LaFerrari

When I first heard the name, I always thought it would be sold as the Ferrari LaFerrari, or the Ferrari Ferrari, but nope, it's just LaFerrari, or F150 if you want to go by project names.

Introduced in 2013, LaFerrari was the first car to fill the company's top-end Super car market since the end of the Enzo Ferrari production in 2004. After many years of development and testing, LaFerrari burst onto the scene at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, and was immediately lauded as one of the finest and most innovative Super cars of all time.

LaFerrari is the first mild hybrid from Ferrari, providing the highest power output of any Ferrari whilst decreasing fuel consumption by 40%. LaFerrari's internal combustion engine is a mid-rear mounted Ferrari 6.3L F140 65° V12 producing 789hp, over 100hp more than the previous Enzo. This is supplemented by a 161hp KERS unit (called HY-KERS), which provides short bursts of extra power. The KERS system adds extra power to the combustion engine's output level for a total of 950hp, which is starting to knock on the door of the Bugatti Veyron's 1,000hp engine.

LaFerrari uses a carbon fibre monocoque structure developed by Ferrari's F1 technical director Rory Byrne, with a claimed 27% more torsional rigidity and 22% more beam stiffness than the Enzo. It has a double wishbone suspension in the front and a multi-link suspension in the rear. LaFerrari has a number of electronic controls including ESC stability control, high performance ABS/EBD (anti-lock braking system/electronic brake distribution), EF1-Trac F1 electronic traction control integrated with the hybrid system, E-Diff 3 third generation electronic differential, SCM-E Frs magnetorheological damping with twin solenoids (Al-Ni tube), and active aerodynamics to enable maximum performance.

With nearly 1,000hp under its bonnet, the car has a 0-60 of less than 3 seconds, and will go on to a top speed of 217mph, not as fast as the 223mph Enzo that preceded it but still impressive.

Production of this limited edition machine lasted from 2013 to 2015, with 499 of the $1 million cars built.