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
Upshift in a Ferrari is like downshifting in lesser cars, which basically means any other car.