Drove a Ferrari Superamerica today.

[Pedro]

Had lunch today with an old mate who's just back fom the UK where he purchased a couple of exotics for the 2009 GT championship.
He's driving one and the other's being driven by a multi championship winning driver. (Sorry can't say who at the moment).

Anyway, after lunch (no alchohol until after the drive) we swopped cars and he had a drive in my FG F6 and I drove his Superamerica for about half an hour. We were both mightily impressed. He didn't know such great driving cars were made in OZ and I .... well what can I say. With V12, over 400kw, paddle sequential 6 speed (or auto), it was an impressive beast I must say.

Here's some Superamerica info...

The Ferrari 575 M Superamerica was an innovative convertible version of the 575 M Maranello; it featured an electrochromic glass panel roof which rotated 180° (both are production car firsts) at the rear to lay flat over the boot. The Superamerica used the higher-output tune of the V-12 engine, rated at 540 hp (403 kW) and Ferrari marketed it as the world's fastest convertible, with a top speed of 199 mph (320 km/h). The GTC handling package was optional.

A total of 559 Superamericas were built; this awkward number followed Enzo Ferrari's philosophy that there should always be one fewer car available than what the market is demanding.

And here's a couple of pics of the beast ...