 217 MPH
- F1 7-speed dual clutch gearbox
- Scuderia shields
- Brembo carbon ceramic disc brakes
- Black brake calipers
- Carbon fog lamps
- Carbon fiber lower part, $21,276 option
- Special-order Rosso Fuoco paint
- Black leather and Alcantara interior with Red contrast stitching and Red prancing horse embroidered in head rests
- Carbon fiber dashboard livery
- Stability control, performance anti blockage system/electronic brake balance
- F1 electronic traction control integrated with the hybrid system and third generation electronic differential
- Magnetorheological damping with twin solenoids
- Active aerodynamics with large adjustable spoiler and movable diffuser flaps
- Dynamic ram effect
- Adjustable steering wheel and pedal box
- Main and secondary controls for audio, navigation, climate and telemetry
- Reconfigurable digital instrument panel with central tachometer or competition-derived display
- 19 and 20 inch Black forged alloy wheels
Considered one of most exclusive and sought-after Ferraris of the modern era, only 499 examples of the LaFerrari coupe were constructed between June 2013 and January 2016, and only for a select clientele. The example on offer—with a mere 418 miles on the odometer—was constructed in 2014 and came from the factory resplendent in custom-ordered Rosso Fuoco paint with 19/20-inch black alloy forged wheels that feature custom red pinstriping.
Other custom-ordered factory options include carbon-fiber fog lamps, custom-stitched Prancing Stallions on the headrests, dashboard carbon-fiber livery, Prancing Horse emblem on the gas-filler cap, color-matched interior vents, red stitching on the seats and the carbon-fiber lower part package. An indication of the car’s unique, bespoke nature is the inclusion of the signatures of all the Ferrari technicians that constructed the car on the engine’s carbon-fiber coverplate.
In 2007, Ferrari set out to design a revolutionary new road car that would incorporate all of the engineering and technology developed in its championship-winning Formula One program with the latest hybrid technology to create the ultimate road-going Ferrari and a worthy successor to the Ferrari Enzo. The result of this development program was debuted to the world at the 2013 Geneva Auto Show and was named “LaFerrari,” which when translated literally meant “The” Ferrari, a not so subtle nod to the car’s clear superiority over its predecessors.
According to former Ferrari Chairman Luca di Montezemolo, “We chose to call this model LaFerrari because it is the finest expression of our company's unique, unparalleled engineering and design know-how, including that acquired in Formula One.” While the LaFerrari was brimming with firsts and superlatives, the core of its design—and its superiority—was a groundbreaking powertrain. The LaFerrari featured a 6.3L (6262cc) F140 direct-injection, 60-degree V-12 engine that produced a whopping 789 HP at 9,000 RPM with a neck-snapping 516 lb-ft of torque generated at 6,750 RPM.
While this would be sufficient to launch the LaFerrari into supercar territory, Ferrari then chose to mate this engine with the F1-inspired HY-KERS—hybrid kinetic energy recovery system—that could generate 120kW of additional energy, thus boosting the LaFerrari’s total available power output to 950 HP and 664 lb-ft of torque. The high levels of instantly available torque generated at low revs from the electric motor allowed the engineers to optimize the V-12 engine’s performance at higher revs, thus providing almost limitless power throughout the rev range while at the same time reducing the LaFerrari’s fuel consumption by a staggering 40 percent.
All this motive force was then transferred through a semi-automatic 7-speed dual-clutch transmission that fed into an electronically controlled differential. Keeping this power connected to the ground was an unequal-length wishbone suspension up front with a multilink rear suspension, while the braking system was also Grand Prix inspired with super-lightweight Brembo carbon-ceramic disc brakes all the way around. Keeping with the use of cutting-edge Formula One technology, this advanced powerplant was then nestled into an all-carbon-fiber monocoque chassis designed by Ferrari’s F1 designer, Rory Byrne, and manufactured in the same race facility that produces Ferrari’s F1 cars.
As a result, the LaFerrari chassis has 27 percent more torsional stiffness than its supercar predecessor, the Enzo, and yet is lighter by some 66 pounds. Inside the LaFerrari, the cockpit too took its cues from Ferrari’s Grand Prix cars, with the driver sitting in a lower and more recumbent position and with the leather-covered racing seats being mounted in a fixed position, with the Formula One-style steering wheel and pedals adjusting fore and aft to the driver.
As with any modern Grand Prix car, the LaFerrari also boasts an impressive array of electronic driver aids and controls, such as Ferrari’s EF-1 Trac F1 traction-control system that fully integrates the V-12 engine and HY-KERS with the transmission, the differential, the brakes and even the LaFerrari’s active aerodynamic systems. The result is a car that can accelerate from 0 to 60 MPH in 2.4 seconds and 0 to 124 MPH in just 7 seconds, and one that could lap the Ferrari test track at Fiorano 58 seconds faster than the Ferrari Enzo with a top speed of 217 MPH.
Cost
12,119,250 AED
