At 81 inches wide, the F80 is quite a sight on narrow Italian roads.The F80's rear wing rises from the bodywork at 50 mph and adjusts its angle of attack from low drag to high downforce according to need.One challenge in designing a car like this: Where do you put a front license plate? Ferrari mounted tiny little European IDs for street driving.Besides contributing to the F80's 296 hp of electric thrust, the twin front motors enable torque vectoring across the front axle.MultiMatic active suspension ensures the F80 is always at the proper height and attitude to exploit the downforce generated by its underbody.Ferrari's Fiorano test track is a little tight for a car with 1184 horsepower. So we went to Misano, a 2.6-mile road course with a few true high-speed corners.Go ahead an run up on the gator strips—the MultiMatic active dampers are unfazed.The driver can't control the wing, but that's okay: The driver has plenty else to think about.The F80's starting price is $3,735,00. If you can't afford that, don't worry—they're all sold.At 81.1 inches, the F80 is incredibly wide.On the road, the underbody vacuums leaves off the pavement and shoots them out the diffuser.What, no center-lock wheels? Ferrari wanted five-spoke carbon fiber wheels, and that design precluded center-locks. So feel free to take the F80 to your local tire shop when you're swapping on your winter set.Hey, that's not a carbon wheel! Ferrari ran aluminum wheels at the track, since tires might be getting swapped on and off throughout the day.Wide car, narrow cockpit—the F80 cabin is two inches narrower than the LaFerrari's. Fun fact: Ferrari's now standardized the yellow on its badges, so the shield on the fender precisely matches the logo on the key fob and anywhere else on the car.Some of the the F80's suspension components are 3D printed, arriving at exotic shapes that are light yet strong.
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