{"id":3478,"date":"2009-03-28T00:01:08","date_gmt":"2009-03-28T05:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thedetroitbureau.com\/?p=3478"},"modified":"2009-03-28T09:29:30","modified_gmt":"2009-03-28T14:29:30","slug":"spy-shots-ferrari-f450","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/2009\/03\/spy-shots-ferrari-f450\/","title":{"rendered":"Spy Shots: Ferrari F450"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3490\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3490\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3490\" title=\"Ferrari F450 spy shots\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/ferrari-f450-300x189.jpg\" alt=\"If you prefer not to peek, you could wait for the Frankfurt Motor Show, next September, to get your first look at the new Ferrari F450.\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/ferrari-f450-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/ferrari-f450-400x252.jpg 400w, https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/ferrari-f450-768x485.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/ferrari-f450-398x251.jpg 398w, https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/ferrari-f450-812x512.jpg 812w, https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/ferrari-f450.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3490\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">If you prefer not to peek, you could wait for the Frankfurt Motor Show, next September, to get your first look at the new Ferrari F450.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The first spy-photos of the real prototype of the forthcoming Ferrari F450 have emerged &#8211; and the car photographed doesn&#8217;t wear an inch of disguise! While some of the body pieces are missing on this prototype, a large portion of the production sheet metal is clearly visible!<\/p>\n<p>The F450 is rumoured to have a higher power output than the 520-horsepower F430 Scuderia. Ferrari will use the same double-clutch gearbox from the California for the F450, \u00a0coupled with a 4.5-liter V8 engine. How the global Great Recession has affected the scarlet marque remains to be seen. There&#8217;s\u00a0 speculation about\u00a0the possible inclusion of advanced\u00a0and expensive technologies,\u00a0such as\u00a0a road car version of\u00a0electronic KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System, a sophisticated form of regenerative braking used in hybrids only here to boost performance) under development in the ultra-expensive world of Formula One racing that Ferrari has long dominated.<\/p>\n<p>Ferrari has apparently code-named the car &#8220;F142,&#8221; and it is expected to make its first public showing at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 2009. Deliveries would then commence just over a year from now. More pictures available at <a title=\"http:\/\/www.leftlanenews.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.leftlanenews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>www.LeftLaneNews.com<\/strong><\/span>.<\/a>\u00a0 <em>Photo Credit: Brenda Priddy &amp; Co.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first spy-photos of the real prototype of the forthcoming Ferrari F450 have emerged &#8211; and the car photographed doesn&#8217;t wear an inch of disguise! While some of the body pieces are missing on this prototype, a large portion of the production sheet metal is clearly visible! The F450 is rumoured to have a higher [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"make":[],"post-state":[],"category_old":[151],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3478"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3478"},{"taxonomy":"make","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/make?post=3478"},{"taxonomy":"post-state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-state?post=3478"},{"taxonomy":"category_old","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category_old?post=3478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}