If you have paid attention to all the new videos and reviews of the new LaFerrari you may have noticed something awkward on the car?s steering wheel. There is a tiny badge that reads "F150." You can see it here in our screengrab from Sport Auto’s LaFerrari video.
The badge itself is to signify the car?s internal code designation, and to pay homage to the cars of Ferrari?s past.
Let us start with the past. The very first true Ferrari supercar of the modern era was the Ferrari F40. It was name the F40 as the car was built to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the company. Then when its successor arrived, it received the name F50. Not because it was Ferrari?s 50th birthday, but rather, 50 is bigger than 40. That trend continued again with the Ferrari Enzo, which had a designation of F60. Now when the LaFerrari was first in production, most people simply referred to it as the F70, so where the hell did the F150 come from?
That is a slightly different nod to history. You see, a long time ago, Italy was not a unified country. It wasn?t until 1861, and after much bloodshed, that the Kingdom of Italy became a united constituency. In 2011, Ferrari named its F1 car the F150 to celebrate 150 years of Italian unity. After some legal troubles with Ford over the name, the car became known as the Ferrari 150� Italia. Since the LaFerrari was under development at a similar time, it seems very obvious why Ferrari chose the "F150" code for the car.
You learn something new every day, eh?
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The Story Behind the LaFerrari and its F150-Badged Steering Wheel originally appeared on topspeed.com on Thursday, 1 May 2014 13:00 EST.
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