“A racing automotive that’s street authorized” – that’s how Ferrari advertising and marketing boss Enrico Galliera describes the brand new Ferrari SF90 XX Stradale and its open-top sibling, the SF90 XX Spider.

On paper no less than, that appears to be no idle boast. These new limited-edition Ferraris, the primary of which is able to arrive in Australia in late 2024, mix powertrain, chassis and aerodynamic applied sciences honed on the racetrack with the day by day driving functionality of the common SF90.

Conceptually, the SF90 XX sits between street automobiles just like the 599 GTO and F12 Tour de France, limited-edition efficiency variants of mainstream Ferrari fashions, and track-only automobiles such because the 599 XX and the FXX-Ok Evo developed beneath the corporate’s progressive XX Programme, which permits prospects to drive these excessive automobiles at Ferrari-organised monitor days world wide.

The SF90 XX retains the hybrid powertrain of the ‘common’ SF90; the outputs of its 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 augmented by three electrical motors, one mounted between the internal-combustion engine and the eight-speed dual-clutch transmission driving the rear wheels, and one driving every entrance wheel.

An general energy improve of 22kW won’t appear a lot, however it’s price remembering the usual SF90 makes a mighty 736kW. “About the one factor we didn’t actually push for was further energy,” smiles Ferrari take a look at and improvement driver Raffaele de Simone.

Codenamed F154FB, the SF90 XX’s inner combustion engine makes 12kW greater than the common automotive’s V8 courtesy of latest pistons, re-machined combustion chambers, an elevated compression ratio, polished inlet and exhaust tracts, and improved cooling.

Elimination of the secondary air consumption system has diminished the engine’s weight by 3.5kg. The three e-motors make a complete of 10kW greater than these within the common SF90. The 7.9kWh lithium-ion battery permits the e-motors to propel the SF90 XX easily and silently at speeds as much as 135km/h, with EV vary as much as 25km.

These aren’t the numbers anybody these new Ferraris will care about, nevertheless. These are, although: with a complete system output of 758kW beneath your proper foot, the SF90 XX will storm from a standstill to 100km/h in simply 2.3 seconds, and hit 200km/h in 6.7 seconds on the best way to a prime velocity of 320km/h.

The SF90 XX’s transmission is similar as that used within the SF90 however options the shift logic used within the Daytona SP3 to ship extra dynamic acceleration and sound profiles.

Straight-line efficiency is simply a part of the story, nevertheless. A brand new anti-lock brake system dubbed ABS EVO, a System 1-style energy enhance perform known as Additional Enhance, and dramatic new aerodynamic upgrades imply the SF90 XX is considerably faster round a racetrack than the common SF90.

How a lot faster? Raffaele de Simone gained’t elaborate, apart from to say Additional Enhance alone is price a couple of quarter of a second per lap round Ferrari’s legendary Fiorano take a look at monitor.

Additional Enhance is an automatic perform that makes use of the e-motors to supply further energy in discrete bursts of as much as two seconds every. Additional Enhance is just obtainable with the Manettino set to Qualifying Mode and can solely provoke when the accelerator pedal is absolutely depressed, and the automotive is aware of it has sufficient of a cost within the battery and adequate traction to make sure there’ll be no wasteful wheelspin. 

The system will dispense as much as 30 2.0-second bursts from a full battery, and drivers can maintain monitor of what number of they’ve used through a show on the sprint that reveals what number of Additional Enhance ‘tokens’ they’ve left.

A qualifying lap of the two.9km Fiorano circuit will use seven Additional Enhance tokens, de Simone says, which suggests you may have about 4 flat-out laps earlier than the battery is depleted, although the automotive’s regenerative braking sends power again into it at each alternative.

ABS EVO is an evolution of the brake system that debuted on the 296 GTB, a automotive we love for its confidence-inspiring dynamics and delicate driver assist mechanisms.

Because of its integration with a brand new six-axis yaw sensor, ABS EVO permits you to trail-brake deep into corners like a professional, profiting from the prodigious stopping energy of the SF90 XX’s large carbon-ceramic brakes. Whereas Additional Enhance means the SF90 XX is faster out of corners than the common SF90, ABS EVO makes it faster into the corners, one thing that’s a lot tougher for non-expert drivers to attain.

On prime of all that, the SF90 XX delivers essentially the most environment friendly aerodynamic efficiency of any street automotive in Ferrari’s historical past, rivalled solely by the LaFerrari hypercar, says chief product improvement officer Gianmaria Fulgenzi.

“There may be not one single centimetre of the automotive that has not been optimized for aero.”

The obvious piece of aerodynamic {hardware} on the SF90 XX is the big rear wing, which may produce 110kg extra rear axle downforce than the usual SF90’s setup. Two bonnet vents kind a part of an S-duct system that reinforces entrance axle downforce by 20 p.c.

Much less apparent is the brand new entrance splitter, a revised entrance ground, and the progressive stop-Gurney system, during which the panel between the rear wing stanchions lowers to reveal a Gurney flap that reinforces rear axle downforce beneath braking. The panel returns to sit down flush with the trailing fringe of the rear bodywork to scale back drag at excessive speeds.

Total, the SF90 XX develops 530kg of downforce at 250km/h, a 36 per cent improve over the usual automotive on the identical velocity.

That, mixed with revised steering, elevated spring stiffness, and a decrease rear trip top, makes the SF90 XX really feel very confidence inspiring via quick fifth- and sixth-gear corners, says Raffaele de Simone – “the automotive may be very predictable in contrast with the SF90″.

Ferrari design chief Flavio Manzoni describes the SF90 XX as “the intersection between efficiency, innovation, and design”.

That big fastened rear wing, the primary on a road-going Ferrari for the reason that 1995 F50, dominates the visuals. However when you look previous it you discover the revised entrance fascia, the cat-scratch vent slashes over the wheels, and the brand new gentle bar throughout the SF90 XX’s broad tail.

The automotive rolls on distinctive 20-inch alloy wheels shod with Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 or Cup 2R tires – 255/35 up entrance, and 315/30 on the rear.

Inside, lashings of carbon-fibre and pared-back trim on the door panels, centre console and ground make the SF90 XX’s efficiency intentions clear.

It’s hardly spartan, although, with Alcantara on the sprint, and on the brand new sports activities seats, which function an adjustable backrest and are 1.3kg lighter than the SF90’s non-adjustable sports activities seat.

Although with completely different graphics, the digital sprint has the identical multi-function functionality because the common SF90’s, as do the touchpads to the left and proper of the steering wheel.

Those that like open-top motoring will probably be happy to know the SF90 XX Spider calls for few compromises. It weighs simply 100kg greater than the Stradale coupe however has the identical dynamic efficiency, Ferrari says. The retractable hardtop might be raised or lowered in simply 14 seconds at speeds as much as 45km/h.

Ferrari plans to construct simply 799 SF90 XX Stradales and 599 SF90 XX Spiders, and regardless of anticipated Australian value tags of about $1.5 million and $1.7 million respectively, all have already been offered.

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