Ferrari Shows Off Carbon Monocoque: Paris 2012 Live Shots

Derek Kreindler
by Derek Kreindler

Kudos to Ferrari for having the audacity to show off their carbon fiber monocoque like it was a new vehicle introduction – which it sort of is, for their new supercar. The big news here is that they’ve confirmed it will be a hybrid, packing a 804 horsepower V12 gasoline motor and a 90 kW electric motor.



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  • Spanish Inquisition Spanish Inquisition on Sep 28, 2012

    800 hp V12? Unless that's turbocharged (likely? Not likely?), is that going to be the world's highest output production NA V12? What're the chances its a new engine, stroked version of the current V12, or the exact same engine? I thought it was pretty cool they were squeezing out over 100 hp/L in the 6.3L V12 already (740 PS in the Berlinetta, according to Wikipedia).

  • Tjh8402 Tjh8402 on Sep 28, 2012

    If they match the 458 Italia's specific output, the 6.3 would crank out 787 hp, so if they can either beat that by a little or do a slight bump in displacement, 800 shouldn't be a challenge. I don't remember where I saw it but last I had heard this was not going to be turbo. If they do bump the displacement, it'll be interesting to see how big they go. Somewhat random trivia but the biggest engine Ferrari ever made or put in a car was the 6.9 liter V-12 in the 712 Can-Am car. Kudo's to Ferrari for honoring tradition and sticking with the NA V-12 instead of taking the Mclaren route.

  • CanadaCraig You can just imagine how quickly the tires are going to wear out on a 5,800 lbs AWD 2024 Dodge Charger.
  • Luke42 I tried FSD for a month in December 2022 on my Model Y and wasn’t impressed.The building-blocks were amazing but sum of the all of those amazing parts was about as useful as Honda Sensing in terms of reducing the driver’s workload.I have a list of fixes I need to see in Autopilot before I blow another $200 renting FSD. But I will try it for free for a month.I would love it if FSD v12 lived up to the hype and my mind were changed. But I have no reason to believe I might be wrong at this point, based on the reviews I’ve read so far. [shrug]. I’m sure I’ll have more to say about it once I get to test it.
  • FormerFF We bought three new and one used car last year, so we won't be visiting any showrooms this year unless a meteor hits one of them. Sorry to hear that Mini has terminated the manual transmission, a Mini could be a fun car to drive with a stick.It appears that 2025 is going to see a significant decrease in the number of models that can be had with a stick. The used car we bought is a Mk 7 GTI with a six speed manual, and my younger daughter and I are enjoying it quite a lot. We'll be hanging on to it for many years.
  • Oberkanone Where is the value here? Magna is assembling the vehicles. The IP is not novel. Just buy the IP at bankruptcy stage for next to nothing.
  • Jalop1991 what, no Turbo trim?
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