If you’re from Northern Ireland and love cars, I wouldn’t blame you for feeling as if there’s close to a 0% chance of seeing anything remotely exotic or cool. Our weather is atrocious, our roads aren’t built for many of these cars and anyone driving around in anything remotely flashy will get hurled abuse by a gentleman driving a clapped-out Bora.
However, Charles Hurst Ferrari’s Cars & Coffee proved that thought process to be extremely wrong on Saturday. Despite some drizzly weather and the fact that winter is closing in, a whole host of supercars made the trip to Belfast for a spectacular morning. Let’s talk about what happened…
You were firstly greeted by a sea of red prancing horses. Everything from a new 488 Pista and SF90 to an older 348 and Testarossa. However, the Ferrari service area is where things really started kicking off. Up on the lifts included a Ferrari F12 TDF surrounded by a room of cars such as the 812 SuperFast and GTC4 Lusso in some gorgeous shades of blue.
These cars were spectacular but still didn’t light a candle to the main attraction, the LaFerrari! Just 4 LaFerraris have made it to the island of Ireland and three of those are in the North. This means that seeing a LaFerrari is virtually impossible. That’s why, despite chasing LaFerraris for around 7 years, I’ve only been up close to one on five occasions.
This was one of them and what a moment it was. Less than 500 LaFerrari coupes were made at a price of just £1,000,000, however LaFerrari prices have risen to as much as £3,000,000 in some cases. They produce 963hp from an electric-assisted 6.3 litre V12 that sounds just as evocative as the car looks. It’s fair to say I was quite obsessed!
Another highlight was from the prancing horse’s arch nemesis, Lamborghini. The Aventador Pirelli Edition arrived making as much of a scene as you’d expect from a Lamborghini owner. Less than 100 Pirelli editions were ever made and this one was used every single day by its owner, what a legend! As much as I love the LaFerrari, this car will always have my heart. 700hp, a neck-breaking single clutch gearbox and doors that fly into the sky. There’s nothing like it in the world!
Finally there was the Novitec N-Largo and, since we’re playing the ‘rare game’, you’ll be pleased to know that less than 25 of these things were ever produced. Novitec is the closest thing to Ferrari’s tuning house. They make extravagant bodykits, can even customise your car’s interior and above all they produce some of the most heavenly sounding exhausts known to man. Yet another car that I was blown away by during the event.
In conclusion, the event was a raging success. People were laughing and drooling over their dream cars, supercars were plentiful and Charles Hurst Ferrari managed it with ease. Can’t wait for the next one!
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