14 Picture of Coloring Pages Santa

Christmas arrives, it is time the children learn to paint with their idol of santa claus. Now we present 14 picture of coloring page santa. Coloring according to preference and, use imagination and instinct, hopefully you like the coloring pictures we provide.

14 Picture of Coloring Pages Santa

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The Top 10 Fastest Production Cars for 2011

The question is not who would want to own one of the fastest cars in the world today, but who wouldn't? Below you will find a list of the fastest productions cars being produced for the year 2011. We have to warn you though, the prices that some of these automobiles are selling at, are more than some people will make in their entire lifetime.

#1 - Bugatti Veyron Super Sport: 267 MPH, 0-60 in 2.4 Seconds - Priced between $1,700,000and $2,400,000. - Well the next time you need to go 267 miles an hour because you are late for a meeting, you will know what it will cost you.

#2 - Hennessey Venom GT: 260 MPH, 0-60 in 2.5 Seconds - Priced at only $950,000 - The Hennessey is a real bargain if you only need to be able to get up to 260 miles an hour, since you can get it for almost half the cost of the Bugatti Veyron. It is said that with a few modifications, it can even reach 275 miles an hour.

#3 - SSC Ultimate Aero: 257 MPH, 0-60 in 2.7 Seconds - Priced at $654,400 - If you are sick and tired of losing all of your drag races to the kids driving a Ford Mustang, this little beauty will certainly show them a thing or two.

#4 - Saleen S7 Twin-Turbo: 248 MPH, 0-60 in 2.8 Seconds - Priced at $555,000 - Many automobile buffs consider this the nicest looking of the fast cars in this price range. Of course, the owners of any of the other cars would never admit to that.

#5 - Koenigsegg CCX: 245 MPH, 0-60 in 3.2 Seconds - Priced at $545,568 - This jewel is manufactured in Sweden and many Germans like testing it out on the autobahn.

#6 - McLaren F1: 240 MPH, 0-60 in 3.2 Seconds - Priced at $970,000 - You would think that with a price tag like this, McLaren could get it to go just a little bit faster.

#7 - Gumpert Apollo: 224 MPH, 0-60 in 3.0 Seconds - Priced at $450,000 - Just think, if you were a mechanic, you could tinker with the Gumpert Apollo engine a little bit, then you could beat the McLaren F1 and save $520,000 in the process.

#8 - Noble M600: 223 MPH, 0-60 in 3.7 Seconds - Priced at $330,000 - Not only is the Noble M600 a real good deal priced at only $330,000, you can still do 223 MPH, which is not too shabby.

#9 - Pagani Zonda Cinque Roadster: 217 MPH, 0-60 in 3.4 Seconds - Priced at $1,850,000 - With the Pagani it is not all about speed, but style, grace, and luxury. But, for $1,850,000 most people would still like to be able to hit 250 MPH.

#10 - Ferrari Enzo: 217 mph, 0-60 in 3.4 Seconds - Priced at $670,000 - It is a Ferrari after all, so you would expect to pay more for it, even for a car that is as slow as this one is.

The 2011 Ford Shelby GT500 Packs a Lot of Muscle

The old GT500 version of the Ford Mustang proved to be a favorite among automotive enthusiasts. Now 2011 marks the return of the 5.4 liter aluminum engine. Huge power numbers will make your head spin at 550 horsepower. Now only is the 5.4 liter engine back after many years, but the all new GT 500 is lighter and more importantly faster. These are all great thing in a muscle car. Plus this version comes tuned by SVT Performance which added components to the suspension. This new 2011 Ford Shelby also gets lightweight wheels with better performing rubber.

The 2011 Shelby GT500 weighs in at 3820 lbs. which is 100 pounds lighter than the 2010 model. Also the weight is better distributed at 57/43 front to rear weight distribution. This is near Ferrari territory, all coming from a car with a gigantic 5.0 liter V-8 engine under the hood. Speaking of the engine lets crack this puppy open. Most significantly the engine block is not made of aluminum instead of iron. The aluminum block is not only lighter, but it can distribute heat easier. Why is heat a factor? Well the 2011 Ford Shelby GT500 has a big supercharger sting on top of the engine. The Shelby also has DOHC which control 32 valves for efficiently moving air and exhaust out of the cylinder. Out back the 550 horsepower and 510 lb-ft of torque is transferred to the pavement through a 3.37 limited-slip rear end.

Performance times are what you would hope to see out of a Supercharged Muscle car! The 2011 Ford Shelby GT500 can clip off 0-60 MPH in the low 4-second range. The 1/4 mile drag is over in 12 seconds flat at 115 MPH. This all from a car costing $50,000. This kind of performance can only be found in cars costing twice as much like a Ferrari or Lamborghini. Believe it or not the car gets good gas mileage. Avoiding the extra gas tax imposed on gas guzzlers, the 2011 Shelby GT500 gets 15 MPG in the city and 23 MPG on the highway. These are great numbers considering you have 540 HP available under your foot.

As far as safety goes the GT500 has front and side curtain airbags. This Shelby also received good score on crash safety from not only the NTHSA but also the IIHS. These are the two governing bodies on crash test safety and data in the U.S. One reason for the good score is the addition of traction control which helps to avoid spinouts and stability control which helps to avoid accidents. And a 60 month/60,00 mile warranty is standard.

The 2011 Ford Shelby GT500 is well within reach of Mustang enthusiasts at $50,000. And if the last few years of sales numbers are any indicator; you should see a Shelby GT500 prowling the streets near you.

2012 Ferrari FF Overview

All manufactures tend to have these well known formulas for their sports cars that are just as distinguishable as the brand itself. Take a V8 for instance, push the displacement out to 5.4L and drop it in a coupe and you get a Mustang. Slap on two turbos on a V6 3.8 Liter Japanese car and you get a Nissan GT-R. Supercharge a 6.2 liter V8, call it an LS9 and you get a Corvette ZR1. Squeeze 300 horsepower out of a tiny, AWD sedan with a 2.5 liter flat four cylinder engine and you get a Subaru WRX STi. But what happens when you go back to the drawing board, sketch out a fluidly designed 3-door hatch back, with vivacious curves and stunning lines, paint it - oh, let's say - red. Then, stretch out the nose; drop in a 12 cylinder engine and squeeze in an all-wheel drive system. What do you get? With years of automotive mental algorithms going through my head, fitting the features with the engine, platform, and associated brands leads me to nothing. So who is building it? No, it's not the new Prius, it's the new Ferrari FF.

That's right, Ferrari decided to go where no one has gone and build a small hatchback car, with a whole 12 cylinder engine that grips the road with all wheel drive. Three components that traditionally are almost never seen together. My first reaction is, how in the world did they manage to create a small hatchback with 12 cylinders? Their largest capacity engine ever, by the way. That seems almost disproportionally designed. But it isn't. The usual elegance and finesse of Pininfarina design is not absent in the Ferrari FF. My second reaction focuses around the fact that they fitted their first Ferrari ever with All-wheel drive, which is great and all but it brings everything down to one question in my mind: why?

Why would you step away from your traditional mid-mounted V8 engine supercars or your V12 front engine Grand Tourers to create this confusing car? The answer is simple really: Ferrari owners asked for it. That's right, Ferrari owners told Ferrari that they want an AWD car that still retains the performance and elegance of a Ferrari that can be driven like a Grand Tourer.

So at the Geneva Motor Show in March of 2011, Ferrari announced that they will replace the 612 Scaglietti Grand Tourer with the Ferrari FF; FF signifying the four seats and four-wheel drive. The Ferrari FF will be able to reach a top speed of 208 mph and accelerate from 0 to 60 in 3.7 seconds, making it the fastest four-seat automobile in the world.

Considering those performance figures, there are three things that I want to consider about the FF, it's engine, weight, and AWD system. The engine displaces 6.3 Liters, is a naturally aspirated direct injected 65 degree V12 that produces 651 horsepower at 8,000 RPM and 504 lb-ft of torque at 6000 RPM. That's a significant amount of power, but once you consider the fact that it's coming from Ferrari's largest engine ever and that the car also has AWD you begin to wonder about the car's weight.

The Ferrari FF weighs in at 1,880 kg or 4,145 lbs. That's sounds like a lot, especially for a Ferrari. But it isn't, you see the outgoing 612 Scaglietti that the FF replaced, weighed in at 1,875 kg (4,134 lbs) and featured a much smaller V12, displacing 5.7 liters. Compare the weight to other high-end Grand Tourers and you start to realize how small 1,875 kg really is. Bentley's Continental GT weighs in at a well rounded 2,320 kg (5,115 lbs), giving obesity a better face than it really deserves. The Maserati GranTurismo comes in close at 1,880 kg (4,100 lbs) but only features a lighter V8. Jaguar's XK weighs in below the FF at 1,675 kg (3,690 lbs) but also features only a V8. Aston Martin's V12 Vantage is the closest to the FF with a 12-cylinder 6.0 liter engine the sleek Grand Tourer weighs in at 1,700 kg (3,741 lbs). So why does the weight even matter? It's simple really, the addition of stronger, larger engines yield higher outputs but the added weight impacts performance from an acceleration and handling perspective. It's important to consider the FF in the context of how it weighs with the competition. In general, it falls right in between other well known Grand Tourers, but we must not forget that it is the only Grand Tourer that features AWD.

When you put a huge engine in a little car the most intuitive problem that comes to mind is traction control, or the ability to put the power from all 12 cylinders to the road. Essentially, the AWD, or as Ferrari calls it: "The patented 4RM four-wheel drive system," is really a RWD system that is able to redistribute torque to the front wheels as various grip "needs" are determined by smart little computers that make sure you don't wrap around a tree...or snow plow. Ferrari is exceedingly determined to emphasize their latest technology as the majority of the FFs promotional pictures are featured in low grip environments such as rain, sand or snow. Who knows, maybe Ferrari will one day have a WRC rally car? When Tiff Needell drove the Ferrari FF, he constantly tried to force the 651 horsepower to through the car sideways but he simply could not due to the immense amount of grip. If you know Tiff, you know that he can turn a car sideways faster than your last girlfriend broke up with you, yet he couldn't do it in the FF.

So what does this all mean? In a nutshell, we're talking about one of the most innovative, unique Grand Tourer's ever made. It's introduction has sparked controversy over it's "shooting-brake" design, excitement over the front-engine mounted power and anticipation by all Ferrari fans and owners. One thing's for sure, this car is designed and engineered around what Ferrari owners want, a powerful car with the typical beauty and performance balance of a Ferrari that can drive anywhere in the world, literally. At a production rate of 800/year you can expect to enjoy indefinite grip as you push all 651 horsepower to the apex while sipping your latte and explaining to your partner how it was definitely worth selling your $300,000 yacht for this car.

2009 Ferrari California

California is known for many things: the governator, UCLA, and Hollywood, but amongst its many connotations, the name California is so rarely bestowed upon something of beauty, magnificence and sheer power. Until 2008, when Ferrari made the decision to manufacture a 2+2 front engine, Grand Tourer coupe cabriolet known as the California. Revived from the 1950s Ferrari 250 GT name, the California was announced by Ferrari at the 2008 Paris Motor Show as an entirely new model line for Ferrari. Although often times confused as the successor to the 575 Maranello, or as the similar Grand Tourer, the 599 GTB Fiorano, the California is differentiated primarily as a front engine V8 Grand Tourer versus the Maranello and 599 GTB Fiorano which house V12s.

The introduction of the Ferrari California introduced a number of firsts for Ferrari. It would be the first Ferrari to feature a front-engine V8, a 7-speed dual clutch automatic transmission, a folding metal convertible roof, multi-link rear suspension and direct fuel injection. These combinations of firsts make the California a very interesting car, especially once you start getting into the specifications and begin to understand that the California is more than just a Grand Tourer.

2011 Ferrari 458 Italia Berlinetta

The car itself doesn't look like it was engineered to produce a certain amount of drag, rather it looks like it was designed with passion and fury in mind with the end result being extremely aerodynamic. Michael Schumacher, Ferrari's former Formula 1 driver also provided input on the 458's design from things such as the steering wheel to the dashboard layout of the interior.

Ferrari 458 Italia Challenge

The 458 Italia Challenge is a mid-rear V8 berlinetta derived from the 458 Italia and represents the fifth model used by Ferrari in its single-series racing program. The model will be the protagonist in the 2011 Ferrari Challenge, where the new 458 Challenge will share the track with its predecessor, the F430 Challenge. In 2011, each race will see two class winners, one 458 and one F430. Once engines start, Ferrari 458 Challenge drivers will test the very limits of their mettle thanks to advanced technologies Ferrari's racing arm has refined at circuits throughout the world now.