Activision to Release Ferrari Challenge for Consoles

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Activision says that it and System 3 are bringing the coming Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli to North America. The game is slated to be available in late summer 2008 for PS3, PS2, Wii and Nintendo DS systems.

Activision says that the game is more a racing sim than an arcade style game. The game will include more than 15 international racing circuits with multiple gameplay modes including Ferrari Challenge seasons, Time Trial, Quick Race and Endurance. Online racing with up to 16 players will be available as well. The game will also be updated with downloadable content. Read more

Posted on Fri, 6 Jun 2008 09:11:32 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Ferrari unveils Ethanol-powered Sports Car

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DETROIT (Reuters) - Fill up your Ferrari at the farm?

The Italian luxury sports car maker unveiled a concept car on Monday that can run on ethanol which it said reflected its engineering expertise from Formula One racing and growing demand for alternative fuel vehicles in the United States. Read more

Posted on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Ferrari at the LA Auto Show

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Ferrari is certainly one of the world’s greatest performance automakers and the first name that springs to mind for many when they think of exotic performance automobiles. Ferrari had a sampling of its latest cars at the La Auto Show for enthusiast to drool over.

I still say that while they are two of the lower cost Ferrari cars, the F430 Spider and the 430 Scuderia are two of the hottest cars that Ferrari has ever built. If you have never seen a Ferrari in person, you are missing one of the purest forms of automotive passion. Read more

Posted on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 11:36:03 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Ferrari to Build $624 Million Theme Park

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Supercar manufacturer and F1 racing stalwart Ferrari has announced plans to build a $624 million dollar theme park in the united Arab Emirates where Dubai is located. The theme park will sit on 62 acres of land and feature 24 attractions.

Attractions are said to include a 230-foot tall G-force tower and a F1-branded twin rollercoaster ride. The crown jewel of the attraction will be the full racing circuit built to host the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Read more

Posted on Mon, 5 Nov 2007 14:00:15 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Ferrari Stretch Limo

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Dan Cawley of Style Limousines Manchester England did the unthinkable and designed a Ferrari 360 strech limousine.

Carbonyte UK is building the Ferrari Limo. The company is using their HotFusion Composite Manufacturing Technology that was also used on the McLaren SLR.
Because of the lightweight custom carbon body the Ferrari 360 limo is still reaching 166mph, which is only 17mph less than the standard Ferrari 360 Modena. Read more

Posted on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 12:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nokia to sell $25,000 Ferrari Phone

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HELSINKI (Reuters) - The luxury unit of Nokia has started selling a phone designed jointly with Ferrari for about 18,000 euros ($25,400) at its stores in London, Paris, Hong Kong and Singapore, it said on Thursday. Read more

Posted on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 05:23:32 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Vertu Ascent Ferrari 60 Limited Edition

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Luxury phone maker Vertu celebrates Ferrari's 60th birthday with the Vertu Ascent Ferrari 60 Limited Edition.

Only 60 of these Ferrari Vertu phones will be made. Vertu already issued the Ascent Ferrari 1947 Limited Edition earlier this year to mark the Ferrari anniversary. Read more

Posted on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:55:17 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Ferrari F430 Scuderia

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Ferrari announces the F430 Scuderia. Former Formula One pilot Michael Schumacher will officially reveal the F430 Scuderia at the IAA show in Frankfurt in September.

The Ferrari 430 Scuderia sports tons of Formula One know-how and runs on a V8 510hp engine known from the F430 Coupe and Spider.

The weight/power ratio is only 2.45kg and gears can be shifted under 60ms. Read more

Posted on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 05:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

SimWorx Ferrari GT Challenge Cockpit for Sony PS3

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Australian SimWorx offers a high-end Ferrari driving simulator for the Sony PS3 console.

The GT Challenge Cockpit has a luxury price-tag of $6,390 (USD ~$5,257).

The Ferrari red simulator features adjustable steering wheel mount, Adjustable Carrera Sports Seat, adjustable Seat Runners, Titanium driver speakers, Adjustable Pedal Plate and Carbon Graphite finish to all fittings. Read more

Posted on Sat, 19 May 2007 10:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Vertu Ascent Ferrari 1947 Phone

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Luxury phone company Vertu introduces a limited edition Ferrari branded phone to celebrate Ferrari's 60th birthday.

Ascent Ferrari 1947 Limited Edition cell phone features red and black leather, black lacquer stripes, the famed Ferrari Prancing Horse, and a scaled-down Ferrari brake pedal on the back. Read more

Posted on Tue, 3 Apr 2007 02:51:41 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

CeBit: Acer to Release Ferrari Red GPS Gadget c500

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Acer said at the CeBit to release a Ferrari branded GPS PDA based on the Acer c500 series.

Acer has already released several Ferrari branded notebooks in the past. Now they expand the fastest red on the planet to handhelds.

Sharp already introduced a Ferrari branded mobile phone in 2005. So the Acer GPS will not be the first portable device in the Scuderia Ferrari colors.
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Posted on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

System 3 brings Ferrari Racing Game to Sony PS3

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Just in time for the Formula One season launch (just in, Raikkonen on Ferrari has Pole for Grand Prix tomorrow), Ferrari and game developer System 3 announce a Ferrari licensed racing game for the Sony PS3 and other platforms.

The game is not featuring Formula One, but is supposed to be based on the Ferrari Challenge. The Sony PS3 version is supposed to support 16 live multi-player simultaneously.
A first preview version of the game is supposed to be shown in June at the Ferrari headquarters in Maranello.
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Posted on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:10:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Ferrari Learning Laptop

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Oregon Scientific offers a Ferrari branded learning Laptop for kids.

This racing red Learning laptop is for children 5 and older. The kids play and learn essential 1st and 2nd grade skills while practicing fundamental keyboard skills. 60 Activities and games include 50 games in English and 10 games in Spanish. Subjects include: Math, Spelling, Vocabulary, Grammar, Memory, Logic, Music and Games.

Oregon Scientific sells the Ferrari Laptop for $59.99 direct.
With the coupon AFF9ADDQ9DMPN you are supposed to get 10% off on all products in their store during April. Read more

Posted on Thu, 13 Apr 2006 09:00:55 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Acer Ferrari LCD Monitor F-17, F-19 and F-20

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Acer introduce a Ferrari branded line of LCD monitors. Apparently those red accented LCD monitors are a hot seller in the UK according to I4U reader Alex D.

Acer has since while a deal with Ferrari to release Ferrari branded products like the Ferrari Notebook series.
The Acer Ferrari LCD Monitors come in 17, 19 and 20 inch sizes. All feature 8ms response time. The brightness and contrast ratio vary between the different sizes.
The Acer Ferrari F-19 is with a price of about 360.00 Pounds (~$630). A comparable 19 inch LCD monitor sells for about $300. So consumers have to pay a nice premium to get some Ferrari red on their desk. Read more

Posted on Tue, 20 Dec 2005 01:55:55 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Ferrari of the Future

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Gizmag reports about the Ferrari of the future design competition.

The designs of automotive design students of four of the most prestigious schools worldwide are exhibited as 1:4 models at the Galleria Ferrari in Maranello.
The winning designer will have the chance to work with Ferrari on a future Ferrari model. Read more

Posted on Thu, 10 Nov 2005 03:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Sharp V302SH Ferrari Mobile Phone

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Sharp announces amongst other mobile phones today a Ferrari branded V302SH mobile phone.

Ferrari is not really shining this Formula 1 season, but the red color will survive this.
The Sharp V302SH Ferrari edition measures 46×92×24mm and weighs 90g. The phone features are not really exciting with a VGA resolution camera and irDA interface.

More details in this Sharp press-release (Japanese). Read more

Posted on Thu, 28 Jul 2005 11:12:32 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Ferrari FXX

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The Ferrari FXX is a new ultra expensive and ultra fast offering of Ferrari.

Based on the Ferrari Enzo, the FXX generates 800hp from a 6.2l 12V engine and has a 40% higher downforce than the Enzo. The Ferrari FXX is not for the road. 20 selected customers will be able to drive the monster at Ferrari track days with a full team of mechanics. The owners of the $1.8 million race car are becoming so to say Ferrari test drivers.

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Posted on Fri, 24 Jun 2005 13:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Acer Ferrari 4000 Notebook

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Acer introduces a new Ferrari branded Notebook based on the AMD Turion 64 CPU.

The Acer Ferrari 4000 Notebook features the ATI Mobility Radeon X700 with 128 MB of external DDR VRAM, 1GB DDR333 RAM and 15.4" WSXGA+ TFT LCD with 1680 x 1050 resolution.
The design of the new Acer Ferrari branded Notebook is a bit more understated than the other Ferrari branded notebooks.
More details on AMDBoard.

Buy a Acer Ferrari Notebook!

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Posted on Sun, 15 May 2005 12:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Ferrari Superamerica and more from the Detroit Auto Show

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Photo: The Detroit News The Detroit Auto Show is happening these days. For my taste no real big high-lights. I heard today in the business news that in general the auto industry is hurting. Only Toyota is doing well and tries to increase their sales in the USA by 10% in 2005. This might be a reason why no real wacky concept cars or announcements where made.

The Ferrari Superamerica is of course very nice. It is a 12-cylinder convertible version of the Pininfarina-designed 575M Maranello coupe wtih a $305,000 price tag. Its for Bill Gates and guys like him.

MSNBC has a nice coverage and slide-show from the car show. Funny enough the MSNBC The best of the best from Detroit article starts out with which companies announced iPod support for their cars: Daimler Chrysler (already seen at CES) and also Ferrari announced iPod support.

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Posted on Mon, 17 Jan 2005 14:11:32 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

The Ferrari Personal Gym

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Sports Gear News Site Materialspieler reports about the Ferrari Unica Personal Gym. After branding Digital Cameras and Notebooks, Ferrari enters the Fitness arena.

True to Ferrari style, it comes with beige leather trim padding and the racing red color and – of course - the prancing horse logo. The Unica is a multipurpose machine developed at the Technogym Research Center. It allows over 25 different exercises to work on both muscle tone and flexibility. It comes with a computer which guides through exercises that can be personalized and updated online.
Read the Full Story on MaterialSpieler.

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Posted on Wed, 1 Sep 2004 05:25:28 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Ferrari Olympus Camera 2004 based on AZ-1

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We reported last year about the Ferrari branded Olympus Camera and also the Ferrari Acer Notebook.

Olympus announced a new Ferrari Camera for 2004 based on its recently introduced AZ-1. The Digital Camera featured 3.2MP and a 2.5" LCD Screen. It is 22mm thick, compared to the Sony DSC-T11, which is only 17.3mm thin.
The Ferrari DIGITAL MODEL 2004 will be a limited edition, with only 10,000 units being offered worldwide.

More details on Olympus Formula One Racing Site and on the Olympus AZ-1 Site.
Japanese PC Watch Impress has a review of the Olympus AZ-1

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Posted on Thu, 20 May 2004 00:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr