VIDEO: Ferrari California's fast-action retractable hard-top
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If you're on Ferrari's mailing list for the new California, you might have seen a new email in your inbox today with a link to another chapter (literally) opening up on the vehicle's dedicated website. Today's installment leads to a video of the California's trick folding hard-top – another first for Ferrari (if you don't count the innovative one-piece mechanism designed by Fioravanti for the limited-production 575-based Superamerica). Thanks to a mechanism that moves multiple segments in unison, the hard-top can be deployed or retracted in only 15 seconds – faster than the soft-top on any convertible ever to roar out of the gates at Maranello.
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Gallery: 2009 Ferrari California
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Franz 7:09PM (6/25/2008)
It is pretty fast. Looks cool too.
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PrimoTT 7:16PM (6/25/2008)
Any chance this thing is going to be priced aroun $40k?
Wishful thinking...
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Collin 7:16PM (6/25/2008)
ugliest. ferrari. ever.
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John Johnson 7:19PM (6/25/2008)
+1
MikeofLA 7:28PM (6/25/2008)
Really! Ugliest EVER? wow, have you ever seen the Mondial, or a Testarossa, how about 308 GTS. All pale in comparison to this car... I know it's subjective, but come on man, that's a bit of a stretch.
Jason 8:09PM (6/25/2008)
No such thing as an ugly Ferrari.
Random Task 8:20PM (6/25/2008)
Wow, if you had told me it was a Hyundai I'd believe it. So ugly, it hurts.
Raptor 1:09AM (6/26/2008)
Yes, there is no such thing as an ugly Ferrari - just ugly Americans.
stu 2:50AM (6/26/2008)
Those who call a Ferrari ugly are those who will NEVER own a Ferrari. Have fun with your Civics, Sentras and Tiburons.
The fact is this: Ferrari will sell EVERY ONE that they make and owners will actually enjoy DRIVING their Ferrari even more than those who bitch and moan about the way they look.
I'm sure your wife and girlfriend aren't all that, but I'm not complaining about them on a forum without even getting to know them. :-/
why not the LS2LS7? 3:36AM (6/26/2008)
The 308 GTS is beautiful, so is the Testarossa. Neither is the 348, but what can you do?
This is ugly. It's not the ugliest Ferrari by far, it's probably not even the ugliest current Ferrari.
Cross 12:19PM (6/27/2008)
Everyones opinion on how nice or how ugly this car looks does not matter, because the fact is that, manufacturers like Ferarri, Lambo, Bently etc, can build a car out of a cardboard box, add wheels to it and slap their logo on it and people will still buy it just because of the name.
C.W. 7:22PM (6/25/2008)
Up and down faster than most can just go up. Sweet
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Benfolio 2:08PM (6/26/2008)
Pfft. Miata PRHT goes up or down in 12 seconds.
Seoultrain 7:27PM (6/25/2008)
Is there a real video? computer simulation doesn't cut it. Everything's too smooth to be realistic.
I do like the way they engineered it.
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Peter Rockwell 7:27PM (6/25/2008)
How much weight would a manual cloth top save? Or would that upset the f/r distribution?
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CORVETTE ZR1 7:34PM (6/25/2008)
Ugliest Car ive ever. next to the Ugly TVR Sagaris. lol..
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zreeb 8:42PM (6/25/2008)
Enzo is the ugliest Ferrari ever.
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Gibran Aslam 9:10PM (6/25/2008)
Whilst the enzo may seem ugly in pictures, its completely different when seen in person. I was gobsmacked by how nice it was when I was one last year at the ferrari 60th anniversary days at silverstone. It really is a stunning car
Hike15 11:48PM (6/25/2008)
what about the Ferrari 612?
its big and i think very ugly
or the old Ferrari 2+2's
why not the LS2LS7? 3:38AM (6/26/2008)
Enzo: hideous
612: nasty, although it has a proper Ferrari grille. But that doesn't even come close to saving it.