LaFerrari Aperta Zooms In To Paris…

This is the LaFerrari Aperta – an open top, very special limited run version of the acclaimed LaFerrari hypercar. The car is being shown at the Paris Motor Show 2016 to celebrate 70 years of the iconic Italian marque.

Buyers can choose between a carbon fibre hard top or alternatively a soft canvas top. Power comes from exactly the same unit as the standard car, which is a V12 engine mated with an electric powertrain, giving in excess of 900 horsepowers. Control software has been optimised to offer even more efficiency.

According to Ferrari, one of the biggest challenges was to produce a drop top that could be pushed as hard as the standard car, without performance or dynamics being affected by the missing roof. The Styling Centre’s input was concentrated on retaining as much of the original LaFerrari aesthetic as possible. The flowing line that neatly divides the cockpit from the car body is unchanged with only those elements above the waistline modified. The resulting impact is of a carbon-fibre ‘flying bridge’ hunkered into the main volume.

Performance for all but the racing driver community remains faintly terrifying – the 0-62 miles per hour sprint is demolished in less than 3 seconds. With the roof open and the side windows up, the drag figure is the same as that of the coupe. Now that is a marvel of engineering right there.

We’re pretty sure that Ferrari have unveiled, in the form of the LaFerrari, one of the most desirable coupes (if not the MOST desirable), on the planet. For the car geeks amongst you, here are the official tech specs:

LaFerrari Aperta

Technical specifications

HY-KERS system
Total maximum power	963 cv
Total maximum torque	>900 Nm
V12 maximum power*	800 cv @ 9000 rpm
Maximum revs	9250 rpm
V12 maximum torque	700 Nm @ 6750 rpm
Electric motor output	120 kW (163 cv)
CO2 emissions	340 g/km
Performance
Maximum speed	over 350 km/h
0-100 km/h	<3 sec
0-200 km/h	<7 sec
0-300 km/h	15 sec

ICE
Type	65-deg. V12
Bore and stroke	94 x 75.2 mm
Total displacement	6262 cc
Compression ratio	13.5:1
Specific power	128 cv/l
Dimensions
Length	4702 mm
Width	1992 mm
Height	1116 mm
Wheelbase	2650 mm
Weight distribution	41% fr, 59% r

Gearbox
7-speed DCT
Suspension
Front	double wishbones
Rear	multi-link
Tyres (Pirelli P-Zero)
Front	265/30 – 19
Rear	345/30 – 20

Carbon ceramic brakes (Brembo)
Front	398 x 223 x 36 mm
Rear	380 x 253 x 34 mm
Electronic controls
ESC	stability control
High perf ABS/EBD	Performance anti-lock system/electronic brake balance
EF1-Trac	F1 electronic traction control integrated with the hybrid system
E-Diff 3	third generation electronic differential
SCM-E Frs	magnetorheological damping with twin solenoids (Al-Ni tube)
Aerodynamics	active

* with dynamic ram effect