Price tag of $1.3 million, 963 HP. US writers diligently make it sound like all the specs are in US Customary. example: http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/laferrari-fastest-ferarri-road-car-ever-comes-just-135535376.html
Of course they really aren't. At the Ferrari site, they are metric: http://www.laferrari.com/en/techicalspecifications/ (those French "steam horses" are metric horsepower (735.5 W), not US or UK horsepower (745.7 W), so a little overstated. Also note the stroke must have lost a decimal and should be 75.2 mm, otherwise it couldn't possible turn 9000 rpm). Maximum speed > 350 km/h. It is a hybrid which is supposed to make it sound environmentally responsible. No mileage figure is claimed, but it blows a staggering 330 g/km of CO2 (staggering for such a lightweight car). The fuel economy under those test conditions must be in the neighborhood (assuming gasoline is 85% carbon, 0.74 kg/L) of 14.3 L/100 km, 16.2 mi/US gallon. That is far below the US "gas guzzler" standard of 22 mpg (the test conditions may not match). I suppose if you can afford $1.3M, you don't care about gas guzzler tax. Just pretend it is OK because it is a hybrid, and pay up.
