The Tutor system calculates your average speed over a set distance to see if you have been speeding. It’s made confusing because the locals travel well in excess of the 130km/h speed limit between Tutor zones, often because they are exiting before the next camera. If you try to keep up with them, you can find yourself attracting the wrong type of attention.
Thankfully, our journey to the Cisa Pass sees us exiting for the A15 just after Parma, meaning we only have to contend with regular instantaneous speed cameras from here on in.
The A15 leads to the seaside town of La Spezia, but the part we are interested in veers off near Fornovo di Taro and descends toward an iconic stretch of road called the Cisa Pass.
Think corners, lots of corners. That'€™s the best way to describe the almost endless set of winding roads that make up the Cisa Pass. Mountains and picturesque scenery flank varying grades of tarmac as locals go about their daily business.
It's in this setting that the all-wheel-drive system underpinning the Ferrari FF really shines. Unlike a conventional all-wheel-drive system, the FF drivetrain utilises two gearboxes (one for the front wheels and one for the rear). Geared six percent longer than the rear gearbox, the front gearbox features two forward gears and one reverse gear.
This means that the front gearbox'€™s first and second gears cover the torque distribution while the rear gearbox is in first/second and third/fourth gears respectively.
That makes the Ferrari FF an all-wheel-drive vehicle in first to fourth gears and rear-wheel-drive in fifth to seventh gears. The logic behind this madness comes down to weight saving, with the all-wheel-drive system weighing in at less than half that of a conventional all-paw supercar.
Thankfully, our journey to the Cisa Pass sees us exiting for the A15 just after Parma, meaning we only have to contend with regular instantaneous speed cameras from here on in.
The A15 leads to the seaside town of La Spezia, but the part we are interested in veers off near Fornovo di Taro and descends toward an iconic stretch of road called the Cisa Pass.
Think corners, lots of corners. That'€™s the best way to describe the almost endless set of winding roads that make up the Cisa Pass. Mountains and picturesque scenery flank varying grades of tarmac as locals go about their daily business.
It's in this setting that the all-wheel-drive system underpinning the Ferrari FF really shines. Unlike a conventional all-wheel-drive system, the FF drivetrain utilises two gearboxes (one for the front wheels and one for the rear). Geared six percent longer than the rear gearbox, the front gearbox features two forward gears and one reverse gear.
This means that the front gearbox'€™s first and second gears cover the torque distribution while the rear gearbox is in first/second and third/fourth gears respectively.
That makes the Ferrari FF an all-wheel-drive vehicle in first to fourth gears and rear-wheel-drive in fifth to seventh gears. The logic behind this madness comes down to weight saving, with the all-wheel-drive system weighing in at less than half that of a conventional all-paw supercar.
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