Ferrari Announcing New Sports Car

I feel less excited than I once did, new Ferrari's were an occasion, now one seemingly has to wait mere months for the next one to arrive.

 

A friend sent me an article about a prototype being spotted and the title said V6 hybrid. My guess is this is it.

 

Yes, this is the V6 Turbo Hybid, nicknamed "little brother" in the Fchat speculation thread.

https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/threads/new-mid-engined-v6-little-brother.595399

 

I guess its to be expected, F1 s little brother to be exact, little brother in HP for sure. I wonder what the output will spec out to be . I would not be surprised if it had a rear wing that was active , kind of like some Porsches are, thats would be cool for sure . Im not big on Hybrids, with that being said, I think its cool that Ferrari is building a car that coincides with their Formula 1 effort, at least I think thats the idea, what say you ? Thinking back , Ferraris V10 F1 car, never sprouted a V 10 road car. I wonder why that was ?

Thank you

 

That’s just not exciting IMO….


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I've said it so many times before already, due to new laws we will all be forced to massively downsize.
V12 are becoming V8 (see SF90), V8 will becoming V6 (the new little car coming next week), etc. etc.

If you don't believe it, get used to it. There's no alternative, unfortunately.
Even the legendary Mercedes V8 will be downsized and become a horrible 4-cyl biturbo.
A shame.

Marcel Massini

 

Exactly. I mean, I love steam-powered cars. The smell, mystique, and theater of it all. I'm sure there were is 'steam' enthusiasts that lamented ICE winning that A/B.

One simply has to ask the honest question, what technology is cheaper and faster today?

Enzo himself would choose electric as Pierro himself said before hybrids were in vogue.

I get some prefer Ferrari to stick in the past, focus on handbags.

I'm not one of them,

 

The last new Ferrari that got me excited was the 458. Everything after that is divertive.

Frankly, it is hard to beat a new Porsche GT4. A thinly disguised race car for the street. 400 hp is all you need, for $120,000.

Amazing.

 

One of the two is definitely not. At least for me.

Marcel Massini

 

The point is, Ferrari and the rest, are being forced to go a certain direction not by MARKET forces, but by REGULATORY forces. That distinction makes all the difference to me. If not for emissions, noise restrictions, and the omnipotent Green lobby, the next decade of cars would look radically different. I’m sorry, but the steam engine analogy falls completely flat.

To be clear, the manufacturers would NOT be racing to add 300lbs of lard in the form of batteries for 100hp, not when they could easily add 200hp by merely adding some displacement and turning up the boost while virtually eliminating any meaningful weight gain. The alternate automotive universe of where we would be going if not for the strong arm of government is what myself, and others, are lamenting. We’re disappointed. It didn’t have to be this way. What is happening is not a natural progression, but a forced capitulation.

 

The problem for me is that they don't look amazing, nothing against new technologies if they actually really work well and are fully developed and not a constant hassle....

My 2 cents.
Marcel Massini

 

Very very very well said.
A tragedy and actually a crime.

Marcel Massini

 

SF90 isn’t. And that naming is poor.


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Most new super cars, like Lamboghinis, Mclarens, etc.., look like cartoon cars. Its getting harder to ID the different models.

 

Meh, this has been happening since at least the 1970’s. My 308 GT4 came with that monstrous thermal reactor exhaust, the huge ass bumpers, etc. And let’s not forget the 80’s and the fuel injection on the 2v 308’s. And so on.

What is impressive is that in spite of those regulations (and in some cases, because of), cars today have become better, faster, more reliable. Life is about compromise, always has been.

 

the rush to battery power is actually destroying the earth. HUGE earth movers are pumping out tons of pollution/carbon while carving gigantic holes(mines) in the ground for the batteries minerals.
an electric car and hybrid requires more energy to produce and more pollutants in the atmosphere.
its all a feel good exercise with no significant value considering some ICE’s are zero emissions.

 

It’s interesting that everyone is talking about the new car announcement as a whole new model replacing the F8. Could be, but it also could be the F8 ‘competitione’ or track focussed version. It fits with the timing and evolution of previous cars.

It maybe that this version has some hybrid boost as well, as previous ‘track’ focussed cars have had upgraded elements that carried through to the next generation model.

I’m also interested in the comments about the SF90, I saw half a dozen of them at a recent owners club day and thought they looked great. But it also got me thinking, who is buying an F8 when you can have an SF90 for a bit more. I wonder how many F8 orders have been switched to SF90s and will this become the baby mid engine platform.

For a final thought, what about a La Ferrari replacement, surely there is something in the pipeline. For inspiration have a look at the Rimac Nevera, all electric and 2000 bhp. Rimac are keen to license their technology and their design is deliberately conservative, so perhaps a fully electric La Ferrari replacement……now that would be controversial


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