With all the recent hype and spy shots popping up on the much anticipated Ferrari F149 2+2 GT, Ferrari today launched a web site with sounds of the car and a countdown to its world debut.

Power for the Ferrari F149 is expected to come from the same 4.3 liter V8 from the F430.

As we write this, the countdown is currently at 10 Days and 19 Hours. Check out the site for yourself at www.ferrarigtcountdown.com.

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Spy Shots: Ferrari F149 without weird rear camo:

   

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So you’ve been quite weirded out by that crazy rear camo you keep seeing on the upcoming Ferrari F149, which is not going to be called the Dino. Here are the most recent spy shots of the car without the fugly rear camo.

The Ferrari F149 is expected to debut at the Paris Motor Show in October. Power is expected to come from the same 4.3 liter V8 from the F430.

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Spy Shots: Ferrari F149 withot weird rear camo:

   

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Selling everything from caps, watches, sunglasses to model cars the Ferrari stores have been proven to be a success since the first one opened its doors in Italy in 2002. Ferrari will be opening its first retail store in London this autumn.

Ferrari announced last Thursday that it has signed a franchising agreement with Percassi, an Italian retail company, to open a two-level store on Regent Street. Ferrari has 20 stores including stores in Abu Dhabi, Beijing, Las Vegas and Singapore.

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How many times have you called home and said “Dad I just got in a car accident. I’m okay but the car just got totaled.” Most of the time your father would come right away to help you out and make sure you’re not hurt. But what happens when you call home and say “Dad I just totalled your Ferrari.”

A son had to make that call this past weekend on Saturday after destroying the front of his father’s F360 Challenge Straddle, one of just 16 imported in Australia and New Zealand in 2004.

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Check out this matte black Ferrari 430 Scuderia that was spotted in Switzerland. It’s just brutally super-duper good-looking.

Refresher: Power comes from a 4.3 liter V8 engine that produces 510 horsepower. 0-60 comes in 3.5 seconds. Only 250 units available for the U.S. market.

Matte Black Ferrari 430 Scuderia:

   

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We recently brought you a short video of the upcoming 2+2 Ferrari that has come to be known as the Dino. Get rid of that name from your mind, because according to sources who spoke with CAR, the entry level Ferrari that will go head-to-head with the Porsche 911s won’t be called the Dino.

Codenamed F149, the 2+2 coupe will carry a price tag of around £150,000 putting it between the F430 and the 599GTB. Riding on a rear-wheel-drive platform produced by Maserati, the F149 will be a front-engined GT instead of mid-engined like the old Dino.

While its been said that the F149 will carry the 4.3L V8 from the F430, Ferrari may still consider the 4.2L or 4.7L V8 from Maserati and Alfa Romeo since the two are designed for a front-engined layout.

Head over to CAR to see more images of the car.

Along with Brembo and the Marsiaj family, founder of Italian seat belt maker, Enzo Ferrari’s son will be amongst those to purchase a stake in coach builder Pininfarina.

Piero Ferrari, currently vice chairman of Ferrari, will acquire a part in the 100 million Euro capital increase at Pininfarina. The increase was approved by Pininfarina at its annual meeting on Monday and will help finance a restructuring to revive the sluggish company.

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While the rest of the automotive world is in panic, Fiat Group’s Ferrari and Maserati are kicking back and relaxing after reporting record results for the first quarter.

Surprisingly with the help of higher sales in the V12 model segment including the 612 Scaglietti and 599 GTB Fiorano, Ferrari deliveries increased 4 percent to 1,654 units. Revenue grew almost 20 percent. In 2007, Ferrari enjoyed its best record for revenues up 15.3 percent selling up to 6,488 cars. It hopes to pass that mark this year.

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Bose has been providing high-end quality speakers for the automotive industry since the 1983 Cadillac Seville. Bose is now moving into a new market with a system that provides a full sound system, navigation, Bluetooth connectivity and a satellite radio.

Currently available only on the $264,000 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti, the Bose Media System offers everything from naviagtion to a 30-gig hard drive that can store more than 200 CDs and USB 2.0 inputs for portable media.

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In November of last year, Edo Competition engineers gave the Ferrari 599 GTB two tuning packages. One increased the output of the 620-hp car to 650-hp while the other increase it to 750. At that time it was all about the enhancement made under the hood.

Edo Competition is now back with the 599 GTB and is offering a visually appealing aerodynamics package. Called the ‘edo 630 Scuderia’ the 599 GTB gets a flow-optimized front apron which features an enlarged cooling air inlet with the center inlet providing cooling air for the brakes. The front spoiler lip improves downforce on the front axle. Edo also added new side skirts that improve wheel arch ventilation working with the new rear apron. The 599 GTB also gets a wider diffuser and a new carbon fiber lip spoiler.

All the parts are made from carbon fiber leading to a weight reduction of nearly 110lb.

Edo 630 Scuderia aero kit for the Ferrari 599 GTB:

   

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Codenamed the F149, the new 2+2 entry level Ferrari is expected to be less expensive than the $190,00 F430 while using the same 4.3 liter engine. Some innovative and new technologies will find their way in the new Ferrari including direct-injection, a new gearbox, an innovative throttle body.

The F419 will be built on the same chassis as the Maserati GranTurismo, which explains the recent spy shots we’ve seen of the car wearing the GranTurismo’s body.

Ferrari expects on building 6,000 to 10,000 units a year after it debuts at the Paris Motor Show in October.

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It doesn’t get any better than this - old vs. new, Ferrari F40 vs. Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano. Check out this beautiful Ferrari promotional video and make sure you turn up the volume to hear the amazing sounds that both cars produce.

And is that guy in the 599 GTB giving the middle finger at the end of the video (3:11)?

Refresher:

Ferrari F40: 2.9L V8 twin-turbo engine producing 478-hp and 424 lb-ft of torque.

Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano: 6.0L V12 producing 620-hp and 448 lb-ft of torque.

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We’re guessing you were just as surprised as we were after seeing the ‘Ferrari display’ at the 2008 New York Auto Show; apparently so was Ferrari. Ferrari of North America dropped us an e-mail today explaining what the lonely F430 was doing at the show and how it had no connection to the Italian stallion.

For those of you not familiar with the issue at hand, Ferrari was nowhere to be found at the 2008 New York Auto Show. However, right in the middle of Aston Martin, Lamborghini and Bentley, there sat a black F430 against a black background with no Ferrari signage in sight.

Check out Ferrari’s e-mail after the jump.

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