Stealing A Glance At Ferrari’s New Sports Car

Ferrari fans, you can now start rejoicing. By October of this year (be sure to block that month off in your calendar if I were you), Ferrari will be unveiling its newest contribution to the sports car line at the Paris Motor Show. And if the new car will end up looking like the one shown above (hopefully painted in red, no less), then this is one sports car that motorists will be definitely look forward to.

Christened the Ferrari F149 California GT (or Project 149 to some), this new sports car is looking to be one of the anticipated releases coming from Ferrari this year. Based on the report from TopSpeed.com, the new Ferrari F149 California GT will be equipped with a new 4.7-liter, direct fuel injection engine that’s capable of hitting the maximum speed of 480 to 500 horsepower. It has a seven speed gearbox that can help you hit 100km/h in less than 4 seconds. The sports car will also come with standard ceramic brakes, a double clutch system and a foldable metal roof. Aside from those mouth-watering features, its rumored that this new Ferrari sports car will be equipped with the latest Becker satellite navigation system and will have a number of connections for an iPod, USB sticks and Bluetooth-dependent gadgets.

While Ferrari has yet to release any official photos, it doesn’t mean that they won’t be doing so anytime soon. In two weeks time, Ferrari will be releasing the official pictures of the Ferrari F149 California GT, giving us an official glimpse of what this hot ride would look like once it’s out in the market. For now though, you’ll just have to content yourselves with the leaked pictures of the Ferrari F149 California GT’s test shots posted on the Internet.

Sources: Autoblog, TopSpeed