Gallery Ferrari California T HS

The HS stands for Handling Speciale, an $8120 performance option available on all future Ferrari California Ts starting in September. 
The HS stands for Handling Speciale, an $8120 performance option available on all future Ferrari California Ts starting in September.
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The HS stands for Handling Speciale, an $8120 performance option available on all future Ferrari California Ts starting in September.
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The HS gets its own grille color, Grigio Ferro matte black.
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The engine remains the same 3.9-liter V8 as the regular California, making 552 hp.
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Handling Speciale includes stiffer springs front and rear to reduce body roll by seven percent and the rate at which body roll occurs down by 8.5 percent.
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Specifically, the springs are 16 percent stiffer in front and 19 percent stiffer in back.
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The traction control, called F1-Trac logic by Ferrari, is also tuned to provide better acceleration exiting corners and to keep the acceleration going even on bumpy roads.
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The gear shift algorithm is dialed up for faster shifts – 30 percent faster on upshifts and 40 percent faster going down.
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There's an extra three dB of exhaust note all across the range.
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The exhaust gets a new muffler shape and layout designed to work as a Helmholtz resonator
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... which Ferrari says “helps to tune the harmonic orders at mid and high revs, producing a cleaner and more powerful sound.
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Total price for a California T HS is $210,843
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Looks good at a distance, too.
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We drove it in Italy, in towns along the Riviera.
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The Italians liked it.
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We liked it, too.
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Particularly in the mountains.
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There's that plaque, telling everyone it's an HS.
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There are also stiffer settings for the magnetic dampers.
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...and quicker steering response from the EPS.
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There's the name, California T.
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