Ferrari California - model information
Introduction
CaliforniaDesign
When designing the Ferrari California, Pininfarina opted for a classic, sculpted chassis, with a long bonnet and the passenger area slightly weighted towards the rear. The side of the car features a strong, dynamic, raked line. The line lifts at the height of the door handle to trace the outline of the typical Ferrari rear bumper. The air intake in the front bumper is enhanced by a traditional grille. The slender air intake vent on the bonnet and the side air vents both echo distinctive features of the 1957 Ferrari California 250.
Technical Features
The Ferrari California's retractable hard top (RHT) is unique in terms of its movement, opening/closing speed, stowage method and materials used. This RHT differs from others in that several movements take place simultaneously rather than sequentially, thus optimising the length of time it takes to complete the entire opening/closing cycle. In fact, both cover and folded roof move simultaneously so that the total cycle time is just 14 seconds. The two sections fold neatly onto each other's concave side, which leaves much more space available for the boot, a total of 260 litres, in fact. This stowage system is so efficient that even when the top is down, two pieces of luggage can still fit in the boot.
The gearbox has always been an important and distinctive component for Ferrari cars. The California's transmission is dual clutch with seven gears, maintaining the traditional F1 controls on the steering wheel. It is an innovative gearbox that ensures higher performances and at the same time greater driving comfort, is more efficient, and requires less maintenance. It is indeed like having two parallel gearboxes, where the dual clutch permits independent control of the odd and even gears and their pre-selection. In this way the gear change occurs in close-to-zero times and without wheel torque interruption. The so-called acceleration gap is eliminated, obtaining, apart from a real improvement in performance, a new and thrilling driving sensation. Perfect also for normal daily and city use, in automatic mode the dual clutch transmission guarantees the highest values of comfort and drivability. Positioned with rear overhang following the traditional transaxle system, it contributes to the ideal weight distribution, with 53% of the total weight of the vehicle at the rear and 47% at the front axis. The new dual clutch transmission (DCT) increases driving comfort and performance under sporty driving conditions, with seven speeds, reverse, electro-hydraulic operation and no torque converter.
The Ferrari California's suspension retains the traditional double wishbone system on the front while a new generation of multilink suspension has been specifically developed for the rear. The multilink system increases the longitudinal flexibility of the suspension, retaining high values of transversal rigidity. This means greater impact absorption capacity and lower vibration and acoustic levels. In short, greater travelling comfort and identical vehicle handling values. For the Ferrari California, the magneto-rheological dampers used for the first time on the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano are available on request. Compared to traditional olio-dynamic systems, these systems provide much shorter response times because they do not have mechanical controls and adjustments. As a result, under high performance driving conditions, the movement of the vehicle body is markedly reduced, to the benefit of all road-holding indicators.
Direct injection guarantees improved engine performance because of the cooling effect of the injected fuel inside the cylinder and the fact that the fuel is injected directly into the chamber rather than passing through the intake valves. The high injection pressure (200 bar compared to current systems with160 bar) guarantees correct pulverisation of the petrol as well as optimum mixing and combustion at up to 8000 rpm. This in turn boosts performance and reduces fuel consumption whilst ensuring that current emission limits are respected. Direct fuel injection also delivers a compression ratio of 12.2:1. This is higher than that of Ferrari engines with indirect fuel injection. Once again the result is improved performance and reduced fuel consumption. Like other Ferrari engines, this one also boasts variable timing on both inlet and exhaust cams to optimise performance and reduce fuel consumption right across the entire rev range.
Its inlet and exhaust tracts were designed to deliver a high efflux coefficient and a high turbulence index. This guarantees a good mix and efficient combustion without impinging on performance. The exhaust system consists of two metal matrix catalysers (one per cylinder bank), one central pre-silencer and two rear silencers. The aim was to reduce back pressure whilst still respecting current noise limits. There are by-pass valves on the rear silencers and these are electro-hydraulically commanded by the engine control unit. The adoption of a secondary air system in the cylinder heads means that only one catalyser per bank is necessary which keeps back-pressure down yet ensures compliance with the very strict Euro5 and LEV2 emissions standards.
The Ferrari California is equipped with the exclusive traction control system originally introduced on the 599 GTB Fiorano and subsequently adopted on the 430 Scuderia. The system, further optimised to best fit the characteristics of the new GT, is the result of the experience built up over the years in the racing world. It allows even less experienced drivers to get the most out of the car's potential in terms of performance on bends, safety and stability. The system estimates the maximum road-holding available by continuously monitoring the relative speeds of the wheels, comparing them with a vehicle handling model memorised in the control system, and subsequently optimising performance by acting on the engine torque output. The F1- Trac is faster and more precise than a traditional stability control and is capable of delaying and minimising the engine torque corrections required to maintain the desired trajectory. The result is an average increase of 20% in acceleration on exiting curves compared to a traditional control system, greater stability, and ease of steering even under race conditions.
The roll-bar is a passive safety feature designed to protect occupants should the car roll over.
The system is installed behind the backrest of the rear seats and is hidden by the rear backrest trim so it is normally not visible. The safety control unit will detect if the car begins to roll over and deploys the roll-bar in a breathtakingly fast 190 ms.
Technical Specification
Engine: 90° V8 in mid-anterior position with fuel direct injection
Bore and Stroke: 3.70 x 3.05 in
Unitary Displacement: 32.75 cu in
Total Displacement: 262.22 cu in
Valve Gear: chain drive
Number of Valves: 32
Compression Ratio: 12.2:1
Ignition: Direct injection
Coolant: Water
Lubrication: wet sump lubrication system
Maximum Power: 338 kW (460 CV) at 7750 rpm
Specific Power: 107CV/l
Transmission: Dual Clutch
Clutch: single disk
Gearbox: 7 speed
Body: Coupè RHT
Chassis: All-Aluminium
Front Suspension: Double Wishbone
Rear Suspension: Multilink
Front Brakes: 15.4 x 1.34 in
Rear Brakes: 14.2 x 1.26 in
Steering: Hydraulic steering assistance
Fuel Tank: 20.6 US gal
Front Tyres: 245/40 ZR19
Rear Tyres: 285/40 ZR19
Wheelbase: 105.1 in
Front Track: 64.2 in
Rear Track: 63.2 in
Length: 179.6 in
Width: 74.9 in
Height: 51.5 in
Kerb Weight: 3825 lb
Top Speed: 193 mph
Interior
Entering into the Ferrari California one immediately notices the high quality of its materials, together with the traditional skills of the craftsmen who have selected the finest leather to cover the dash, the interior and the seats with couture precision. The seats can be adjusted in every conceivable way to give any driver exactly the right position. The back-rest structure is in magnesium, designed to achieve the maximum in comfort and ergonomics while reducing weight at the same time. The new infotainment system, with its 6.5-inch touch-screen display and its intuitive controls, offers maximum functionality and ease of use.
The designers of the Ferrari California started out with a precise and ambitious objective: to create a GT with no limitations to its use. Perfect for sports driving but also suitable for long journeys and trips to town. For work or for pleasure. A car 4.56 metres long, with the space to comfortably seat a driver or passenger which represent more than the 99 percentile of the population's stature, and making possible the novel 2+ configuration with a large useable space behind the rear seats. The car allows, on request, a rear seating area with two seats and Isofix attachments, indicated for hosting two children.
Alternatively, one can request a bench with the space for storing two travel trolleys or two light golf bags. In both versions there is, for the first time in a Ferrari, a fold-down rear seat-back, allowing the California to be used in different situations by linking the cockpit with the spacious 340-litre boot, which becomes 240 litres with the roof down.
Vehicles 1 - 100 of 100
| FERRARI California | Sterling
Blu Pozzi with Cuoio 2010/ USD 162,488 |
| FERRARI California | Redwood City
Blu Pozzi with Cuoio 2010/ USD 162,500 |
| FERRARI California | Newport Beach
Nero Daytona with Nero 2009/ USD 168,500 |
| FERRARI California | La Jolla
Nero with Nero 2010/ USD 169,999 |
| FERRARI California | Hinsdale
Rosso Corsa with Beige 2009/ USD 173,895 |
| FERRARI California | Portland
Grigio Silverstone with Beige 2009/ USD 174,980 |
| FERRARI California | La Jolla
Rosso Corsa with Beige 2010/ USD 174,999 |
| FERRARI California | Scottsdale
Rosso Corsa with Beige 2010/ USD 178,000 |
| FERRARI California | Calabasas
Rosso Corsa with Beige 2009/ USD 179,880 |
| FERRARI California | Portland
Grigio Silverstone with Nero 2010/ USD 179,980 |
| FERRARI California | West Palm Beach
Grigio Alloy with Bordeaux 2010/ USD 179,995 |
| FERRARI California | Orlando
Nero with Nero 2010/ USD 179,995 |
| FERRARI California | Palm Harbor
Nero Daytona with Cuoio 2010/ USD 179,995 |
| FERRARI California | Palm Harbor
Grigio Silverstone with Rosso 2010/ USD 179,995 |
| FERRARI California | Rosemont
Nero Daytona with Charcoal 2010/ USD 181,000 |
| FERRARI California | Greensboro
Rosso Corsa with Beige 2010/ USD 182,000 |
| FERRARI California | Hinsdale
Extracampionario-not Standard with Sabbia 2010/ USD 182,895 |
| FERRARI California | West Palm Beach
Rosso Corsa with Beige 2010/ USD 182,895 |
| FERRARI California | Salt Lake City
Grigio Ingrid with Cioccolato 2009/ USD 182,900 |
| FERRARI California | Lake Bluff
Rosso Corsa with Nero 2010/ USD 183,900 |
| FERRARI California | Newport Beach
Bianco Avus with Cuoio 2010/ USD 183,900 |
| FERRARI California | Fort Lauderdale
Grigio Silverstone with Cuoio 2010/ USD 184,900 |
| FERRARI California | Honolulu
Nero Daytona with Nero 2010/ USD 184,950 |
| FERRARI California | Sterling
Argento Nurburgring with Nero 2010/ USD 184,988 |
| FERRARI California | West Palm Beach
Rosso Corsa with Beige 2010/ USD 184,995 |
| FERRARI California | Greensboro
Grigio Silverstone with Cuoio 2010/ USD 185,000 |
| FERRARI California | Newport Beach
Bianco Avus with Nero 2010/ USD 185,000 |
| FERRARI California | Las Vegas
Bianco Avus with Cuoio 2010/ USD 185,000 |
| FERRARI California | Calabasas
Nero Daytona with Cuoio 2010/ USD 186,770 |
| FERRARI California | Redwood City
Argento Nurburgring with Nero 2011/ USD 189,000 |
| FERRARI California | Beverly Hills
Argento Nurburgring with Nero 2010/ USD 189,000 |
| FERRARI California | San Francisco
Rosso Corsa with Nero 2011/ USD 189,888 |
| FERRARI California | Plainview
Nero with Cuoio 2010/ USD 189,900 |
| FERRARI California | Beverly Hills
Rosso Corsa with Beige 2010/ USD 189,900 |
| FERRARI California | Plano
Argento Nurburgring with Nero 2010/ USD 189,900 |
| FERRARI California | Salt Lake City
Rosso Corsa with Beige 2009/ USD 189,900 |
| FERRARI California | Connecticut
Rosso Corsa with Beige 2010/ USD 189,900 |
| FERRARI California | Salt Lake City
Azzurro Metallic with Blu Scuro 2010/ USD 189,900 |
| FERRARI California | Sterling
Blu Mirabeau with Beige 2010/ USD 189,988 |
| FERRARI California | Sterling
Nero with Cioccolato 2010/ USD 189,988 |
| FERRARI California | Colorado
Nero with Nero 2010/ USD 192,987 |
| FERRARI California | Sterling
Rosso Corsa with Beige 2011/ USD 194,988 |
| FERRARI California | San Francisco
Rosso Corsa with Beige 2010/ USD 197,888 |
| FERRARI California | Connecticut
Blu Pozzi with Cuoio 2011/ USD 199,500 |
| FERRARI California | Calabasas
Nero with Beige 2011/ USD 199,880 |
| FERRARI California | Fort Lauderdale
Blu Tour de France with Cuoio 2010/ USD 199,900 |
| FERRARI California | Plainview
Nero with Beige 2010/ USD 199,900 |
| FERRARI California | Orlando
Rosso Corsa with Beige 2010/ USD 199,995 |
| FERRARI California | West Palm Beach
Grigio Alloy with Blu Scuro 2012/ USD 199,995 |
| FERRARI California | Scottsdale
Rosso Corsa with Nero 2011/ USD 200,000 |
| FERRARI California | Hinsdale
Nero Daytona with Cuoio 2010/ USD 204,895 |
| FERRARI California | Sterling
Nero Daytona with Nero 2011/ USD 204,988 |
| FERRARI California | Newport Beach
Bianco Avus with 2010/ USD 205,000 |
| FERRARI California | Hinsdale
Rosso Corsa with Beige 2011/ USD 205,895 |
| FERRARI California | Calabasas
Rosso Corsa with Beige 2011/ USD 205,988 |
| FERRARI California | Colorado
Rosso Corsa with Beige 2011/ USD 206,456 |
| FERRARI California | Hinsdale
Grigio Silverstone with Cuoio 2011/ USD 207,895 |
| FERRARI California | Lake Bluff
Rosso Corsa with Beige 2011/ USD 208,900 |
| FERRARI California | Newport Beach
Nero with Nero 2012/ USD 209,000 |
| FERRARI California | Connecticut
Grigio Silverstone with Nero 2011/ USD 209,500 |
| FERRARI California | Connecticut
Blu Tour de France with Beige 2011/ USD 209,500 |
| FERRARI California | Las Vegas
Argento Nurburgring with Nero 2010/ USD 210,000 |
| FERRARI California | Las Vegas
Nero with Beige 2010/ USD 210,000 |
| FERRARI California | Atlanta
Rosso Corsa with Beige 2012/ USD 214,990 |
| FERRARI California | Houston
Extracampionario-not Standard with Nero 2011/ USD 214,995 |
| FERRARI California | San Francisco
Argento Nurburgring with Nero 2012/ USD 216,500 |
| FERRARI California | San Francisco
Grigio Titanio Metallizzato with Nero 2011/ USD 219,900 |
| FERRARI California | Plainview
Bianco Avus with Beige 2012/ USD 219,900 |
| FERRARI California | Fort Lauderdale
Rosso Corsa with Beige 2011/ USD 219,900 |
| FERRARI California | Fort Lauderdale
Nero Daytona with Nero 2011/ USD 219,900 |
| FERRARI California | Fort Lauderdale
Blu Tour de France with Beige 2011/ USD 219,900 |
| FERRARI California | Sterling
Rosso Corsa with Beige 2011/ USD 219,988 |
| FERRARI California | Seattle
Bianco Avus with Rosso 2012/ USD 224,700 |
| FERRARI California | Hinsdale
Nero Daytona with Beige 2012/ USD 224,990 |
| FERRARI California | Houston
Extracampionario-not Standard with Cream 2012/ USD 224,995 |
| FERRARI California | Greensboro
Bianco Avus with Cuoio 2012/ USD 226,000 |
| FERRARI California | Colorado
Rosso Corsa with Nero 2012/ USD 227,856 |
| FERRARI California | Greensboro
Extracampionario-not Standard with Cuoio 2012/ USD 229,000 |
| FERRARI California | West Palm Beach
Rosso Corsa with Beige 2013/ USD 229,985 |
| FERRARI California | Las Vegas
Nero with Nero 2012/ USD 230,000 |
| FERRARI California | Plano
Nero with Nero 2012/ USD 234,900 |
| FERRARI California | Newport Beach
Rosso Corsa with Beige 2012/ USD 234,900 |
| FERRARI California | Scottsdale
Rosso Corsa with Beige 2013/ USD 235,000 |
| FERRARI California | Greensboro
Rosso Corsa with Beige 2013/ USD 238,000 |
| FERRARI California | La Jolla
Bianco Avus with Cream 2013/ USD 239,000 |
| FERRARI California | Greensboro
Rosso Corsa with Nero 2013/ USD 245,000 |
| FERRARI California | Fort Lauderdale
Extracampionario-not Standard with Cream 2013/ USD 249,900 |
| FERRARI California | Fort Lauderdale
Argento Nurburgring with Nero 2012/ USD 265,755 |
| FERRARI California | Norwood
Rosso Corsa with Cream NEW/ USD POA |
| FERRARI California | Salt Lake City
Rosso Corsa with Beige NEW/ USD POA |
| FERRARI California | Spring Valley
Rosso Corsa with Beige 2013/ USD POA |
| FERRARI California | Norwood
Argento Nurburgring with Nero NEW/ USD POA |
| FERRARI California | Salt Lake City
Nero Daytona with Beige NEW/ USD POA |
| FERRARI California | Norwood
Bianco Avus with Rosso 2013/ USD POA |
| FERRARI California | Orlando
Rosso Corsa with Nero 2012/ USD POA |
| FERRARI California | Norwood
Argento Nurburgring with Nero NEW/ USD POA |
| FERRARI California | Norwood
Grigio Silverstone with Nero 2010/ USD POA |
| FERRARI California | Norwood
Rosso Corsa with Beige 2010/ USD POA |
| FERRARI California | Sterling
Grigio Titanio Metallizzato with Cuoio 2011/ USD POA |
| FERRARI California | Salt Lake City
Argento Nurburgring with Nero 2010/ USD POA |