WHAT is the first thing that comes to one’s mind when they think about the word Flagship? Googlers will know that it’s the ship of a fleet which carries the commanding admiral. It also depicts the best product owned or produced by a particular organization. OnePlus 7 Pro is the flagship of OnePlus. Panigale is the flagship superbike of Ducati. And uhh… xBhp is the flagship lifestyle motorcycling magazine of India… Moving on to the more pressing matters, how about the flagship of a revered brand like Ferrari? The answer to that, had us engulfed in Dubai and showed us how it feels when a 1600+ kg supercar accelerates like a superbike. The answer is, Ferrari 812 Superfast.
Why 8, 1, and 2, and why Superfast? So, the 8, comes from the peak power which is 800cv (cheval vapeur) or roughly 789 bhp. The 12, is the number of cylinders in the engine. And lastly, Superfast because, well… 0-100 km/h in 2.9s, 0-200 in 7.9s, and a top speed of over 340 km/h. No complexities in the name there, just plain-old pride in the engineering marvel that the car is, and well deserved too. The reason is that Ferrari has had flagship V12s for a long time now and every new one is an improvement over the previous but isn’t there a limit to how much you can extract out of a naturally-aspirated V12? Not for Ferrari apparently.
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CEAT XPLORER GURGAON TO DHOLPUR WITH GRIPP XL PLUS
Our CEAT xPlorer heads to Dholpur on his trusty Royal Enfield Himalayan shod with CEAT Gripp XL Plus tyres.
ZERO SR/S
We ride the Zero R/S to see what it brings to the table beyond the flurry of electric motorcycles that are around and on the horizon.
ULTRAVIOLETTE F77 MACH 2 FIRST RIDE
Ultraviolette brings in the Ultraviolette F77 Mach 2 in two variants and we head to Bengaluru to check it out!
WELCOME TO THE MOTOVILLA
Story and scenes from the very first meetup that we organized at the Motovilla.
TRAILS AND TRACK WITH VREDESTEIN
We fly to Ooty and Coimbatore to test two new tyres from Vredestein; the Pinza HT and the Ultrac Vorti.
FREESTYLING BEYOND MOTORCYCLING
The story from our time freestyling with the TVS Apache RTR 310 along with a couple of other Freestylers outside of motorcycling.
#XBHPRYNOXMEET AND DELHI HEAT
Passion for motorcycling overcomes scorching Delhi heat for the xBhpRynoxMeet.
CASTROL POWER1 PRESENTS INDIA'S ULTIMATE MOTOSTAR ON MTV
India’s biggest motorsport talent hunt in a firstof-a-Kind event, Castrol POWERI presents India’s Ultimate Motostar on MTV!
MEETUP SEASON COMMENCES WITH XBHP JK BLAZE RYDR MEET
The story from the first xBhpJKBlazeRydrMeet of the season from Pune.
WORLD DUCATI WEEK 2024
e make our way to yet another World Ducati Week and as was the case with the previous editions, it was a thrill-fest!
