• LaFerrari is an easy car to manoeuvre, especially if you’re familiar with modern-day Ferraris. The steering-wheel controls are identical to the current 458, FF and F12, and don’t worry about the width, because it’s an illusion brought about by the mirrors on those long stems – it’s actually narrower than an Enzo.
    LaFerrari is an easy car to manoeuvre, especially if you’re familiar with modern-day Ferraris. The steering-wheel controls are identical to the current 458, FF and F12, and don’t worry about the width, because it’s an illusion brought about by the mirrors on those long stems – it’s actually narrower than an Enzo.
  • Inside, there’s plenty of headroom, thanks to one of the design pointers, which stated that there must be enough room to accommodate a helmet.
    Inside, there’s plenty of headroom, thanks to one of the design pointers, which stated that there must be enough room to accommodate a helmet.
  • The seat is not just fixed into position, it’s part of the carbon fibre tub with your posterior literally moulded into the base of the car. Having a car with your bum sculptured into it has to be about as bespoke as car production can get.
    The seat is not just fixed into position, it’s part of the carbon fibre tub with your posterior literally moulded into the base of the car. Having a car with your bum sculptured into it has to be about as bespoke as car production can get.
  • Its giant, beautifully sculptured door that cuts into the roof, GT40-style, swings up and out on gas struts, making it unexpectedly easy to slither into. I buckle in, make myself familiar with the switchgear and press the red start button on the steering wheel. It fires into life without drama and, pulling the right paddle shift back to select first gear,
    Its giant, beautifully sculptured door that cuts into the roof, GT40-style, swings up and out on gas struts, making it unexpectedly easy to slither into. I buckle in, make myself familiar with the switchgear and press the red start button on the steering wheel. It fires into life without drama and, pulling the right paddle shift back to select first gear,
  • The steering column and pedals are telescopically adjustable and, in no time, it feels like the car has been poured around you. As an aside, it also offers great vision through the glass and over the dials, because the designers knew exactly where your eyes would be from the fixed position.
    The steering column and pedals are telescopically adjustable and, in no time, it feels like the car has been poured around you. As an aside, it also offers great vision through the glass and over the dials, because the designers knew exactly where your eyes would be from the fixed position.
  • The car’s acceleration is difficult to describe. It’s utterly explosive. With a quoted time of less than three seconds to 100kph, there’s no need to drop it back a cog or build up revs, as it fires like a canon from any gear, pretty much to its theoretical 350-plus-kph maximum.
    The car’s acceleration is difficult to describe. It’s utterly explosive. With a quoted time of less than three seconds to 100kph, there’s no need to drop it back a cog or build up revs, as it fires like a canon from any gear, pretty much to its theoretical 350-plus-kph maximum.
  • The LaFerrari is undoubtedly the greatest road car ever to wear that famous badge. It’s a technical tour de force, yet the electronic wizardry doesn’t get in the way of driver thrills for a split second.
    The LaFerrari is undoubtedly the greatest road car ever to wear that famous badge. It’s a technical tour de force, yet the electronic wizardry doesn’t get in the way of driver thrills for a split second.

Motoring

In pictures: 2015 LaFerrari by Ferrari

James Ohara

June 19, 2014

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Taking a look at the 2015 LaFerrari, the latest super car from Ferrari. All photos courtesy Ferrari.

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