Behind-the-scenes footage of an assembly line in action might not sound like the most compelling television ever, but when that assembly line is in the Ferrari factory in Maranello, Italy, it suddenly becomes a lot more watchable.
The video above, sent to Driving by Ferrari, shows one of the most glorious engines ever designed coming together on the highly efficient and surprisingly photogenic line.
The engine being lifted and flipped about in the clip is the F154 V8 from the Ferrari F8 Tributo, which debuted at Geneva earlier this year.
It’s mostly machines that bring the V8 together at first, with twists and turns from human hands here and there.
But as the engine grows, Ferrari’s meccanici play a more involved role, adding the final pieces before the engine is taken away and fit into the F8.
The twice-turbocharged V8 makes 710 horsepower for the Tributo, which means "tribute" in Italian. The supercar uses it to race up to 100 km/h in 2.9 seconds; and 200 km/h in 7.8 seconds, making it faster than Ferrari’s 488, and, in the opinion of David Booth, who got to take the first drive of the F8, superior in most respects.
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