Filed under: Frankfurt Motor Show , Coupe , Performance , Ferrari When the doors open at the Frankfurt Motor Show in a few weeks, there’ll be loads of new cars and new versions of existing ones. And as far as the latter category goes at least, this will undoubtedly be what show-goers will look forward to most. What we have here is the Ferrari 458 Speciale – the successor to the 360 Challenge Stradale and 430 Scuderia, and the hard-core version of the 458 Italia

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Ferrari 458 Speciale speeds toward Frankfurt

Filed under: Performance , Auctions , Misc. Auto Shows , Ferrari , Luxury , Racing In the charged atmosphere at day two of RM’s Monterey auctions, a record-setting sum of money changed hands in exchange for one of the most exclusive Ferraris of all time

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1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 NART Spider sells for incredible $27.5 million

Filed under: Classics , Performance , BMW , Bugatti , Lamborghini , Rolls-Royce , Misc.

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2013 Quail Motorsports Gathering wows with modern masterpieces

Filed under: Coupe , Performance , Videos , Ferrari Fernando Alonso is quite cool behind the wheel, as evidenced by an earlier video where he gave a full interview while actively hooning a Ferrari F12 around the N

Filed under: Classics , Auctions , Ferrari The New York Times’ Wheels blog has a really interesting story on a pair of Ferraris that are set to be auctioned off in Monterey during the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance . While the two cars are similar on the surface, their differing histories and Ferrari’s attitude towards one of them has led to a sort of experimental auction process. On the one hand, we have one of ten 1967 275 GTB/4 NART Spiders , in the classic Rosso Corsa and appearing at RM Auctions and seen above.

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Ferrari vs. Ferrari: Cut convertibles unloved by collectors?

Filed under: Earnings/Financials , Ferrari Ferrari’s angle of emphasizing exclusivity by limiting deliveries is appearing to bear fruit. The company posted a 7.1-percent increase in revenues to 1.7 billion Euros ($2.2 billion at today’s exchange rates) during the first half of 2013

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Ferrari reports fewer sales, more profit to prove strategy is working

Filed under: Concept Cars , Coupe , Performance , Videos , Ferrari , Design/Style For every finished vehicle design we see, there are probably hundreds of drawings and models that have long since been discarded.

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LaFerrari design secrets explored at Ferrari museum

Filed under: Frankfurt Motor Show , Motorsports , Coupe , Performance , Ferrari , Rumormill , Racing We’re heavy on the speculative side with this, but Auto Express is saying that “Rumours of Ferrari 458 Scuderia emerge, with possible debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show.” To be clear, that’s the possible debut of a car that is still only a rumor, and we’re not sure it will be called “Scuderia,” either – remember, the track-day 360 was the Challenge Stradale. Admittedly, the rumor of its existence is strong and there is plenty of precedent: Ferrari has introduced some model or variant of its mid-engined V8 sports car at the last three Frankfurt Motor Shows.

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Ferrari 458 Scuderia to be unveiled in Frankfurt?

Filed under: Motorsports , Coupe , Performance , Europe , Videos , Ferrari , Celebrities , Luxury Fernando Alonso gave a wide-ranging interview to German television station RTL, the Spanish driver and German interviewer conducting the session in Italian, driving a special Italian car on very special German track. Among many answers – from the industriousness of his native Ovideo, Spain to where he relaxes – Alonso gives Ferrari an eight out of ten for the season, admitting they don’t have the fastest car but they have a complete car, and refuses to give himself a number, only saying that he is more complete as well than when he first entered. Beyond the normal-guy persona and wealth of topics, the 10-minute interview is neat for being able to watch Alonso hurl the Ferrari F12 Berlinetta over and around kerbs while he’s answering questions

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Fernando Alonso gives German TV interview driving Ferrari F12 at the Nordschleife

Filed under: Motorsports , Europe , Infiniti , Mercedes-Benz , Ferrari , UK , Racing The British Formula One Grand Prix wasn’t things that go “bump” in the night, it was things that go “Pop!” on the track. Pirelli came into the sport with a mandate to spice things up, but now – unintentionally – the spice could be overpowering the flavor of the food

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Race Recap: British Grand Prix is one part close racing, four parts blowout

Filed under: Classics , Auctions , Ferrari , TV/Movies We like car auctions well enough, but often the high-end affairs are a bit too much like outdoor museums – very beautiful and very cold, and you’re not allowed to touch anything. A perfect case in point is the upcoming Mecum auction during the 2013 Pebble Beach weekend, which will feature the legendary replica Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder used in none other than Ferris Bueller’s Day Off . Only three were made.

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Ferrari California replica from Ferris Bueller is so choice

Filed under: Concept Cars , Classics , Performance , Etc. , Europe , Bugatti , Ferrari , Design/Style , Luxury On this past long weekend while Americans were celebrating Memorial Day, the very American Ralph Lauren was cleaning up tidily at this year’s Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este in northern Italy on the western shore of Lake Como

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2013 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este dominated by Ralph Lauren’s Bugatti [w/video]

Filed under: Coupe , Etc. , Videos , Ferrari , Humor If it wasn’t obscene enough to go off-roading in a Rolls-Royce Phantom or rally driving a Ferrari Enzo , the Tax The Rich crew has gotten its hands on a pair of ultra-rare Ferrari F50 models to perform a tug-of-war battle, which we usually see reserved for pickup trucks

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Ferrari F50s duel in world’s most improbable tug-of-war

Filed under: Concept Cars , Coupe , Performance , Videos , Ferrari , Design/Style , Luxury Ferrari apparently worked through nine design concepts for its LaFerrari supercar recently shown at the Geneva Motor Show , and has put two of them on display at its museum in Maranello, Italy. Both from 2011, the Manta (pictured) is harder edged and looks closest to the finished product. The other, the Tensostruttura, is much more fluid and looks like it probably came from the past or the future, not so much the present.

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These are two Ferrari design studies that led to the LaFerrari

Filed under: Concept Cars , Coupe , Performance , Videos , Ferrari , Design/Style , Luxury Ferrari apparently worked through nine design concepts for its LaFerrari supercar recently shown at the Geneva Motor Show , and has put two of them on display at its museum in Maranello, Italy. Both from 2011, the Manta (pictured) is harder edged and looks closest to the finished product. The other, the Tensostruttura, is much more fluid and looks like it probably came from the past or the future, not so much the present

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These are two Ferrari design studies that led to the LaFerrari

Filed under: Coupe , Performance , Government/Legal , Japan , Lamborghini , Mercedes-Benz , Ferrari , Luxury Justice is slowly being served to those drivers who were involved in a 10-car pile up in Japan last year that saw eight Ferrari models, one Lamborghini and three Mercedes-Benz vehicles hauled off for scrap. As you may recall, the lead driver lost control of his machine, pin balling into those following behind and doing some $4 million in damage in the process

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Filed under: Performance , Europe , Earnings/Financials , Ferrari , Luxury Ferrari has nabbed the honor of becoming the world’s most powerful brand from Apple . According to Brand Finance, the Italian automaker earned the highest rating among all brands on the Global 500 list despite being worth considerably less than its competition. But the ranking takes into account more than just a company’s bottom line.

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Ferrari rated world’s most powerful brand ahead of Apple

Filed under: Motorsports , Audi , Mercedes-Benz , Ferrari , Australia , Racing For the last two years, Audi has won what’s called “The ultimate Aussie endurance race,” the Bathurst 12-Hour event at Mt. Panorama, reverentially known as “The Mountain.” It did so with factory-backed versions of the R8 LMS Ultra and factory-backed drivers sent over for the sole purpose of taking the checkered flag at the 3.861-mile course and then taking the silverware back to Ingolstadt. Erebus Motorsport, owned by property developer Betty Klimenko, is 18 months old.

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Race Recap: 2013 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12-Hour race a feast of water, wrecks and yellow flags