Paris 2008: Ferrari boss promises no four-doors
Speculation about Ferrari building a sedan has repeatedly cropped up over the past couple decades, and Ferrari denies it every time it does. As Aston Martin, Porsche and now Lamborghini have been working on four-door cars lately, the idea that Ferrari might has gained even more traction. It looks like the Sultan of Brunei will have to continue relying on Pininfarina and other coach builders for his four-door Ferraris. Today in Paris, Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo applied full carbon brakes to that theory as he stated in no uncertain terms that as long as he was holding the top office at the sports car maker, "We will never do a four-door." Wtih Ferrari selling its sports cars and GTs as fast as they can be built, Montezemolo is content to let corporate sibling Maserati handle the task of building exotic Italian four-doors.
While Ferrari owners are by definition people of considerable means, they and the company are still not immune to modern realities when it comes to both fuel prices and environmental regulation. At this years Detroit Auto Show, Ferrari displayed an F430 Spyder that could run on E85 ethanol. Similarly, the F1 side of the house is currently developing a kinetic energy recovery (KERS) hybrid drive system that, like current semi-automatic transmissions, could migrate to production vehicles. According to Montezemolo, Ferrari will not be building a V10 engine either as an upgrade to the V8 or downgrade from the V12.
[Source: Automobile]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
MikeW 10:03AM (10/03/2008)
What about the sultan's Ferrari sedans?
http://www.autozine.org/Misc/Article/brunei/Sultan_garage.html
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Red 10:17AM (10/03/2008)
As the article states, those were coach-built or built by Pininfarina.
Thank God they're not building one. After the California, and the travesty unveiled yesterday by Lamborghini, I'd go make a baby cry if Ferrari built a sedan.
Ya'll need to fix the dayum comment system for real.
LMBVette 10:10AM (10/03/2008)
Ferrari doesn't need to build four-door cars, they have Maserati to do that.
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Richard 10:14AM (10/03/2008)
I was going to say that this attitude of Luca's is a shame, but, you're right: there is always the Quattroporte.
hashiryu 10:23AM (10/03/2008)
A shame? Right now Luca is the MAN!!!!!!!!!!
Disappointed in Lamborghini, These names do not go together with 4 doors.
CarbonBlack 2:38AM (10/04/2008)
Initially I was disappointed to read the article, but your comment has flipped my opinion!
-Thanks
MajorGeek 10:23AM (10/03/2008)
They are too busy slapping their logo on anything that stops moving to build a 4 door.
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Richard 11:19AM (10/03/2008)
Don't say that too loud!
They may decide that they should make an SUV - no a shooting brake - to haul all that Cavallino Rampante-logo'ed crap.
Shooting Brake: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting-brake
MajorGeek 11:30AM (10/03/2008)
I never cared for those, so that would make sense ;)
GOKARTN 10:56AM (10/03/2008)
Good for them. I am glad to see that at least one car company is staying true to it's roots.
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akboss 1:01PM (10/03/2008)
+1 wholeheartedly!
Juan 10:59AM (10/03/2008)
What's that reflected in the hood of the car?
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Richard 11:21AM (10/03/2008)
If you can afford a Ferrari, you probably can do better than the back seat to pull that out.
CEMan 12:34PM (10/03/2008)
Wow!!
Good Eyes there Juan.
SCHWINNGG!!!
Torrent 12:50PM (10/03/2008)
oh thank the lord. that was divine intervention right there.
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Jason 10:42AM (10/04/2008)
LOL, looks like that hood is "COCKED" but seriously what is that reflected on the hood?
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Amien 1:49PM (10/03/2008)
Thank god.
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