The Ferrari SF90 Stradale Is Ridiculously Easy to Drive
The Ferrari SF90 Stradale Is Ridiculously Easy to Drive
The twin-turbo, triple-motor $507,300 SF90 is pretty much the slowest Ferrari ever made. Wind it up against the brake at the lights, let it rip, and its feeble 217 hp isn’t even enough to squeal the tires on dry pavement. Manage not be distracted by the minivans disappearing into the distance, manage to hold your nerve, and manage to stay awake, and you’ll eventually reach 62 mph in 9.3 seconds. And yeah, those numbers are the right way round. The Ferrari SF90 Stradale Is Ridiculously Easy to Drive
Looking back through the Road & Track archives, I can find only two Ferraris that have gone slower: a malaise-era Mondial 8 that took 9.4 seconds to reach 60 mph in our 1981 test, and a 130-hp 166MM, built 33 years earlier, that got there in ten.
At this point I’m probably a carbon fiber strand away from being excommunicated by Ferrari’s communications team, so I should point out to those that haven’t already guessed, that the 9.3 in question is achieved purely in the SF’s eDrive electric mode. The Ferrari SF90 Stradale Is Ridiculously Easy to Drive
Throw the SF90’s other power unit into the mix and it’s a different story. A revised version of the F8 Tributo’s twin-turbo V-8 featuring new heads, a 100-cc stretch to 4.0 liters, and short intake runners makes 769 hp and 590 lb-ft, for a grand total of 986hp—or a nice round 1000 metric ponies. The Ferrari SF90 Stradale Is Ridiculously Easy to Drive
The limited edition LaFerrari was similarly armed, but this isn’t a replacement for that car. The SF90, named to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Scuderia Ferrari racing team, is a regular production Ferrari, built on a new chassis that’s still mostly aluminum rather than carbon fiber. It even looks fairly conventional. There are no flip-up doors, and apart from a new steering wheel and fancy curved TFT digital instrument pack, it doesn’t feel much different from an F8 or 488 GTB inside.
Yet it can pull numbers no road-going Ferrari ever has: zero to 62 mph in 2.5 seconds and 0-124 mph (200 km/h) in 6.7. LaFerrari needed closer to three and seven. Go for the SF90’s optional Assetto Fiorano pack, which shaves 66 lbs and includes carbon door panels, Multimatic shocks and titanium springs and exhaust (for a mere $69,184), and the SF90 will even match the much lighter full-carbon LaFerrari’s lap time at the firm’s home circuit, Fiorano.
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