Ferrari 849 Testarossa in Bangkok for ASEAN debut – SF90 substitute with iconic title and 1,050 PS

First revealed in September this yr, the Within the Ferrari 849 Testaro has now made its ASEAN debut in Bangkok, Thailand. Just like the SF90 Street it replaces, the 849 Testarossa is accessible as each a coupe or convertible, the latter marked with a ‘Spider’ moniker.

Whereas the brand new mid-engined sports activities automobile sits on the identical platform as its predecessor, the outside has been totally overhauled with a give attention to enhancing aerodynamics and cooling. In comparison with the SF90, the 849 Testarossa generates a complete of 415 kg of downforce at 250 km/h, which is 25 kg greater than the SF90 Stradale, whereas cooling energy for the powertrain and brakes is up by 15%.

At first look, the design cue that instantly attracts eyeballs is the visor-like remedy on the face – per the 12Cilindri and F80 – that connects the headlamps. That is paired with a entrance bumper that’s much less pointy than on the SF90 and has an 18% bigger entrance air consumption to maximise air stream to the radiators which have an elevated floor space.

The entrance bumper additionally comes with body-coloured flicks and a black splitter, with the entrance brake air consumption built-in into the higher a part of the duct and devoted fairing of the oil pipe fixing bracket guaranteeing a 15% larger stream charge in the direction of the entrance brake callipers.

Out of sight is the deflector beneath the decrease wishbone that contributes to the air flow of the disc. In the meantime, the entrance underfloor serves up 35% of the overall downforce generated has been redesigned to function three pairs of cascading vortex turbines.

Ferrari additionally factors out that the bigger splitter is chargeable for 10% of the entrance downforce and that the air vents on the wheel arches and underfloor have been repositioned and optimised. Down the perimeters, the doorways have a extra deeply sculpted higher part to extend airflow by 30% to the intercoolers, which themselves have a 19% bigger floor space. These aspect inlets additionally feed air by way of the channel scooped out within the door to the rear brake ducts and engine consumption.

In comparison with the SF90, the primary crease line is even sharper on the 849 Testarossa, and this results in a twin tail design impressed by the 512 S race automobile from the Seventies. The 2 wing sections passively contribute 10% of the downforce on the rear, with an lively rear spoiler – derived from the SF90 Stradale and 296 GTB – additional serving to the reason for taming the air.

Transitioning between Excessive Downforce and Low Drag configurations takes lower than a second, with the kinematic resolution developed for the lively spoiler now two kg lighter than earlier than. In its Excessive Downforce configuration, the spoiler offers as a lot as 100 kg of downforce at 250 km/h.

Measures have additionally been taken to extract air from the engine compartment, together with the three slots on the aspect trim and a vent on the rear bumper. You’ll additionally discover the 2 slots on the rear deck close to the lively spoiler and three extra on the rear bumper to offer air flow for the engine compartment and cooling of the electronics.

The Thoroughbred served as an inspiration for the rear wheel arch, which helps to evacuate the high-pressure air within the wheel housing and scale back drag. This works with the aspect flank intakes that see a 70% improve in airflow to the rear brake callipers – Ferrari states a 2% improve in general brake cooling on the entrance and 15% on the rear.

All these airflow and cooling optimisations are supposed to meet the 15% improve in thermal vitality dissipation wanted to maintain the uprated powertrain in examine. The SF90 recipe is carried over for the 849, so there’s a dry-sumped 4.0 litre twin-turbo V8 augmented by three electrical motors, with one for every entrance wheel and a MGU-Ok (Motor Generator Unit, Kinetic) sandwiched between the petrol engine and eight-speed dual-clutch gearbox on the rear.

The V8 (internally referred to as the F154FC) by itself makes 830 PS at 7,500 rpm and 842 Nm at 6,500 rpm, which is 50 PS and 42 Nm greater than the V8 within the SF90. A brand new, bigger turbocharger, cylinder heads, engine block, exhaust manifolds, consumption plenums, titanium fasteners, valve prepare system and gas rail are chargeable for the elevated output.

The turbo, the most important ever fitted to a Ferrari, comes with F80-derived low-friction bearings and is particularly calibrated to chop down on turbo lag to a negligible level. Classes gained from the 296 GT3 are used for the warmth protect on the turbine casing to handle the turbo’s thermals. To offset the added weight of the large blower, different components of the engine are topic to a weight loss plan, together with the camshafts and using titanium fasteners.

The electrified portion of the powertrain is basically the identical, with the three electrical motors contributing a complete of 220 PS. A revision is the lithium-ion battery that has a lowered capability of seven.45 kWh (7.9 kWh on the SF90), though it nonetheless manages to offer the identical 25 km of all-electric vary due to additional optimisation – the 849 Testarossa is successfully front-wheel drive on this mode and maxes out at 130 km/h.

The tip results of tinkering with the plug-in hybrid powertrain is a complete system output of 1,050 PS, which Ferrari says is an absolute file for a manufacturing Ferrari. “This automobile is conceived for probably the most demanding shoppers; those that need the easiest from a Ferrari,” the Italian carmaker wrote in its launch.

It is for that reason that the ‘Testa Rossa’ title was introduced again. As the corporate explains, the title was first used on the five hundred TR in 1956 and describes the color of the cam covers on a few of its most excessive, high-performance and iconic racing engines – the title interprets to ‘purple head’ in Italian.

Certainly, if you elevate the engine cowl, you’ll be able to see the purple cam covers fitted to the 849’s engine, so the choice to deliver a reputation that the majority affiliate with the strake-heavy hero automobile of Miami Vice fame within the mid Eighties is solely to seek advice from a mannequin on the very prime of the Ferrari normal vary (discounting the specials just like the F80). What in regards to the ‘849’ then? Properly, the reason is far easier: ‘8’ for the variety of cylinders whereas ‘49’ refers back to the 499-cc displacement of every of them.

Brief historical past lesson over, the powertrain additionally will get reworked calibration for higher driving consolation to enhance the elevated efficiency, with higher synergy between {the electrical} gubbins and combustion engine. The electrical motors are topic to new cooling maps to make sure they ship constant efficiency below heavy load (i.e. intense driving).

Different areas of the automobile which are improved over the SF90 Stradale embody beefier Brembo brakes (bigger carbon-ceramic discs, redesigned callipers), recalibrated regenerative braking for higher suggestions and consistency in addition to the implementation of ABS Evo and FIVE.

The latter is the Ferrari Built-in Automobile Estimator (FIVE) digital system, which creates a real-time digital twin of the automobile, precisely estimating efficiency traits like velocity (inside 1 km/h margin) and yaw angle (inside one diploma margin) that can not be immediately measured. The V8 additionally makes itself heard much more now, whereas the SF90 XX Stradale’s gear shift technique is utilized to the 849 Testarossa to optimise output in low and mid ranges

Proof that Ferrari’s efforts have paid off comes within the type of lap instances. Across the firm’s Fiorano observe, the 849 Testarossa managed a time of 1:17.5 minutes, which is 1.2 seconds faster than the SF90 Stradale and solely 0.2 seconds slower than the hardcore SF90 XX Stradalethough the latter sits within the ‘Particular Collection’ class and is proscribed when it comes to items supplied.

As for different efficiency metrics, the 849 takes 2.25 seconds to get from 0-100 km/h, with the dash to 200 km/h requiring 6.3 seconds. These figures are barely quicker that the two.5 and 6.7 seconds on the SF90, whereas prime velocity is listed at above 330 km/h.

Lastly transferring contained in the 849 Testarossa, there’s a brand new steering wheel that brings again bodily buttons and the gear selector (styled to appear like traditional gated shifters) is positioned larger up on a central pillar, very like within the F80.

The improved ergonomics is coupled with higher accessibility due to the lowered width of the underside of the door panel and adjoining areas, which frees up further area for the rear bench and the passenger-side glove field. On that point out, your co-pilot now has a touchscreen to fiddle with.

Prospects can select whether or not they need comfort-oriented seats, which include a sculptural remedy of the upholstery and styling that matches the geometry of the cockpit, or carbon-fibre racing seats with sporty aspect bolsters to carry you in place towards sturdy lateral forces.

Different choices embody the Assetto Fiorano specification, which piles on the carbon-fibre and titanium to trim the general weight by 30 kg. Particular parts on this package deal embody 20-inch carbon-fibre wheels and light-weight tubular seat upholstered in black Alcantara that saves round 18 kg. You additionally get two twin wings as a substitute of dual tails, bigger entrance flicks, an extra pair of vortex turbines for the entrance underfloor, stiffer Multimatic shocks with lighter springs and extra.

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