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News from Maranello. This is the Ferrari GTC4Lusso T, a rear-wheel-drive, turbocharged V8 version of Ferrari"s rather good all-wheel drive V12-engined grand tourer.Set for a Paris Motor Show debut, the T will be the entry-level" GT4C. Under its lengthily bonnet is the 3.9-litre V8 also seen in the California T, here producing 602bhp and 561lb ft of torque. Ferrari claims 0-62mph in 3.5seconds (a tenth slower than the V12) and a top speed in excess of 200mph. Doesn"t sound very entry-level to usThis isn"t the first time Ferrari"s offered one of its cars with a choice of engines. Back in the Eighties it stuck a 2.0-litre V8 in the 308 and renamed it the 208. A couple of years later it added a turbocharger and thus, the first road-going turbo Ferrari was born. How times have changed. Geared towards "day-to-day driving in urban contexts," Ferrari boasts that the V8"s "rich powerful soundtrack in accelerationbecomes more muted at lower speeds," and claims the T has "excellent range". Something called Variable Boost Management supposedly makes acceleration more progressive.
Date written: 22 Sep 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 5116
News from Maranello. This is the Ferrari GTC4Lusso T, a rear-wheel-drive, turbocharged V8 version of Ferrari"s rather good all-wheel drive V12-engined grand tourer.Set for a Paris Motor Show debut, the T will be the entry-level" GT4C. Under its lengthily bonnet is the 3.9-litre V8 also seen in the California T, here producing 602bhp and 561lb ft of torque. Ferrari claims 0-62mph in 3.5seconds (a tenth slower than the V12) and a top speed in excess of 200mph. Doesn"t sound very entry-level to usThis isn"t the first time Ferrari"s offered one of its cars with a choice of engines. Back in the Eighties it stuck a 2.0-litre V8 in the 308 and renamed it the 208. A couple of years later it added a turbocharger and thus, the first road-going turbo Ferrari was born. How times have changed. Geared towards "day-to-day driving in urban contexts," Ferrari boasts that the V8"s "rich powerful soundtrack in accelerationbecomes more muted at lower speeds," and claims the T has "excellent range". Something called Variable Boost Management supposedly makes acceleration more progressive.
Date written: 22 Sep 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 5116
