|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| The Pub For General Automotive Related Talk |
 |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
21-02-2012, 08:34 PM
|
#1 | ||
|
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Central Q..10kms west of Rocky...
Posts: 8,307
|
Another Ferrari catches fire
Matt Campbell February 21, 2012 - 10:46AM Read laterComments 53 A Ferrari FF in China has caught on fire. Photos: auto163.com Exotic Italian brand continues to be plagued by cases of spontaneous combustion, this time with its new FF four-seater. Ferrari is, once again, the hottest brand around. An almost-new Ferrari FF reportedly spontaneously burst into flames on a motorway in Shanghai, China over the weekend. Photos of the V12-powered four-wheel-drive four-seat coupe surfaced online at Chinese website auto.163.com, including an image of the car burning and several of the aftermath. Advertisement: Story continues below According to Chinese news site Wenzhou City News, witnesses saw the Italian supercar driving along when smoke started billowing from under the bonnet. The driver then reportedly stopped and jumped out before the car burst into flames. "They call the police, but the fire spread very rapidly, and when fire fighters arrived, the vehicle has been surrounded by fire almost totally destroyed," a witness was quoted as saying. In China, the FF costs close to $850,000 as it attracts import duties and high taxes. In Australia, the recently-released version costs nearly as much, at $625,000 plus on-road costs. Over the past 18 months Ferrari has experienced a spate of fiery incidents, in particular with its 458 Italia. The brand issued a recall in September 2010 for that car, blaming an adhesive in the wheel arches that could ignite in some circumstance. This is apparently the first fire involving an FF. Edward Rowe, a spokesman for Ferrari’s Australian importer European Automotive Importers, says there’s no information available yet as to what happened in this particular circumstance. “We can’t make any comment because we don’t have any details yet,” Rowe says. This latest fire could not have come at a worse time for the brand, which is planning to pull the covers off an all-new model that will replace the 599 at the Geneva motor show in March. Despite the recent spate of embarrassing fires, Ferrari buyers have not been deterred. Sales were up by 9.5 per cent to 7195 units in 2011, while the company's revenue was up by a record 17.3 per cent.
__________________
CSGhia Last edited by csv8; 28-06-2012 at 11:49 PM. |
||
|
|
|
21-02-2012, 08:41 PM
|
#2 | ||
|
Ploppy pants
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Melbourne-ish
Posts: 1,547
|
Hehehe......Firerari.....
|
||
|
|
|
|
21-02-2012, 08:59 PM
|
#3 | ||
|
AWD Assassin
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 8,170
|
And here we are whingeing about engine ticking noises ...........
 Straight out of the FORD CRC hanbook...... “We can’t make any comment because we don’t have any details yet,” Rowe says.
__________________
Old RIDE 2006 BFGT Gone but not forgotten New RIDE 2018 AMG Mercedes A45 Angry AWD assassin
|
||
|
|
|
|
21-02-2012, 09:02 PM
|
#4 | ||
|
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Newcastle
Posts: 3,246
|
Must have gotten the designer for the Lamborghini Muira on the latest Fazzas!
That or just pulling the wickedist all 4 wheel burnout! The FF is AWD as far as I know...
__________________
BA2 XR8 Rapid M6 Ute - Lid - Tint -18s 226.8rwkW@178kmh/537Nm@140kmh 1/9/2013 14.2@163kmh 23/10/2013 Boss349 built. Not yet run. Waiting on a shell. Retrotech thread http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthr...1363569&page=6 |
||
|
|
|
|
21-02-2012, 09:07 PM
|
#5 | ||
|
moderator ford coupe club
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 6,640
|
it is the only time i think one is hot
|
||
|
|
|
|
21-02-2012, 09:22 PM
|
#6 | ||
|
I am Groot
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Burnett Heads, Qld
Posts: 6,840
|
pfft................i'll trade your Ferrari for a 60 meter EUR50 million Superyacht....
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/02/su...mediterranean/
__________________
..  McLaren F1 Dick Johnson Racing "Those were the days when the cars were cars, they weren't built out of an Ikea pack like they are now and clothed in plastic; they were real cars." John Bowe |
||
|
|
|
|
21-02-2012, 09:52 PM
|
#7 | ||
|
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 3,198
|
Shame
Why couldnt it be an Aston or jaguar... |
||
|
|
|
|
21-02-2012, 09:55 PM
|
#8 | ||
|
Resident F1 Troll
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Pakenham S.E. Melbourne
Posts: 1,560
|
prolly a chinese knock off
|
||
|
|
|
|
21-02-2012, 09:58 PM
|
#9 | |||
|
Oo\===/oO
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Tamworth
Posts: 11,348
|
Quote:
ummmm....
__________________
|
|||
|
|
|
|
21-02-2012, 10:12 PM
|
#10 | ||
|
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: May 2011
Location: NSW
Posts: 1,428
|
My Cressida had less chance of catching fire with a split fuel hose in the engine bay and fuel spraying all over than these firearies, hahahaha
__________________
2001 Falcon Fairmont AU2 Big turbo coming Lsd |
||
|
|
|
|
21-02-2012, 11:22 PM
|
#11 | ||
|
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 640
|
Thanks Ford for the Timing Chain tensioner problem looks 100x better than that firerari
|
||
|
|
|
|
22-02-2012, 09:02 PM
|
#12 | ||
|
Peter Car
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: geelong
Posts: 23,145
|
Remembering the TG episode where they go to the US, and James May has a 458, so JC and Hampster get T-shirts and coffee mugs with pictures of 458's on fire on them.
|
||
|
|
|
|
22-02-2012, 09:04 PM
|
#13 | |||
|
The 'Stihl' Man
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: TAS
Posts: 27,585
|
Quote:
 look at sig before firing up
__________________
|
|||
|
|
|
Another Ferrari Catches Fire.
Re: Another Ferrari Catches Fire.
Linear Mode
