24.10.2012 FASTEST FERRARI FLIES INTO AUSTRALIA

FERRARI F12BERLINETTA

The Ferrari F12berlinetta, the fastest road car produced by the Italian sports car maker, has made its debut in Australia with a special launch event which took place in Sydney yesterday which is being followed by launch events in Melbourne tomorrow (25 October) and Perth on 6 November. At the same time the importer also announced retail pricing for the Australian and New Zealand markets.

“There could be no better time for the Ferrari F12berlinetta to make its first appearance in Australia,” reckons Simon Inglefield Head of Region, Ferrari Asia Pacific.

“Its arrival is a fitting culmination of events celebrating sixty years of Ferrari in Australia and it is appropriate that these celebrations started with a parade at the 2012 Australian Grand Prix, an event that has seen many a highlight in Ferrari’s motorsport history," continues Inglefield, "and concluded with the arrival of a car that is the very apex of road-going technical, design and styling achievement by Ferrari.”

The Ferrari F12berlinetta made its Australian debut in front of an eminent group of Australian Ferrari clients at Ferrari Maserati Sydney as the climax of an event that celebrated Ferrari’s achievements on the race track and as the benchmark producer of road-going supercars. Ferrari’s long history in Australia, one of the first countries outside Italy to be visited by ‘The Prancing Horse' also figured heavily in an evening dedicated to Ferrari and the pursuit of the ultimate high performance car. The depth and breadth of the abilities of the F12berlinetta was brought home to the guests by the people behind the design and development of the car and those who have driven the car in testing.

“There is one word that runs through the entire history of Ferrari as a scarlet thread linking every race win, every championship title, every road car every person who works for Ferrari and every person who has owned a Ferrari,” says Kevin Wall, General Manager of Ferrari in Australia and New Zealand. “That word is passion. You see sit in the grandstands at every Grand Prix; you see it whenever owners gather to talk about their cars, you hear it when you talk to people at Maranello and if it is possible to have a visible manifestation of the word passion, it is the Ferrari F12berlinetta.”

Ferrari announced at the launch that the Australian price for the Ferrari F12berlinetta will be $691,100 excluding statutory charges, dealer costs and delivery, while in New Zealand Ferrari’s fastest ever car will arrive with a price of $693,100 excluding dealer costs and delivery. Although the first cars will not arrive until the middle of 2013 there is already an 18 month waiting list for the new Italian super car.
 

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