Howdy Webriders! Dr. VW here for some foreign friday love. This week is going to be a sweet sweet new ride outta Italy. Oddly enough… it’s named after our wonderful state of California. If that’s not international cooperation I don’t know what is. Hit the jump to check out the Ferrari California!

Feast your eyes on some serious Automotive sex drive.

Oh yeah baby. The Ferrari California is by far the hottest car to come from Europe in a good long while, and it’s a unique car in a lot of ways. For one thing, it represents several firsts for Ferrari: front-mid engine V8, Direct Injection, 7-Speed Dual Clutch Tranny, Multi-link rear suspension, and a folding metal convertible top.

Yeah. You read that right. Hard top convertible Ferrari. DAMMMMMMNNNNN. That’s not all though, this rear wheel drive beauty is capable of a top speed of 193mph and 0-60 in under 4 seconds. Go ahead and drool.

If that’s not enough, SURELY you’ve seen the lines on this thing. I mean, old world styling has always been a forte for European auto manufacturers but lets face it, the last few Ferrari’s were relatively narrow and boxy. The California is such a sharp departure from that design mentality and a return to traditionally rounded, flowing body lines that I can only hope that everything old is new again– welcome to the beginning of the automotive Renaissance. In this case, the Ferrari clearly takes some design aspects from Lotus and Aston Martin, as well as the Tesla (also designed by Lotus). However the look certainly works and fits in well with Ferrari’s of the distant past; a return to its roots if you will. Whatever the source of the design, Dr. VW heartily approves! If only I had the dough to drop for one of these sweet rides…

*sigh* I’ll just keep dreaming. Be sure to head down to the forums and check out the Gallery- thanks net car show! That’s all for this week Webriders, this is Dr. VW, signing off.