This is a Ferrari FF, seen in the Chinese capital Beijing, at the same shop where I met a McLaren 650S Spider. The great Italian supercar was a bit dirty, with dust covering the pretty Nero Daytona color scheme. It also had slightly tinted windows and the standard five-spoke gray alloy wheels.
The Ferrari FF was parked in front of an extra-large motorhome with a rising roof. Behind the motorhome was a construction site, fenced off with the typical-for-Beijing green-covered fences. The light green car on the right is a Mercedes-AMG GT R. More on that machine in a later post.
The Ferrari FF is a four-seat 3-door shooting brake with a somewhat odd design. Not pretty, but surely special. The hips are super wide and it has large-diameter round rear lights and four fat exhaust pipe tips. The FF was manufactured from 2011 until 2016.
The interior was completely clad in fine red leather, the best interior color for a Ferrari. The roof is black, which is bad, it should have been red as well.
That Smart Fortwo is probably rarer than the Ferrari. Before it became a Geely-Mercedes joint venture, Smart cars were imported into China but they were very expensive so nobody bought any. The Ferrari FF was a little more expensive still. When new, it sold for a massive 5.3 million yuan.
The FF had a big 6.3-liter naturally aspirated V12 engine under the long hood. The rated output in China was 660 hp and 683 Nm. The motor was mated to a 7-speed DCT.
The Ferrari FF was a four-wheel drive car and I have seen one of those high up in the mountains to the north of Beijing. It raced over the narrow mountain roads like crazy, helped by its 335 km/h top speed and its 0-100 time of 3.7 seconds. The FF was thirsty too with a fuel consumption of 16.8 liters per 100 kilometers. Fortunately, it had a 91-liter fuel tank.