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Bugatti Veyron It seems that Dubai is one of the richest cities that exist on Planet Earth. Not only is the city pretty, but it's potentially the safest one in this world as well. Well, if you don't really want to buy what I'm saying, you may want to have a look at the fleet of police cars the city has in store instead. Lamborghini Aventador Not so long ago, the Dubai Police Department already secured quite a few supercars such as the Bentley Continental GT, Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, Lamborghini Aventador, Aston Martin One-77, and the Ferrari FF. Additionally, they also have the Chevrolet Camaro SS. Still, it seems that the local police now think that they shouldn

Just four days ago, I wrote of the Dubai Police Department adding the Chevrolet Camaro and the million dollar Lamborghini Aventador as a cop 'cruiser' car. Now another set of wheels from another Italian marque joins the Aventador, in its quest to cruise around the affluent city streets to promote the area's image as a mecca for money - The Ferrari FF. The FF is a two-door, four-wheel drive shooting brake which sits four in some of the finest leather offered by the Maranello factory. If memory serves, the FF was an attempt by Ferrari to answer customers' calls for a family cruiser that is suitable for most weather, rain or snow with comfort with adequate boot space for your ski equipment. It measures 4,907mm long, sits 1,953mm wide and stands 1,379mm tall and is powered by a 6.3-litre NA V12 - akin to the F12berlinetta - which produces 651 prancing Italian horses and 683Nm of torque good for a 335km/h top speed.

[extract] Do you recall when you were a kid, your parents reward you for doing well in the examinations? You may not be so fortunate to receive a gift worth over S$1m but not Alonso. For his effort in winning a rainy 2012 Formula 1 Malaysian Grand Prix, Alonso was presented with a spanking new Ferrari FF. Speaking at the Ferrari HQ after the race, he said,

[extract] A Ferrari FF owner in Shanghai has to endure the pain of watching his pride possession of 5.3 million Yuan goes up in flames. The incident took place near the Shanghai World Expo Avenue in China. This is not the first time the 6.3 liter V12 supercar has caught fire spontaneously. In one such rare incident, a Ferrari FF caught fire near Frankfurt on a German autobahn some time end of last year. According to reports, this unfortunate FF was travelling at a low speed on the Shanghai World Expo Avenue when the incident occurred. The Chinese media are speculating that the Ferrari

[extract] Equipped with a 6.3L naturally aspirated V12 engine, the Ferrari FF takes the honor of being the largest capacity Ferrari engine ever produced. However, its abrupt rear end has garnered more attention than the amount of power the V12 generates. As a result, the FF was being labeled as

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Ferrari has officially revealed details on its first production four wheel drive car called the FF. The new v12 model, which effectively replaces the quite awkward looking, quite unloved (or unnoticed) V12 612 Scaglietti come with an all wheel drive system which aims to attract a new sort of Ferrari customer. One that usually lives or tackles all sorts of roads and all sorts of weather I suppose 'FF' stands for Four Seats and Four Wheel Drive. It is Pininfarina designed but with inputs from Ferrari's chief designer Flavio Manzoni. It has a hatchback type design instead of a sloping rear like most of the Ferrari cars we have seen to date. This could be the closest to a station wagon a Ferrari can get but it still comes in two doors; like any true blood Ferrari should.. It supposedly weighs 1750kg and is is still a good 50kg lighter than the outgoing rear wheel drive 612 (of which it is roughly the same length and size). Ferrari seems to have kept its goals on weight loss as a means of gaining performance (and has added all wheel drive as a means of gaining performance too). The 4RM ('Route Motrici') all wheel drive system preserves the rear weight bias of recent Ferrari V12s and it is also well packaged and light in comparison to other systems of its kind. It combines electronics to its mechanical differentials and sensors to detect slip, yaw and roll. Much like a rally special, but this time you get all the gizmos in an Italian Stallion. Enginewise the FF comes with a 6.25liter V12 that comes with stop-start and smart charging functions to improve the car's eco-efficiency as well as keep all of the performance that should come with a Ferrari. All weather or not the FF's powerplant still makes 650bhp and close to 700Nm of torque. CO2 is down by 23% (470 to 360g/km) and fuel consumption is up from 13.8mpg to 18.3mpg. Top speed is 208mph and 0-100km/h is 3.7 seconds. This is a technological tour de force by Ferrari. It replaces the 612 which sorely needed replacing (as it was pretty sedate and some may say ugly or not appealing enough) with something radical yet very, very appealing to most Ferrari enthusiasts. Imagine that, a hatchback (or a breadvan, in homage to the Drogo bodied 250GTO from the 1960s) type of supercar can replace a low slung coupe-like shape. And it works.