The Ferrari F60 is Here!!
by Alex Michalas
April 16, 2002 seemed to be a normal day but then the unexpected happenned! A press release arrived from Maranello and yes, it is the news that every Ferrari fan has been expecting to hear ever since the F50 was released back in 1997. The F50's successor, the much-hyped F60 will be unveiled on April 27, ahead of its official launch in the 2002 Paris Motorshow in September 26 and here is the first official pic!
The picture you see here was sent by Ferrari along with the following press release (we might as well copy and paste this as it is a historic moment!): Maranello, April 16th 2002 – The design prototype of the Ferrari "FX" – this being the
production code of this limited series model which carries on the tradition of the F40 and F50 – will debut at the "Artedinamica: Ferrari and Maserati at the Contemporary Art Museum of
Tokyo" international Exhibition. The official inauguration will be on April 26th; from April 27th to July 14th the Exhibition will be open to the public.
The Ferrari FX, which will officially be presented at the Paris Auto Show on September 26th, will bring to the road Ferrari's most advanced technology, directly derived from the Formula 1
World Championship experience. The FX represents the ultimate expression of technological transfer from F1 to Ferrari's road-going GTs, the conception of which has always benefited
from racing experience at the highest level.
Today Ferrari is releasing this first official photograph of this future model.
A few points to note include the naming of the car as the FX, which is widely believed to be changed to F60 when the car hits the roads.
No technical details are included in the press release, but we fully expect the car to be powered by a 6.0 lt. V12 producing 650 hp that will be good for propelling the 1200kg supercar to 60mph in 3.2 seconds and to a top speed of 205mph.
Looking at the pic, we have to comment that it looks more like a Formula 1 car than either the F50 or the F40 because of the F1-like nose.
We will of course be back with more news on the F60 as they appear. For now you can check back at
our previous reports on the F60 and take a look at the FantasyCars.com Messageboard discussion on Ferrari's new beast! What do you think of the design? Is it a worthy successor to the F40 and F50?
We definitely think so! |
