The Black Horse

Ferrari. It is an icon in the automobile world. Who don't know Ferrari? You would be categories into the unknown category if you still don't know what I am talking about. Yes, I am talking about the Italian one-of-a-kind brand.

Ferrari was formed in 1929 by Enzo Ferrari, who was an Italian. It was named first as Scuderia Ferrari.

I'm not going to touch on all the Ferrari models as it would be time costly and boring. I will be touching on two models, the Ferrari F430 and the Ferrari 599.

Ferrari F430

I will start with the 430. The F430 is known as the super-car back in 2004 where it first appeared and introduced by Ferrari. It's maiden company was Fiat.

Under the hood, it is a 4.3L V8 engine. A muscle which is good enough to bring all the torque to the demands of a furious driver. At 8500rpm, it brings out 483 bhp.

The additional capabilities of the car is the E-differential which enable the car to keep with the amount of torque at different steering conditions and driving situations. There is four modes which enable the driver to choose which mode to drive in at different liking.

The body of the car is designed in such a way that there is less drag and more flow smooth flow of air which improves the speed of the car.












Ferrari 599

The 599 is the younger and much compact model compared to its contender, the F430. It was introduced in 2006. It was derived from the 575M Maranello.

Engine specifications are like,6.0 L V 12 engine which is able to fit in 620bhp at 7600 rpm. That is a tremendous amount of power. A tremendous power which enables the car to go from knot to 60mph in approximately 3.7 seconds. A outburst of power and performance.

The car has similar fitting of the 430 plus the F-1 handling which is similar to the actual Formula 1 car.

Proton Satria Neo R3

My first post for Malaysia's beloved local car manufacturing automobile company. Proton is its name and not its competitor, Perodua.

What has Proton come out of late. After the CPS version for the Waja model, Proton is now fit and ready to upgrade and improve the Satria Neo model. This time is the upgraded Neo which has the R3 embeded after the name of the model.

Frankly speaking, it is a Neo but an improved version of its engine. Frankly speaking, Proton should include the CPS format into the R3 and improve on its capacity and torque.

Proton Edar has improved the looks and they have included the new kit which covers the bottom part of the body. A fully fit skirting, a spoiler at the top of the back hoot and fog lamps in the front bumper kit. The looks differs not very much from the Satria Neo.

About the power and strngth, Proton has included the muscle of the previous model where the engine rave at 6,100 rpm to produce 135 b.h.p. Mind you this is without the assitance of the CamPro Swtiching, Intake-Air Fuel Moodule where included in the Waja and new Saga. In terms of performance, this car is still up to expectation and it only a slight difference in terms of power from the pure Neo. Nothing much to hoohaa about.

The car fetches a price tag of RM 71, 000 which is a piece of meat for a car at this level and performance wise. What Proton has to do is to include the CPS line into the R3 and the baby will fly at 160b.h.p which is 25b.h.p more to further enhance the power of the car if not it will be another fancy but underpower car.

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