That didn’t take long, but then it never does. Ferrari and Lamborghini have confirmed that their brand-new models, announced only in the past month, are all bought up for the first year’s worth of production.

The unique Ferrari FF, a shooting brake-like supercar that introduces all-wheel-drive to the Italian company’s bag of tricks, is powered by an equally new 6.3-litre V12 engine producing 485 kW and 683 Nm of torque. Without a load in its cavernous rear, the FF will hit 100 km/h from standstill in 3.7 seconds. “With the FF, we open a new book in Ferrari’s history,” Ferrari boss Luca di Montezemolo told reporters at Geneva. “This is something we have never done before.” Its styling has already proved polarising among the pundits, but with buyers clamouring to get their orders in, it seems Ferrari cannot put a foot wrong. We can likely thank the sure-footedness of all-wheel-drive for that. Watch the official Ferrari FF promo video here.

Lamborghini’s Aventador LP 700-4 enters the market with a more traditional supercar design, if you can call any of the Sant’Agata manufacturer’s designs ‘traditional’. Not to be outdone by Ferrari, the Lamborghini also has a new engine between the axles, with 525 kW and 690 Nm of torque coming from a brand-new V12. Along with the ultra-lightweight carbon fibre tub and body, the new engine pushes the Aventador from 0 – 100 km/h in a neck snapping 2.9 seconds. Learn more about the new Lamborghini Aventador here.

If the supercar battle was ever off, it is most assuredly back on.

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Bringing an end to the rumours, reports and spy photos, Ferrari has unveiled the FF, replacing the 612 Scaglietti and adding a unique ‘shooting brake’ model to the line-up.

Short for Ferrari Four, the FF adds another new quality to the company’s back of tricks: all-wheel-drive. Dubbed 4RM, little has been revealed about the technology, although Ferrari has confirmed that it is a part-time all-wheel-drive system, weighing half as much as a conventional system and maintaining a 47:53 rear weight bias. According to Ferrari, the FF “delivers record levels of performance on all terrains and in all conditions via continuous and intelligent predictive torque distribution to all four wheels.”

The FF is driven by a brand-new 6.3 litre direct-injected V12 engine, including a stop/start system for improved fuel consumption. Mounted up front, the new engine produces 485 kW at 8000 r/min and 683 Nm of torque at 6000 r/min.

It’s not light however, weighing in at 1 790 kg – 65 kg more than the 612 it replaces – but with the extra 85 kW, it’s unlikely to suffer. It falls behind Lamborghini’s new V12 however, measuring 6.5-litres and producing 525 kW and 690 Nm of torque.

With its F1-style dual-clutch transmission, Ferrari says the FF will complete the 0 – 100 km/h sprint in 3.7 seconds, on its way to a top speed of 335 km/h. Fuel economy is listed at 15.4 L/100km and CO2 emissions at 360g/km.

As for that wagon-like boot, the FF can carry a good 450-litres of luggage with the two rear seats upright, expanding to 800-litres with the rear seats folded flat.

Ferrari has revealed little else at this stage, nor has it offered any interior photos, but more details are expected to be revealed soon.

via MotorAuthority