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Car classification (hatchback / wagon / crossover / estate / shooting brake

The Ferrari FF, which uses shooting brake design with a hatchback and a V12 engine, is classified in grand tourer class. I think it's definitely NOT a hot hatch, because it's too large for the small hatchback class, but some small hatchbacks such as Volvo C30 can be shooting brakes.WKB(talk here/This is not Facebook nor Malaysia) 07:10, 8 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It'd be one hell of a hot hatch, that's for sure, but I agree. At best, "hatchback-like" can be used to describe it to those unfamiliar with the term 'shooting-brake'. The classification was changed to hot hatch in this edit. I'll go ahead and change it back. CaptainVindaloo ^{t c e} 13:26, 8 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The term Shooting Brake was not familiar to me. I had imagined it was a reference to the aerodynamic properties, not its historical body style. It is a grand tourer according to the Ferrari press release, and the term shooting brake was not used. The 612, its predecessor also was a grand tourer. I see that the Italian and German Wikipedia articles also are using Shooting brake, with the French site using break de chasse as well. I left the term shooting brake, but added the clarification so that an unnecessary break in reading the article is not required. Group29 (talk) 16:58, 30 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Weight

Curbweight is 1880kg, 1790kg refers to the dryweight http://www.ferrari.com/Spanish/GT_Sport_Cars/Gamma_GT/FF/Ficha_tecnica/Pages/Ficha_Tecnica_FF.aspx — Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.237.155.241 (talk) 22:00, 12 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Engine

This might be the largest production engine in a Ferrari, but the Ferrari 712 Can-Am racer from the early 70s had a 7L engine. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.101.97.43 (talk) 02:07, 8 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

wait... how does that haldex system work then?

the way i'm seeing it here is that it's like an overrunning clutch type affair, so the front wheels only really get drive when the rears start to slip... but, then, how do you get any drive in reverse? and/or would reverse not need to be shorter rather than taller? (there's also the question of whether you might actually want the 80/20 split to be switched around for reverse, as the front wheels would in that situation typically have better grip than the rears...)

or is that completely off the mark? 87.114.206.46 (talk) 02:44, 8 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Passed. Arconning (talk) 14:28, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Nominator: 750h+ (talk · contribs) 13:03, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Arconning (talk · contribs) 15:33, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Will review this soon ^^ Arconning (talk) 15:33, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Prose and MoS

Lead and infobox

No issues but more of a question, should mentions of the F140 EB be italicized?
car engine codes are generally italicised (this goes throughout the car community in WP)

History

work on the shooting brake after the creation of the Pininfarina Sintesi, a concept car., would this be "worked on"?
that isn’t grammatically correct when you read the sentence

Design and naming

an airfoil-shaped centre element., would it be aerofoil instead as the article's written in British English?
done

SP FFX

No issues here.

Reception

No issues here.

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Images used in the article are relevant and have proper licensing, love the alt text too!

Refs

Earwig picks up nothing.
Random spotchecks: 1, 13, 26, 35, 45, all good.

Misc.

No ongoing edit war, pretty neutral, broad info about the topic.

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@Arconning: i implemented your suggestions. Thanks for the review! 750 h+ 16:27, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I honestly don't have any comments left, the article is amazing! Passing. :) Arconning (talk) 14:22, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 22:12, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Ferrari FF

... that the Ferrari FF (pictured) was, upon its release, the world's fastest four-seating car?

Source: ^[1] (accessible via ProQuest), ^[2] this one’s available as a link, otherwise you can access via ProQuest

Reviewed:

Improved to Good Article status by 750h+ (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

750 h+ 16:26, 28 September 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Hi, I will be reviewing this momentarily. Before I pull out the checklist, everything looks good on the surface, and the GA passed, which is good. Sir MemeGod  15:52, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for not getting back sooner. The table:

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

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Neutral:
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
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QPQ:
Overall: No issues, easy pass. Sir MemeGod  17:03, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Baker, Erin; Knapman, Chris (22 January 2011). "4WD Ferrari FF revealed". The Daily Telegraph. p. 9.
^ Neil, Dan (2 April 2011). "The coolest Ferrari ever—drive carefully". The Wall Street Journal. p. D.10. Retrieved 11 September 2024.

[1] Baker, Erin; Knapman, Chris (22 January 2011). "4WD Ferrari FF revealed". The Daily Telegraph. p. 9.

[2] Neil, Dan (2 April 2011). "The coolest Ferrari ever—drive carefully". The Wall Street Journal. p. D.10. Retrieved 11 September 2024.

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