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<\/h3>\nTo test\u00a0the Ferrari LaFerrari<\/a>, we traveled to Italy to the storied marque\u2019s personal track, Fiorano. Ferrari\u2019s offer was this: We could either test there\u2014or not at all. We chose to test.<\/p>\n The Fiorano circuit is nearly two miles long, a thirteen-turn rollercoaster built on what was once Italian farmland. Our usual testing venues, where we gather our zero-to-60-mph times, quarter-mile acceleration, braking figures, and grip numbers are nothing like racetracks. Putting a car through\u00a0our battery of tests<\/a>\u00a0calls for a long, flat straight, usually one more than a mile in length, as well as a 300-foot skidpad to assess lateral acceleration.<\/p>\n But even when we test at our locations, Ferrari doesn\u2019t just let us jump into its cars and test them. An engineer watches the proceedings and provides an often-valuable briefing on the subsystems of the car, and mechanics are there to swap out tires if necessary. When asked why all the bother, Ferrari says it wants the test to go smoothly and being there ensures that any problems that arise can be hammered out that day. Every modern Ferrari we\u2019ve tested with the factory\u2019s knowledge also had the automaker\u2019s own test equipment inside the car to record what we\u2019re doing and, as they tell us, as a backup should our own test equipment fail. We find this \u201cgenerosity\u201d completely unnecessary, however, and, aside from a recent McLaren 650S test, no other manufacturer proctors our normal battery of tests, and we test more than 200 cars per year.<\/p>\n 0 to 60 mph:\u00a0<\/b>2.5 sec Full disclosure: The Fiorano track introduces major limitations to our usual testing procedures. The straight has a slight kink in it as you pass under a bridge, and there\u2019s not much space to accelerate beyond the quarter-mile.\u00a0C\/D<\/i>\u00a0procedure calls for running in two directions to offset any potential elevation changes and the effects of wind. Fiorano\u2019s straight is ever so slightly downhill, but at least there was little to no wind on our test day. Ordinarily, we\u2019d either reject the testing venue or we\u2019d run in both directions and average the results. Running the straight in two directions is impossible, according to Ferrari, and reversing the FIA-approved racetrack would apparently poke the bureaucratic monster that rules over Italy. Or we might hit the bridge. Either way, that wasn\u2019t happening. So we were unable to average our best runs in each direction and have to use the best in one direction here. The results, we must note, are uncorrected for ambient conditions, meaning they\u2019re representative of what the LaFerrari did on this particular day. It\u2019s the same policy we applied to\u00a0our 2003 test of the Enzo<\/a>, and, in any event, the weather correction wouldn\u2019t have affected the LaFerrari numbers much at all.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1509033120264{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_basic_grid post_type=”portfolio” max_items=”6″ element_width=”6″ gap=”5″ item=”basicGrid_NoAnimation” grid_id=”vc_gid:1621650705228-a66aa7d2-e626-8″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text]The Results: Apply an Asterisk as You Deem Fit<\/b><\/h3>\n
\n0 to 100 mph:\u00a0<\/b>4.8 sec
\n0 to 150 mph:\u00a0<\/b>9.8 sec
\nStanding \u00bc-mile:\u00a0<\/b>9.8 sec @ 150 mph<\/p>\nMore Car Reviews<\/h2>\n
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