The Ferrari California has its official debut at the 2008 Paris Show after a series of special preview in the Web and in two special events in Maranello and Los Angeles, where she received a very enthusiastic reception.

The Ferrari California is an exceptionally innovative car whose philosophy takes its inspiration from the spirit and emotions of one of the great Ferraris of the past, the 1957 250 California, a beautiful, elegant car came with a roof for the line that is designed over the years, to symbolize not only superior sportiness and performance but also exclusivity, craftsmanship and faultless sophistication.

This new car line 8-cylinder Ferrari, mainly consisting of high-performance models. In addition, flanked the 12-cylinder flagship 612 Scaglietti Ferrari Grand Tourer in this category. The Ferrari California is a car with the track in its DNA. It is enormously innovative and will more than the expectations of even our most demanding customers, offering breathtaking driving pleasure and fun behind the wheel as well as extreme versatility of use and in-car comfort. It is exclusively as a convertible with retractable hardtop folds in either a rear-seat version with a traditional or in the 2 + version which is equipped with rear seating for 1-2 people, can see.

In line with Ferrari tradition, this model positively brimming with innovative features. In addition to the retractable hardtop and the aforementioned original 2 + concept, the new car prancing horse too: a new V8 engine with direct injection, a seven-speed transmission with steering-wheel paddles mounted F1-style with a new dual-clutch gearbox, a new suspension (double wishbone front and multilink at the rear), developed the new F1-Trac traction control system and Brembo brakes with CCM (carbon ceramic material) than standard discs (the latter feature is shared by the other models in the current offer).