Spy Shots: Ferrari F430 Spider with new hardtop roof
Ferrari recently reveal its all-new California grand tourer complete with the carmaker’s first-ever folding hard top roof, but the latest model addition may not be the only coupe-cabrio Ferrari has in the works as revealed by these latest spy shots. The new images depict an F430 Spider with a distinct hardtop roof running around Maranello. Whether the new roof is simply a removable hardtop attachment or an actual mock up for a new folding roof remains to be seen. According to the guys over at...

From the Monegasque Rumormill: Alonso to Ferrari in 2010
They say a rumor repeated often enough will become true. If that's the case, then one of Ferrari's drivers had better start updating his CV, because the rumor-mill's a churnin' again over Fernando Alonso's speculated move to the Scuderia. The report was flying around Monte Carlo, where the F1 circus made its most recent stop. But while previous reports placed the two-time world champion in the red racing suit for 2009, the latest reports push that off a year until 2010. Alonso, of course, beat out...

Tata to sponsor Ferrari F1 Team in the 2009 season
The Indian car company that owns Jaguar and Land Rover, Tata, has decided to pay for the Ferrari F1 team from next season. Ferrari chief Luca di Montezemolo said “For the first time an Indian brand will appear on a Ferrari.” There’s still no official info on how much funds the Indian firm will put in Ferrari. The Ferrari deal came from the Fiat board where Ratan Tata sits. Tata and Fiat have an existing joint undertaking that aims to manufacture diminutive, low-priced vehicles in India. The news...

No more Marlboro logos for Ferrari
It is likely that a cigarette brand will never again be outwardly visible on the livery of a formula one car. Other teams - notably Renault, McLaren and Honda - farewelled their tobacco-fuelled dollars a couple of years ago, as anti-advertising laws swept Europe and the world. Ferrari, however, opted to renew its association with Philip Morris, and until recently has been displaying Marlboro logos where possible, including in places like Monaco and China. But at the recent Bahrain grand prix, where...

Fact Or Fiction? Are Ferrari Sales Really In The Toilet?
Dear 001, I work in the industry and  I know the reports are saying that Ferrari sales were down drastically in November. In fact Autocar magazine is reporting they only sold 92 cars globally last month. Of course this is something that Ferrari has denied.http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle/AllCars/236380/Now, I know Ferrari didn't even sell ONE car in California in the month of September but when I look at publicly available sale figures from Motor Intelligence, it clearly indicates...

Ferrari Goes to Indian Car Market
There are many car manufacturers in the world and they compete trying to win customers in all the different countries. Not long ago it has been announced, Italian company, Ferrari, plans to bring their product to India in 2010. They want to cooperate with Tata Group in order to do so. The local Indian press says, the head of Ferrari India Drive, Gabrielle Lalli, noted they are excited to have Ferrari autos in India, but they are still studying the market, and setting up sales network in the country. It...

Scarlet Opus: Franco Fontana at the Galleria Ferrari
We like our jobs here at Autoblog, and we hope that shows. Most of our time is spent in our homes and offices bringing you the latest car news as it comes out, and a few times a year we get to fly around the country and around the world photographing the newest machinery the industry has to offer. It's easy to bring you good photos when the subjects are so artfully beautiful, but while some of us know where to point the glassy end of a camera, our photographs won't be hanging in the Louvre. That's where...

Ferrari F1 to sell hybrid KERS system to customer teams
Force India looks set to step up its relationship with Ferrari for 2009. Not only will the Silverstone based team continue to use a customer engine built by the famous Italian marque next year, Force India is reportedly planning to run a KERS kinetic energy-recovery system that is also developed by Maranello based Ferrari. “We will run a Ferrari engine and the electronics of Magneti Marelli,” team co-owner Vijay Mallya, apparently referring to the introduction next year of a system that will...

Ferrari plots return to coachbuilding
Ferrari is planning a return to its coachbuilding heritage this year, catering to wealthy clients who desire something a little more exclusive than the ‘off-the-shelf’ Ferrari products. According to AutoWeek, the Italian sports car manufacturer will collaborate with at least three of its most trusted design houses: Fioravanti, Pininfarina and Zagato. Ferrari is hoping to cash in on the clients and collectors looking for independent designs that sit on Ferrari mechanicals, the result of which...

VIDEO: Old vs. New - Ferrari 599 shows F40 a thing or two
Click above to view videoIt's always nice when money gets thrown at making epic videos of cars, and this one is so beautifully produced that it obviously cost a bundle. What could be more epic than a couple of Ferraris being treated like the rentals Rowdy and Cole duked it out with in Days Of Thunder? Okay, Ferrari and NASCAR, ne'er the twain shall meet, but what we do have here is a fantastically beautiful video of a Ferrari 599 showing the F40 what an old man it's become. Let's see, do we want to take...