“Ferrari SpA, the luxury carmaker owned by Fiat SpA (F), will be ‘more precise’ about its partnership with Apple Inc. in the next few months, Chairman Luca Cordero Di Montezemolo said,” Tommaso Ebhardt reports for Bloomberg.
“Ferrari, which today unveiled the 1 million euro hybrid model ‘LaFerrari,’ is in talks with Apple about broadening a partnership on in-car entertainment, Di Montezemolo said today at the Geneva motor show,” Ebhardt reports. “The new four-seater Ferrari model includes mini i-Pads [otherwise known as the iPad mini – MDN Ed.] on the passenger seats. Eddy Cue, Apple senior vice president overseeing online services, joined the Ferrari board last year.”
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Thats the difference with Android. Class and class fit together.
nice.
Next… Samsung will announce partnerships with South Korean car makers like Kia, Daewoo, etc…
Kia uses Micrsoft in their Optima.
I wonder if they had a grandfather clause. I just bought one 2 weeks ago and it didn’t come standard.
A Surface in every Yugo.
Thanks for the laugh!
Don’t you mean a Yugo with every Surface?
I guess a deal with Ferrari can make a stock price jump, eh?
I wonder why they didn’t try to partner with Samsung?
I have a galaxy note in my Trabant.
You have my deepest sympathy.
I have been looking at those iPad mini installs to replace your factory radio, nav system, etc. for my 06 BMW. Looks really slick and way cool.
All automakers could save themselves a lot of grief (not to mention weight and cost and customer goodwill) if they replaced their antiquated pathetic kludged infotainment systems with an iPad dock in the dash.
That cool and good for those who can afford to drive a Ferrari or any other car well made car and that manufacture has decided not to scrimp on quality. Good for Apple as well but lets get real, that is going to amount to about 60 total sales per year.
“Ferrari unwraps LaFerrari hybrid supercar in Geneva
The successor to the Enzo is the fastest road car in Ferrari’s history. It could be yours for a cool $1.2 million. Wait — they’ve all been sold.”
My question is doe the ipad mini come in Ferarri red. That would be cool
So where are the famous Kass analysts club members today? Silent bastards.
Can’t wait to pick up my new Ferrari now!
Maybe I csn retrofit my mini car with an iPod nano.
The article has a problem. The new LaFerrari is a two seat major sports car not a four seater. The misplaced quotes make Eddie appear to be Cue-less!
I wonder how the iPad mini wood look in a 66 Chevy II two door sedan with a 427 Rat motor,high-rise, dual quads and all the goodies? The Ferrari would blush! There’s nothing like a good old American hunk of iron.
would
What?!?!? electronics have no place in a classic automobile. Half the time, they are a pain in the ass in a modern automobile too.
While Ferrari offers touring cars that could benefit from iPad integration, there is also no point in installing one in LaFerrari, the fastest track-oriented prancing horse to date. Obviously Ferrari has no intention of installing any iOS device in this thing. http://www.automobilemag.com/auto_shows/geneva/2013/1303_ferrari_laferrari_first_look/photo_02.html
Personally, I am surprised that Apple would link with such a low-volume car company with before establishing deals with touring car makers Aston Martin, Bentley, Rolls Royce, BMW, Mercedes, Audi, Cadillac, Fisker, Alfa Romeo, and Lexus. Steve was a Mercedes man, was he not?
Yeah, and he loved to park in the handicap parking space. Classy.
All corporate executives park in handicapped spots — it’s just that they usually paste their names on top of the wheelchair symbol.