Introduction
Commercial production of the Ferrari 348 started in 1989 when it replaced the Ferrari 328 GTB/GTS models. It was successfully manufactured and marketed for six years till the year 1995 when it was replaced by Ferrari 355. It comes with a Berlin Etta Spider Targa body style. Ferrari 348 is quite common and a total number of 8000 have been produced and marketed. The 1993, the version of the car was revised and certain features were added into it in order to perform better. It is a 2-seat sports car with its engine located in the middle of the car. A major changed in the specification of Ferrari 348 model was that the radiators were shifted to the sides. This resulted in the cabin to get cool more quickly than it did when the radiators were located at the nose.
Specifications
The Ferrari 348 was introduced in TB & TS and GTB/S & Spider versions. The latter one came with a total car length of 4230 mm (166.5 in), a total width of 1894 mm (74.6 in) and a total height of just 1170 mm (46.1 in). It had a wheelbase of 2450 mm (96.5 in) with the front track of 1502 mm (59.1 in) and rear track of 1578 mm (62.1 in). The length to wheelbase ratio was 1.73. It came with the total curb weight of 1393 kg (3071 lb). The car had a fuel capacity of 95 liters (20.9 gallons). It had an 8 cylinder engine with 4 valves per cylinder thus constituting a total of 32 valves. The engine is of DOHC type having a bore to stroke ratio of 1.13. The engine displacement is 3405 cc (207.786 cu in) with unitary capacity of 425.63 cc per cylinder and a compression ratio of 10.40 to 1. the engine gives a maximum output of 324.4 PS (320 hp) or 238.6 kW at 7200 rpm. A maximum torque of 321 Nm (237 lb ft) or 32.7 kg per meter at 4200 rpm is produced in the engine. The car can attain the maximum speed of 275 kilometers per hour or 171 miles per hour. It can achieve the acceleration of 0 to 96 km per hour (60 mph) in just 5.3 seconds and 0 to 161 km per hour (100 mph) in just 13 seconds. This achievement is just incredible and it makes the Ferrari the fastest car in the world. The Ferrari 348 comes with a 5-speed manual transmission having top gear ratio of .095 and final drive ratio of 3.56. The TB & TS version of the car has a lot similar with the other version and comes with a V8 type engine having eight cylinders. The displacement of the engine is 3405 cc and engine strength of 300 hp at 7200 rpm. It comes with a 5-speed manual transmission and having disk brakes in it. The car can achieve a maximum speed of 275 km per hour with an acceleration of 0 to 60 mph in 5.3 seconds and 0 to 100 mph in just 13 seconds.
Performance
Ferrari has been ranked as the world’s fastest sports car with some incredible achievements. The car can achieve a maximum speed of 275 km per hours which is indeed fast enough for it to be ranked as the fastest car in the whole world. The car has an incredible acceleration as well which can be proved by the fact that an acceleration of 0 to 60 miles per hour is achieved in just 5.3 seconds and an acceleration of 0 to100 miles per hour could be achieved in just 13 seconds. This surely sounds incredible. The make of the car is such that minimum air resistance is faced when the car is running on the track. The car was criticized for its twitchy handling and was found that it has the capacity to spin out at certain turns and the catch up was difficult once lost the momentum. The company took this into account when designing the 1993 model of the car and was very much successful in addressing the problem.
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