When people hear the word “Enzo” they think of the super car built by Ferrari. What a lot of people don’t realize is that this car is actually named for the founder of the Ferrari Company, Enzo Ferrari. A car with this name had to be something very special indeed and that’s just what Ferrari has created.
The car was built in 2003 using Formula One Technology. This including such features as a carbon-fiber body, sequential shift transmission, and carbon-ceramic brake disks. There are also some technologies not allowed in F-1 such as Active Aerodynamics. This means that when a downforce of 1709 pounds is reached at 186 mph, the rear wing is actuated by a computer to maintain that downforce.
The Enzo’s V-12 is based on the architecture of the V8 found in Maserati’s Quattroporte. They used the same 104 mm bore spacing. This design will replace the former architecture in Ferrari’s other V-12’s and V-8’s.
Ferrari plans on coming out with a new version of this car every four years (though they wont always be calling it the Enzo. The latest model comes with cameras instead of mirrors, they will be viewed in the center console where the navigation system goes.
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