法拉利 Ferrari.
汽车史上数十年来的传奇品牌 For decades, one of the most legendary names in automobiles.
如今有款新车即将上市 Now, a new model is hitting the streets.
这是一辆1.5吨的高性能跑车 One-and-a-quarter tones of high-performance sports car,
有太空飞船等级的精准工程技术 engineered with the precision of a spacecraft.
法拉利有史以来所设计过最快 The fastest, most powerful production car
最有力的车款 Ferrari has ever designed.
这里就是这部车的生产地 And this is where it is being made,
法拉利的超级工厂 inside Ferrari's ultimate factory.
超级工厂：法拉利
高端跑车的特征 High-end sports cars.
速度快 They are fast,
品质奢华 luxurious.
造价高昂 and very very expensive.
每种车都别具一格 Each has its own claim to fame.
但只有一种成为了象征 But one has become an icon,
法拉利 Ferrari.
对有些人来讲，那不过是部车 To some, it's a car.
对有些人来讲 那是一件艺术品 To others, it's a work of art.
对大多数人来说 法拉利两者兼备 To many, it's the perfect fusion of both.
法拉利这个名字代表着卓越的性能 The name Ferrari conjures high-performance
和完美的设计 and breath-taking design
少有车辆能带着传奇与神秘的光环 Few cars have carried such an aura of legend and mystique
走过数十年 through the decades
一级方程式赛车场上的法拉利 The Ferrari of the Formula-1 track.
是赛车史上成绩最优异的品牌 The winner of its name in the history of the sport.
一般公路上的法拉利 The Ferrari of the open road,
则是历来最有代表性的跑车 an iconic sports car of the ages.
无论在赛车跑道或公路上 Whether for the racetrack or for the road,
每部法拉利都是手工打造 every Ferrari is handcrafted.
意大利北部 马拉涅罗 Northern Italy, the town of Maranello.
法拉利的超级工厂就在这里 This is the site of Ferrari's ultimate factory.
此处既是高科技车厂 Part hi-tech garage
也是艺术工作室 part art studio.
金属原料在此转化为惊人力量 A place where raw metal is transformed into raw power.
车子在此被当成雕塑品打造 and where cars are created like sculptures.
车厂建筑物就像其生产的车子一样 Its buildings are every bit as sleek and modern
流线而又时髦 as the cars created here.
因为法拉利同时生产跑车与赛车 Because Ferrari makes cars for the street and the racetrack,
这座工厂具有某些独特特征 the factory boasts some unique features.
如满足研发需要的风洞 A wind tunnel for research and development
是由意大利超级建筑师伦佐·皮亚诺设计 designed by Italy's super-architect, Renzo Piano.
伦佐·皮亚诺 意大利当代著名建筑师 1998年第二十届普利兹克奖得主
充满自然光的引擎工厂 And an engine works flooded by natural light,
内有树木提供合适湿度以利打造引擎 with trees to provide exactly the right humidity for engine construction.
甚至还有2英里的私人赛车道 Even a two-mile private racetrack
目的就是测试法拉利最新赛车 used to trial Ferrari's latest race cars
并且供跑车路测之用 and road test its sports cars
每部法拉利都在这些建筑中 These are the buildings
走过第一趟历程 through which every Ferrari makes its first journey
对于生产线的三千名工人而言 And for the 3,000 workers along the way
在此工作是意大利人的梦想 being here is an Italian dream.
对我们意大利人而言 法拉利永远是个神话 For us Italians, Ferrari has always been a myth, always.
这里的男孩从小就心怀法拉利长大 I mean, the boys here grow up with Ferrari in them.
鲜有外人 更遑论摄影机 Few outsiders and even fewer cameras
可以进入法拉利的工厂 are ever allowed into Ferrari's factory
这里警备森严 Security is intense.
因为法拉利一级方程式赛车队就在工厂里 For Ferrari's Formula-1 team is based at the factory,
随时都得提防商业间谍 there's the ever-present threat of industrial espionage.
而法拉利的道路用车直接师承赛车的精髓 And Ferrari's Formula-1 secrets go straight into its street cars.
这是法拉利所设计过的最快 This is the fastest and most powerful production car
性能最强的车辆 Ferrari has ever designed
法拉利599 the Fiorano 599.
时速高达每小时200英里 Its speed tops 200 miles per hour
而价格 and its price
超过26万美金 over 260,000 dollars
法拉利总裁卢卡狄蒙兹莫洛表示 Ferrari's president, Luca di Montezemelo.
我认为这种车代表自由 For me, these kind of cars means freedom.
刹车 加速 操控 引擎 音乐 Braking, acceleration, handling, engine, music,
这些都是造就法拉利如此不凡的因素 all these ingredients make Ferrari something unique.
该公司经过5年的研发 Five years of research and development
设计出法拉利最新车款 have gone into Ferrari's newest model.
60年的历史也是幕后功臣 So has 60 years of history
法拉利的传奇创建者恩佐·法拉利 Ferrari's legendary founder, Enzo Ferrari
非常拥护赛车精神 was a racing purist.
对他来说 法拉利生产道路用车 To him, Ferrari's street cars were just a way
只是为了资助赛车队伍 to help fund his Formula-1 team.
早期法拉利跑车可能中看 Early Ferrari sports cars may have been beautiful to look at,
却是出了名地难以驾驶 but they were notoriously hard to drive,
赛车特征并不适合一般马路 their racing characteristics weren't suited to the open road.
然而几十年之后 But over the decades,
法拉利所设计出的跑车 Ferrari has moved closer and closer
越来越能传承赛车精髓 to designing a sports car that puts all the company's Formula-1 experience
成为终极道路用车 into the ultimate street machine.
法拉利599就是最佳典范 The Fiorano 599 is that car.
法拉利的设计师与工人面对艰巨挑战 Ferrari's designers and workers face a daunting challenge.
既要具备一级方程式赛车的特征与速度 Build a car with the soul, and speed, of a Formula-1 racer
又能轻而易举地在一般道路上驰骋 but that handles smooth as silk on real-world streets.
外观要脱颖美丽 Make it beautiful
符合法拉利“四轮艺术品”的传奇 be fitting the Ferrari legacy of art in motion
还要够豪华 配得上26万美金的价格 And dress it in luxury, worthy of it's 260,000 price tag
既是赛车 也是道路用车 Race car, street car,
既是艺术品 也是奢侈品 work of art and luxury item
马拉涅罗工厂的工人都要面对这些要求 A tall order for the team at the Maranello factory.
这座工厂占地极大 It's a vast complex
45栋建筑物 足以容纳50座足球场 45 buildings with enough space to fit 50 football fields.
工厂的8个独立部门将协力 In all, eight separate sections of the factory
从头开始打造法拉利599 will build the 599 from scratch.
从铸造工厂的熔炉 From the fires of the foundry,
到车身工厂的蜕变 to the beauty of the body shop.
从引擎厂和烤漆厂的精密机械操作 From the robotic precision of the engine works and paint shop,
到法拉利599的皮椅手工技术 to the handcrafting of the 599's leather upholstery
最后生产线则是大功告成之处 and the final assembly line, where it all comes together.
法拉利面临的第一个挑战 The factory's first challenge
就是赋予法拉利599最经典的特色 giving the 599 its signature trait
速度 speed.
法拉利599配有V12引擎 The 599 boasts a V12 engine,
输出620匹的马力 putting out 620 horsepower.
这个关键设备就在铸造厂生产 And the foundry is where this key component begins its life
在这里 法拉利的金属工匠们 Here, Ferrari's metalworkers
必须铸造出引擎的两个核心部件 have to cast the two core elements of the engine,
缸头和缸体 the cylinder head and the engine block.
多数工厂批量生产这些零件 Most factories mass-produce these parts
但是法拉利一次只生产一个 but Ferrari turns them out one at a time.
而且每个引擎都有自己的模具 A separate mould is made for every single engine.
模具由压缩的砂土与树脂制成 They are made out of compacted sand and resin.
其他车厂用砂铸 Other car companies use sand casts,
但是在法拉利这类高档车工厂 but at high-end factories like Ferrari
工人用手打造砂模 workers finish the sand moulds by hand.
一个V12引擎的模具 It takes around five hours
就得用手工打造5小时 to hand-finish the moulds for a single V12 engine.
它们像一幅复杂的立体拼图被组装起来 They're fitted together like an intricate three-dimensional jigsaw
以最大限度减少磨损 碎裂等瑕疵 to minimize the chance of chips, cracks or flaws.
紧接着便开始铸造法拉利599引擎缸头 This will be cast into the cylinder head of a 599.
火炬导致砂模焦黑 并附上一层薄碳层 A flaming torch blackens the sand model with a thin layer of carbon
薄碳的功能如同润滑剂 The carbon acts as a lubricant,
熔化的金属可以顺畅地流入模具之间 to let the molten metal flow smoothly into the spaces of the cast
一切就绪 It's time,
模具已经准备妥当 the moulds are ready.
铸造过程必须要非常精准 The molten metal is prepared just as carefully as the sand moulds
在熔化过程中 In the melting process
毫无疑问绝对不能出任何差错 obviously there can't be any mistakes.
必须是最高品质 It has to be of the highest quality
才能承载时速超过200英里的车辆 to be able to sustain a car that goes over 200mph.
在超过华氏1300度的温度中 At a temperature of over 1300 degrees Fahrenheit,
法拉利599的引擎核心在熊熊烈火中诞生 the heart of the 599 engine begins its fiery birth.
超级工厂：法拉利
这部车将要被制造出来 This is what they are going to build.
而这里正是其工厂 This is where it starts
In the Ferrari foundry, the main furnace is fired up
The metal that will be cast into the core of the 599's mighty engine is being melted
Some of the raw metal being fed into the furnace
comes from previously-cast components that have failed Ferrari's quality checks
The metal melts almost instantly, as massive electrical charges are fired through it.
Melting the two tones of metal in the furnace uses enough electricity in one day
to light a house for a year
The raw molten metal pours into a giant crucible for further purifying
At 700 degrees, it looks like liquid silver
But, this is a super-strong, super-secret aluminum alloy,
specifically created for Ferrari's engines.
Nitrogen pumps through the metal in the crucible,
combining with any impurities, which float to the surface.
The pure alloy is transferred to smaller holding tanks,
from which the engine components will be cast
This mould of compacted sand is about to become the cylinder head
of one of the most powerful production car engines ever made.
The metal gushes into the mould.
There is a casting here every ten minutes
Incredibly, only one in every 50 components fails its quality test
and is sent back to the scrap heap
While the foundry casts the Ferrari's V1 2 heart
in another building, workers fashion its body
Like many high-end sports car makers, Ferrari's body shop is part art studio.
But while the 599 may be Ferrari's latest artwork,
it's also a masterpiece of aerodynamic engineering.
Thousands of hours have gone into designing a sports car that's not only beautiful,
but can cheat the air almost as well as Ferrari's FormuIa-1 race cars.
In essence, the 599's body shape is the opposite of an aircraft wing.
At high speed, its streamlined body creates negative lift,
using the airflow over and through it to press the car to the road.
At its top speed of 200 miles an hour
that down force is equivalent to a 400-pound weight
The down force means more secure road handing
and far better traction out of corners
The Ferrari's streamlined body needs strong support.
If you want to put a FormuIa-1 race car on the street,
you need a chassis that can take the stresses of high speed and high performance
Made entirely of aluminum alloy,
the 599's chassis must to be strong enough to do three things:
withstand high-speed impacts,
anchor the 500 pound V12 engine,
which produces a tremendous amount of torque and power,
the chassis also has to provide a strong mount for the wheel assembly and suspension
At high speeds, the wheels of a sports car go up and down like a jackhammer
so Ferrari has equipped the 599's chassis with super-tough suspension mounts
Regular cars' chassis are put together by machines,
but high performance sports cars Like the 599 are hand welded.
It means the chassis can be more exactly shaped,
and the body panels more precisely fitted
With the 599's chassis now welded and the first of its body panels attached,
it's time for one of the factory's robots to take over
It's basically a gigantic stapler
The robot is programmed to precisely drive 180 rivets at specific points
over the entire chassis
The rivets give the car the muscle
to hold itself together at 200-plus miles an hour
But the chassis can't move on down the line until it's passed a rigorous test
Another robot comes into play
equipped with needle-like probes
The probes test the chassis in 800 different places
At each point, they touch the metal
They're measuring the body against a computer model,
searching for tiny cracks in the metal
or any flaw in the chassis' overall shape
If a flaw is detected, the chassis is sent back
but that only happens to one in every hundred
After an exhaustive examination, the robot arms rise for the last time.
The 599's metal skeleton is now ready to receive the rest of its sculpted body panels
Back in the foundry, the engine casts are complete.
Seven minutes Later, the chassis have cooled enough
for the sand moulds to be removed
There's nothing too high-tech about this process
The compressed sand is simply shaken off the solidified metal
The high-performance specs of the 599 require engine parts that are perfect,
powerful X-rays scan the cast components
looking for any microscopic cracks or flaws in the metal
The slightest vibration from a defect in the finished engine
would be magnified at high speed
Worst case scenario, the engine itself could fail.
Components that pass the X-ray test are hand finished,
Then, they're checked again.
It's no surprise that
Ferrari foundry workers feel they're making more than just an engine
We create the soul, and then someone else adds the organs to make it live
In the body shop, metal becomes art as the 599's sleek outer shell meets its chassis.
When anyone thinks of a Ferrari, you think of two things in particular:
one, the motor, immense power,
the sound, the growl of it,
and second, the external beauty of the Ferrari.
Like its chassis, the Ferrari's body panels are aluminum.
It may be the most powerful production car the company's ever made,
but its fully-aluminum construction means it's also one of the lightest.
The 599 has more power propelling less car.
Workers fix the doors, hood and trunk to their precision hinges
and align them to within a thousand of an inch
From this point on, it's all about art
creating a finished body that's as close to flawless as possible.
The body shop's specialists check for trouble spots
dents or flaws, no matter how small
To Ferrari people, this is nolonger a car. It's a sculpture.
In a sealed Plexiglas glass room
where no speck of dust can interfere with its final inspection,
the 599 is given the thumbs up to move out of the body shop
We have to guarantee the perfect shape,
the unique finishing, consequently the perfect paint job.
This aluminum artwork is now on track for the perfect finish
The workers of the foundry and the body shop have done their jobs
The 599 soul has been smelted from raw metal
Its body is assembled with presion
but there still a lot of mechanical magic to be at this ultimate factory
before body and soul can come together
At Ferrari's Maranello factory in Northern Italy
the unfinished Fiorano 599 takes its next step towards the finish line
This is Ferrari's 21st century paint shop,
one of the most advanced of its kind in any car factory
The environment is a high priority for this paint shop.
Most materials are water-based,
and nearly all waste is captured and recycled
Formula-1 racers don't have to worry about rust
but the 599 is built for the streets
Before they can be painted, every 599 car body receives an anti-corrosion treatment
Ferrari claims it's the most advanced rust-proofing in the world
a claim that's hard to test,
because the chemical process going on here is a trade secret
The one-tone bodies are plunged, tipped, and shaken
Every one of these giant baths
chemically alters the metal of the car's body
creating a super-thin armour against the elements
These anti-corrosion baths also give the 599's body a positive electrical charge,
that's vital for the next stage of the painting process
At the end of this tunnel lies the real work of the paint shop.
A glass-walled, hermetically-sealed place,
populated by graceful robots and their human controllers
The chambers are sealed to avoid any air draughts
that might cause the tiny particles of primer and paint to drift
and create an uneven finish.
This first coat is a primer
a special compound that binds the actual paint to the body
The primer is a fine dust, as fine as talcum powder,
It sticks to the body because of the electrical charge the metal was given earlier
The body glides into a giant oven,
which bakes the primer, fusing it onto the metal,
and providing the foundation layer for the Ferrari's final paint finish
Every stage of a Ferrari's construction is about beauty and power.
The 599's V12 engine is that power
It's created here, in Ferrari's engine works.
The engine blocks and cylinder heads cast in the foundry
are now fine-tuned to an almost microscopic degree
Other workers turn out the rest of the engine's 800 parts.
Ferrari's engine works is an architectural triumph
Natural light floods in through a glass roof
It is environmentally efficient
and provides better light for workers.
The trees growing indoors are a feature found in no other car factory in the world
There trees help maintain the ideal humidity and air quality levels for engine construction
They're also here to ensure the workers' comfort.
This factory is rated as one of the best places to work in Italy.
All through the engine works,
Ferrari's metal workers are machining the most detailed components of the V12 engine.
This tiny valve is only one of the 599 engine's 800 components,
it alone takes nearly an hour to make.
But from the emphasis on hand crafting,
there are two very special robots in the engine works
The first is a robot that called Romeo and Juliet.
These two arms are Romeo, giving Juliet a ring,
but this is no ordinary ring.
The ring is actually the valve seat in the engine's cylinder.
It forms a seal through which the valve moves,
and allows air into the chamber,
where it mixes with the fuel and explodes
With the valve moving in and out thousands of times a second,
the valve seat has to be tight, immovable in fact.
If it came Loose, it could enter the engine and cause complete failure.
Romeo dips each valve ring into a bath of liquid nitrogen,
freezing it to minus 180 degrees and shrinking it by a tiny amount
Juliet holds the cylinder head while Romeo sets the valve ring in place.
In the following few seconds, the frozen ring warms and expands.
It's now locked in place.
The second of the engine works' two robots
has to fine-tune another critical component
the crankshaft
The power generated by the 599's engine
is transferred through the crankshaft,
to the transmission,
to the driveshaft,
to the wheels,
and then to the open road.
When it's spinning at over 8,000 rpm,
any imperfections could cause the crankshaft to become unbalanced
and create potentially destructive vibrations throughout the entire engine.
The robot drills, shaves and grinds the crankshaft
making it perfectly balanced
800 separate components being made,
fine-tuned and checked all through the engine works
From its birth from molten metal in the foundry,
the 599's engine is about to be assembled into its final form
While the engine works builds the power,
the paint shop adds the beauty Ferrari is famous for
Now, the final coats of paint are applied.
Unlike the primer, the paint is liquid.
Tiny droplets spin out from the tips of these robot arms.
Their movements have been precisely programmed in computer models
The robots apply exactly the right amount of paint to achieve a perfectly even surface.
After the paint comes an ultra-tough clear ceramic layer.
The clear ceramic coat provides extreme scratch resistance,
something you want when you spend a quarter million dollars on your car
Though 12 colors are standard,
599 owners can order the car in any color they choose.
The bodies are polished to a surface as smooth as window glass.
But before a single Ferrari leaves the paint shop
each one has to pass a rigorous final quality check
The slightest surface flaws in the paint work are polished and rechecked.
The paint depth is measured ultrasonically to within a thousandth of a millimeter
to achieve an evenness of finish and color.
If an imperfection can't be polished away,
the body is sent back down the line to be repainted.
Robots finish the paint job, but a man will assemble the engine.
Each engine is built by one man, by hand.
Putting together the 800 precision components
is one of the most skilled jobs at the Ferrari factory.
The engine mechanic fits the massive engine block
with the pistons that will turn explosive energy
into propulsive force
Then he puts the most critical piece of all into the engine block
the crankshaft
The remainder of the engine takes shape as the hours spin by.
A full day after work began, the engine is finished.
From fire and raw metal, this has been made.
The workers in Ferrari's paint shop and engine works have done their jobs.
Now, the beauty and the brute strength are about to come together.
In the ultimate factory, the 599 is approaching the finishing line
Ferrari's Maranello factory has given the newly designed 599 its powerful heart
and its beautiful body,
Two challenges met,
but that power will have to be harnessed,
and that body kept on the road,
if this heir to a FormuIa-1 racer is to perform on the street.
Meeting that challenge is the job of the final assembly line
On regular assembly lines, the car being made never stops moving,
a Ferrari stops 32 separate times during its final assembly
At the top of the line, the 599's biggest, heaviest, and most crucial component
finally meets the body it will propel at speeds of over 200 miles an hour
The V12 engine alone accounts for a fifth of the 599's total weight
The engine has to be bolted to the chassis and wired up.
The engine is in, but that's only half the job.
They've still got to fit the 599's transmission system,
made up of its gearbox and massive driveshaft,
already bolted together.
The engine creates the power, 620 horsepower,
but all that power is transferred by the driveshaft
through the gearbox to the 599's axles and wheels.
The driveshaft is one of the 599's only components that is made of steel
It has to be to handle the power surging through it from the engine
That power is controlled by the 599's racing-bred gear system.
This extraordinary power management allows a Ferrari
to accelerate through all its gears and be moving at over 120 miles an hour in 11 seconds
But only if the factory workers get it right.
On the assembly line, they finish mounting the 599's engine and transmission system.
It's not enough for a sports car to go fast.
It has to stay on the road
The suspension system in high-performance vehicles like the 599
is far more important than it is in a normal car
The 599's suspension uses revolutionary shock absorbers developed in the US
While conventional shock absorbers are oil-filled,
the shock absorbers used on the 599 contain a magnetically-charged fluid.
Put simply, it's like two opposing magnets,
reading and reacting to every bump in the road
far more precisely and instantly than oil-filled shock absorbers
Installing the shock absorbers is a critical and painstaking step in the 599's final assembly
But Ferrari's mechanics mount this key component in under an hour
The Maranello factory has given the 599 speed, beauty and handing for the street,
but there's still one challenge left to meet: luxury
That's the job of the coachworks,
where the 599 gets its luxurious leather interior
each piece individually handcrafted
A highly-trained team of seamstresses
draws on a centuries-old Italian tradition of fine leatherwork.
I've been here seven years sewing
I've never learned enough
There is always something more to learn
You need to be very precise
Specially-selected cow hides
are transformed into the Ferrari's upholstery, dashboard and trim.
This is the coachworks' concession to the 21st century
a computer-controlled marking system
to avoid even minute defects in the leather
Ferrari's customers are paying handsomely for perfection.
A laser beam directed by the computer cuts the sections precisely
Beyond this stage though
it's all human skill
needle and thread
creating the unique interiors in all the colors of the rainbow
and then some
If money's no object, Ferrari will dye the leather of your 599 any color you want,
the same with the stitching.
There are 12 different leather colors that we can offer
the clients for the interiors of their cars
But on demand, we have infinite-range colors
The leather is the same as that used in some of Europe's finest leather furniture.
Ferrari will even create matching luggage in the same Leather.
Everything is sewn, stretched and applied with the same meticulous care,
from this roll bar to these dashboards.
It takes an average of 30 hours to cut, sew and assemble
a single Ferrari's leather interior.
It's pride, because I go out and I see a Ferrari,
and I always stop and look and I say,
''Hey! Maybe I sewed the leather in that one.''
Each time we finish a piece, the satisfaction is huge,
because it's a totally manual job
that creates something from nothing
and seeing as something is one of the most prestigious cars in the world,
is a great satisfaction for everyone
The final pieces in this quarter-of-a-million jigsaw puzzle are being put in place.
The computer-controlled instrumentation inside a 599
It's almost identical to that in the cockpit of Ferrari's FormuIa-1 racers
The car's computer monitors all its electronic systems,
everything from the heaters in the seats,
to the all-important traction control system.
The traction control system processes data coming from sensors on the 599's wheels,
then modifies the car's handing to give the driver more control in any situation.
In wet conditions, the system slows the speed of gear-changes to avoid skidding
The 599's wheels are made of aluminum alloy,
incredibly light and incredibly strong
Thanks to its racing heritage
the 599's tyres have a footprint twice as wide as a regular car's
More rubber on the road means there's more grip for acceleration and cornering.
The 599's windshield is precision curved to maintain the car's aerodynamic profile.
Final checks are done on every part of the car.
And only then is the 599 declared ready to receive its badge of honour:
Ferrari's prancing horse.
But despite all the care and all the pride that have gone into its construction,
the finished 599 must still prove itself road-ready.
And in Ferrari terms, road-ready is as close as you can get to race-ready.
This is where the 599 will face its final challenge
the ultimate factory's own racetrack
Ferrari's workers have done everything they can,
building the 599 from raw metal to finished sports car,
but everyone has to pass a final test.
This is Ferrari's racetrack at Maranello
It's the ultimate factory's ultimate proving ground
This is where Ferrari tests its lendary Formula-1 cars
and this is where new 599s are tested
to see whether their performance matches Ferrari's promises
The company has 15 highly-trained test-drivers
Each one uses his skill and experience
to judge whether the car meets its performance XX marks or not
High on the list of critical checks is the 599's traction control system
The tiny sensors mounted behind the wheels feed data to the car's computer,
adjusting its handing from one split-second to the next.
On the racetrack, the test driver first checks the 599 with its traction control turned off.
Then he performs the same manoeuvres with the traction control system engaged.
For a normal driver,
this enhanced handing could be the difference between maintaining control or losing the car.
But despite its FormuIa-1 pedigree, the 599 is not bred for the racetrack,
so in the hills above the Ferrari factory, each one is put through a second road test.
The 599's suspension and handing are tested in a real world environment.
So is its tenth-of-a-second gear shift system.
Each gear change means a virtually instant shift in the power reaching the wheels.
If the gear system is even a fraction of a second out,
the rare-wheels could lock,
sending the car into a high-speed slide,
That could be deadly on the open road
The test driver pushes the 599 to its limits,
continually checking the computer instrumentation
constantly matching the cars promised performance
against its actual performance.
With its V12 heart pumping as it never has before,
and its aerodynamic body cutting the Italian air,
these newest Ferraris are now free of the factory,
on their way to owners who have waited two years for their prize.
In all, it's taken nearly two months to create this fusion of power and art.
Each section, each worker,
was part of a team that's brought the Fiorano 599 into existence
Day by day, part by part,
process by process, the ultimate factory has delivered