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Ferrari Enzo successor engine revealed

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By David Zalstein |
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The hybrid powerplant of the next Ferrari hypercar, and Ferrari Enzo replacement, has been revealed in an image published in the latest issue of the Official Ferrari Magazine.

The image of the Ferrari F70 engine bay shows the upcoming Italian road-weapon’s V12 engine and the electric motor it’s coupled to – a combination likely to see a total power output above 680kW thanks to the company’s use of its HY-KERS system shown earlier this year at the 2012 Beijing motor show.

Ferrari F70 Engine Bay

The extensive use of carbonfibre sets a backdrop for the high-voltage orange cabling used to connect the electric motor to the car’s lithium-ion battery pack.

The official Ferrari photo also shows the use of twin-angled radiators mounted ahead of the rear wheels and four exhaust pipes at the rear.

Ferrari F70 Chassis

The image follows last month’s 2012 Paris motor show unveiling of the new supercar’s Formula One-inspired carbonfibre chassis, which is said to make the all-new model 20 per cent lighter, 22 per cent stiffer and 27 per cent more rigid than its 1365kg 485kW predecessor named after the car maker’s founder.


 

  • Bc

    1 piece carbon shell this is starting to sound a lot like Mclaren.

    • Amlohac

      Starting to sound like progressive engineering. McLaren dont own the idea for the use of carbon fibre.

      • Bc

        Never said they did own the idea of using carbon fiber.

        Im just saying be original dont copy others.

        • JJ

          Yeah! Next thing you know all car manufacturers will be using steel…Crazy.

          Idiot.

        • Legnab

          And PAGANI and KOENEGGSYYSY  , already on the market , standard stuff in the hyper car zone .

        • Amlohac

          How is using a carbon fibre anything not being original?

          Better close that window otherwise all of your logic might fly out.

  • gt86.com.au

    ridiculously ridiculous. will be a monster.. bye bye veyron!

  • Schn

    Engineers. Awesome people. 

  • Daz

    Why bother with a hybrid they should’ve used a highly tune diesel like LeMans.

    • Shak

      Something tells me that a 6000rpm redline and the sound of a tractor rattling at idle arent in keeping with the spirit and essence of Ferrari.

      • Daz

         Neither is wussy hybrid they’re just getting lazy, nobody wants a Ferrari Prius

        • Cobber

          yeah, because 680kw is getting into wussy territory. *sarcasm alert*. 

          • Daz

            Can get 1200hp easily from a Cummins diesel mate, with the torque to wreck a supercar.

          • Cobber

            yep, can also get 1050hp from an 18.1 six cylinder Caterpillar diesel, but somehow I don’t think it’s a supercar engine. 

          • JooberJCW

            yep keyword Wreck, with its ridiculous torque watch the chassis fall apart.

            And plus the world is moving to new technologies, diesel being the oldest and most pollutant, is not a step forward.

        • guest

           Seems like KERS is used in Formula 1, don’t see anything “wussy” about the performance of those cars, and neither would you if you’d get the chance to try one. They have way more performance than anything you or I will ever get our hands on. If it’s good enough for F1, then good enough for road-cars. And the electric assistance is always immediate with absolutely no lag.

          Also, you can get 4000hp from a 20 cylinder diesel with enough torque to wreck a Cummins diesel, while you can get 100,000hp from a ship-engine with enough torque to blah blah blah, while in space-between-spaces, there is an unobtanium engine with engine power to destroy the universe…  So now we’ve got that little one-upmanship out of the way, we can deal with reality for sports cars and race cars.

          The last thing they all want to do is build dragsters like Veyron with its 600kg engine/gearbox combination.

          Diesel isn’t very suitable for sports cars or race cars because of the low engine speeds. You need to use long final-drive ratios to overcome that, engine response is typically not as immeditate as the petrol motor and the gearboxes generally need to be very tough (and heavy) to cope.

          The Audi R10 TDI proved that the fuel economy (46L/100km) wasn’t wildly better than something like the Porsche 956C which did 47L/100km from its 640hp flat-6 on average over 24 hours.

          Personally, I think now Porsche, McLaren and Ferrari have gone the right way to achieve this performance, and not down the Veyron path of excessive weight and huge engine to compensate.

          • Zaccy16

            agree but i love the veyron because it is extremely luxury and easy to drive but it can do 431 kph and only takes 2.5 seconds to 100! amazing car

        • Zaccy16

          This only uses the electric motor to give the massive v12 a boost

        • Roger_leong

          KERS ain’t your average prius hybrid. F1 cars use KERS to aid acceleration especially on top end of rev range

      • Zaccy16

        yeah diesel plus ferrari isn’t a good mix!

  • Altezza

    Messy but sexy engine bay.

  • Amlohac

    Please stop talking about diesel and Ferarri in the same sentence. Zombie Enzo will come back and slappa yo face for even thinking it at the same time. 

  • Amlohac

    Please stop talking about diesel and Ferarri in the same sentence. Zombie Enzo will come back and slappa yo face for even thinking it at the same time. 

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_BW6DRUEXS4GKI5GV7BYWCZIE3E Mark

    Still wished they used a turbo v8 to save more weight.
    Maybe this is the path for the next 458.
    V8 turbo kers (+ters hopefully) mid mounted – Im up for that : )
    Exciting