First hybrid Ferrari is likely to be a V12

According to company boss Amadeo Felisa, the first hybrid Ferrari is likely to be a V12 and that the electrical assistance for the Italian sports cars will happen only when the battery technology improves. “We will work for the next three or four years on the technology and evaluate batteries. If we move to a turbo on the eight cylinders it’s not because we want to get rid of the V12s. “he said. The new Ferrari California, is the model that drives their innovations and will receive a stop-start system next March.
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ThierryHenry14 - 9/16/2009 5:30:58 PM

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I'm sure the first hybrid Ferrari is going to be via KERS.

freshseth83 - 9/16/2009 6:05:40 PM

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yeah the technology that F1 is going to be rejecting next year. I'm sure they have a better idea when it was said by other automakers that the KERS system wasn't really applicable to road cars.

SteedPub - 9/16/2009 6:24:30 PM

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This makes about as much sense as the V-10 TDI Touareg

freshseth83 - 9/18/2009 3:23:18 PM

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automotive espionage? Hmm who are we talking about here? Ferrari? They're perfect aren't they, no controversy ever for their F1 team huh? HAH!