Ferrari California finally lives up to its name - Dallas Morning News
No, Ferrari fever — the unholy spirit of eight shrieking cylinders — had me jumping and sweating like a newly minted North Dallas millionaire. For the first time in my 20-plus years of covering the auto industry, I got a new Ferrari for 48 hours — turned loose at 64 to explore the limits of a legendary car that inhales life at 7,500 rpm. Granted, the 2015 California T I got recently through Boardwalk Ferrari Plano was technically an entry-level car — if you can call a $240,000, 552-horsepower roadster “entry level. Radiant in a deep wine color, the California sported classic long-hood, short-trunk Ferrari dimensions with a new turbocharged 3. 9-liter V-8 nestled up front. When the California first hit the streets in 2009, it looked kind of thick and clunky, lacking the graceful muscular surfaces and chiseled lines of the mid-engine F430. I came to view it as a Ferrari for Florida real estate agents with big... But the quirky artisans at Ferrari kept smoothing and polishing the clumsy California, finally transforming it into a pretty striking contemporary roadster. Some of that came from a deep scallop that flowed from a vent on the front fender, fading gracefully into the front door. Source: www.dallasnews.com
