From the Prancing Horse's Mouth: no truck, no V6 from Ferrari
Like a family of cockroaches living behind your kitchen cabinets, some rumors just won't die. No matter how ridiculous, they just won't go away. And so we waste our cyber-space reassuring our loyal readership of that they're nothing more than smoke and mirrors.
Here we're talking about the prospect of a sport-utility vehicle from Ferrari. We've seen different renderings and projections, and although we're not sold, apparently some people still think it could happen. Leave it to the Dutch, then, to get it right from the source. Holland's automotive magazine AutoWeek spoke with Ferrari's general manager Amadeo Felisa, who firmly denied that the company is developing – or even considering – an SUV. And we'll take him at his word, even if we have our doubts when they continue to refute the development of an entry-level model.
On that front, in lieu of the usual mantra that the company is not building a successor to the Dino, Felisa specified that Ferrari was not developing a six-cylinder model, which doesn't rule out the possibility of a new model to slot in below the F430 with any other type of powertrain configuration... say, a V8 for example.
[Source: AutoWeek.nl via Motor Authority]
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John R 1:27PM (12/11/2007)
Actually...I'd like to see what Ferrari would do if they made a six-cylinder motor.
Would it be flat, inline, V...turbo or NA...liter size, etc...
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Phil Perman 1:48PM (12/11/2007)
I would like to see Ferrari catch everyone off guard and release an electric Dino. Power it with those new SCiB batteries from Toshiba and they could really bring electric cars into the spotlight
Story about the SCiB batteries:
http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/11/toshiba-launching-scib-batteries-in-march-5-min-charge-10-year/
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Tim 2:30PM (12/11/2007)
Can you imagine sitting at a stop light when a Ferrari pulls up silently? That would be so strange!
Tim 2:32PM (12/11/2007)
p.s. How do I get a custom image next to my name on posts?
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Tim 2:33PM (12/11/2007)
Nevermind.
EMC 5:36PM (12/11/2007)
A high-revving Ferrari straight 6 in a super-light car would be awesome!
Either than or a 3L Flat-8 ;P
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MikeW 6:15PM (12/11/2007)
A ferrari boxing 8 would need a 'constant pulsation' manifold so it wouldn't sound like a crossplane crank V8 LRLLRLRR