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By 1999, Ferrari considered their much-loved and hugely accomplished Ferrari 355 ready for replacing, a bold move as many thought it the marques best junior supercar ever. Adopting new materials and construction methods, Ferrari started designing the 355's successor from scratch, Pininfarina doing their part by creating bodywork that was a complete departure from its illustrious predecessors. Available as a Berlinetta (Modena) or Spider, the 360 comes equipped with either a standard six-speed manual gearbox or Ferrari?s optional semi-automatic F1 transmission.There's also a one-make Challenge version while a variety of factory-sanctioned GT competition cars have set the pace in endurance racing around the globe since 2001, the current GTC being the latest incarnation. By securing domestic and international titles, the 360 has earned itself a reputation for competitive excellence that earlier V8 Ferrari's could only dream about. The firm's desire to be back at the forefront of endurance racing has also filtered its way down to the street with the arrival of the Challenge Stradale, a stripped-out homologation special built to legalise fresh developments on the aforementioned Ferrari GTC. The 360 Modena itself uses a spaceframe chassis of extruded aluminium and features innovative Sachs damping that provides options for Sport and Normal suspension settings, this system being derived from the active suspension technology used in Formula 1 during the early nineties. Making extensive use of exotic lightweight materials throughout, the Ferrari 360's construction has resulted in the frame weighing 28% less than the outgoing Ferrari 355, structural rigidity having been increased by an amazing 40%. With Ferrari wanting the interior to be more spacious, the wheelbase was stretched by 150mm, width rising by 15mm, the need to accomodate a set of golf clubs having been a pre-requisite. Ferrari paid particular attention to improving underbody aerodynamics and thus the 360 boasts a completely flat bottom with two prominent diffusers clearly visible from the rear.Ferrari's Tipo F131B engine is a comprehensively re-designed 90 V8 with 3586cc thanks to a bore and stroke of 85 x 79mm. Weighing in at 184kg, the compression ratio of 11:1.1 and Bosch Motronic 7.3 digital engine management are configured to produce 400bhp at 8500rpm - equivalent to 112bhp per litre. Available with either Ferrari's traditional six-speed gearbox or their expensive electro-hydraulic F1 unit where upshifts take a startling 150 milliseconds, when the latter is specified, carbon fibre gear selection paddles are positioned behind the steering wheel. |
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