That car lapped this joint in 1:25, two full seconds slower than the F12.
WSJ: 2012 Ferrari F12 Berlinetta Review: Tech That Makes Drivers Into Gods | Rumble Seat by Dan Neil
The F12 is the complete package with its luscious looks, wicked speed and innovative technology.
Despite the competition from vintage Ferraris at Pebble Beach, the F12 held its own.
The F12's clutch hardware and software revisions have all but zeroed that out.
WSJ: 2012 Ferrari F12 Berlinetta Review: Tech That Makes Drivers Into Gods | Rumble Seat by Dan Neil
First shown at the Geneva Motor Show in February, the Ferrari F12 Berlinetta has had limited exposure in the United States.
Picture that: Line up an Enzo and an F12 and say "Andiamo!"
WSJ: 2012 Ferrari F12 Berlinetta Review: Tech That Makes Drivers Into Gods | Rumble Seat by Dan Neil
But the allure of the F12 truly starts with its dazzling looks.
The kinesthetic quality of the F12 is therefore that of a supremely civilized, well-tempered GT: easy to drive, supple, frictionless, balanced, undertaxed, impeccable, imperturbable.
WSJ: 2012 Ferrari F12 Berlinetta Review: Tech That Makes Drivers Into Gods | Rumble Seat by Dan Neil
Previous to the F12, upshifting events (typically 100 milliseconds or less) would cause momentary pauses in acceleration, just enough to nod the occupants' heads.
WSJ: 2012 Ferrari F12 Berlinetta Review: Tech That Makes Drivers Into Gods | Rumble Seat by Dan Neil
All that puts the F12's dynamic point of leverage, its polar moment chakra, if you will, almost precisely at the base of the driver's spine.
WSJ: 2012 Ferrari F12 Berlinetta Review: Tech That Makes Drivers Into Gods | Rumble Seat by Dan Neil
In one minute, 23 seconds, the F12 howls across the line.
WSJ: 2012 Ferrari F12 Berlinetta Review: Tech That Makes Drivers Into Gods | Rumble Seat by Dan Neil
The F12 brandishes the new generation of Ferrari's heat-shedding carbon-ceramic brakes.
WSJ: 2012 Ferrari F12 Berlinetta Review: Tech That Makes Drivers Into Gods | Rumble Seat by Dan Neil
By rights, the F12 shouldn't be able to do what Ferrari says it can do, which is to lap the Fiorano circuit, the company's time-honored reference track, in 1:23.
WSJ: 2012 Ferrari F12 Berlinetta Review: Tech That Makes Drivers Into Gods | Rumble Seat by Dan Neil
The big brakes, working with car's track-tuned ABS, the stability control and the fancy magnetic dampers' "body-control logic, " enable the F12 to perform truly miraculous feats of trail braking.
WSJ: 2012 Ferrari F12 Berlinetta Review: Tech That Makes Drivers Into Gods | Rumble Seat by Dan Neil
The F12 (aluminum-alloy space-frame with alloy body panels) is actually smaller (2 inches shorter and 2.5 inches lower, as well as 154 pounds lighter) than the car it replaces, the 599GTB.
WSJ: 2012 Ferrari F12 Berlinetta Review: Tech That Makes Drivers Into Gods | Rumble Seat by Dan Neil
Among other things, the F12 powertrain is immensely flexible.
WSJ: 2012 Ferrari F12 Berlinetta Review: Tech That Makes Drivers Into Gods | Rumble Seat by Dan Neil
Falling in line with the latest trends, the Blade keeps the same chiclet layout used on the original, though it's worth noting that the keyboard's backlight now illuminates the previously dim Fn functions on the F1-F12 keys.
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