Future Ferrari: lighter weight, 2+2 V8, new supercar
Ferrari's getting in on the environmental game. Well, relatively speaking. The next supercar from the home of the prancing horse will be lighter and use a lower-displacement engine, but still have at least 500 HP. Thoughts are that such a car would derive its powerplant from the one mooted for the Millechili concept shown earlier this year. Though the car shown was nothing more than cardboard, the powerplant spoken of was a twin-turbocharged, direct-injection, 550-hp, 3.0-liter V-8.
The other big news is more information on Ferrari's No-It's-Not-A-Dino. Instead, what will be revealed early next year is a 2+2 V8 with a 4.3L V8 mounted up front. Other changes to the rest of Ferrari's line have taken a back seat due to the marque's growing popularity. The 599 hardtop convertible has been put on hold in light of the coupe's 18-month waiting list. The 612 will remain unchanged until its replaced in 2010.
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eightyd 10:40AM (9/14/2007)
To be honest, this one kind of baffles me. We've all seen the millechilli before, but to be honest I think it is, in its current form, quite stupid. Why Ferrari would display a shrunken enzo (which was never an attractive car anyway, the f40 & f50 were far more stunning, sorry guys) made out of cardboard as a proof-of-concept just seems trite and a bit selloutish. Small, 'green' (ha) supercars are indeed quite vogue, and I can understand Ferrari's desire to join the party, but this just screams "Me too, me too!" They could at least wait until they have something real to show us. Faux pas, Ferrari, faux pas.
... Unless, Dear God no, this shrunken enzo (shrunkenzo?) is what the car is actually going to look like. Please no. I miss Ferrari's 90's styling. RIP 456M GT, 575
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DCragTop 10:54AM (9/14/2007)
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sorry, this story put me out like a light. (my face hit the keyboard) I'm awake now and moving to the next story. Sorry ya'll.
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El Calor 11:14AM (9/14/2007)
Lighter is better :D
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Josiah 11:31AM (9/14/2007)
this was lame the first time we saw it
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TrueDis 12:01PM (9/14/2007)
Really, a 2+2 V8 with a V8? You don't say...
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Toy Yoda 3:38PM (9/14/2007)
how do you bend cardboard like that? If they made most of the car out of cardboard that would be really, and scarily dangerous.
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