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Leaked: Ferrari 599 Hybrid Revealed Ahead of Geneva Debut : Auto News

TRDFantasy

So Ferrari has jumped on the hybrid bandwagon, but I can't say I'm that excited about it.

I'm much more anxious to see the 599 GTO than this.

Faymester

hybrid ferrari ... say what?

gengar

The whole idea of KERS as implemented in F1 being used as an "environmentally-friendly" mechanism in road cars is a joke, since it was never used in F1 as such.

In any case, sufficiently few of the F1 teams on multimillion dollar budgets were able to get the system to work so FIA axed it in future seasons - what on earth makes them think it can be viable on road cars? I guess that's the point of concepts, though.

I8ABMR

I get the entire green theme and all but they didnt have to paint it that crappy shade of green. Just leave it Ferrari red and we will still get the point

tmf2004

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Not diggin the color either..

LexFather

I love that color combo.....

Its a small step but really a huge one if you think about it.

Vladi

It's a Snakeskin Green! What's there not to like?!?
Probably the best sportscar green ever!!!!!!!!

SLegacy99

How bout a hybrid Ferrari with some capacitors.

joe80

finally we get to see Ferrari with 30mpg. that's the GOAT of all car right thurr.

UDel

This whole "green" thing is getting ridiculous. Ferrari's and supercars do not need to go "green" or be seen as responsible. They sell in extremely small numbers to a handful of people, spend most of their time parked in a garage and are usually only driven on special occasions for short periods of time. Most owners don't drive them anywhere near as much as the average automobile owner, many don't even put 1000 miles on them in a year. These cars are not the problem or causing serious damage to the environment and it is irritating when I see more and more reviews/opinions on supercars bringing up how irresponsible and un PC they are. The average Honda civic driver or Toyota Prius driver uses more gas/natural resources a year for that car then the average Ferrari, Lamborghini, Bugatti, etc driver.

Having said that a KERS system is not really a "green" technology and not really something to achieve good fuel economy. It is a power boosting system that happens to use energy from braking which was used in F1. I applaud Ferrari for trying a system like that on a road car but don't know why Ferrari is doing the whole green thing and showing it off as some kind of PC environmentally responsible technology unless it is somehow drastically improving gas mileage. Painting the car and the calipers green for a KERS system seems silly and pointless.

I am all for supercars and exotics getting better gas mileage but I hope they all don't jump on the "green" bandwagon and start slapping on big heavy hybrids to appear PC. Doing that will kill their purity and driving dynamics and will actually cause them to consume more natural resources. There are other ways of making the cars be more fuel efficient. They are just not driven enough for a regular hybrid system to be any benefit or make any sense. A KERS system could improve performance but should not be marketed as some "green" technology.

mikez

Its not a gas electric hybrid so chill.

I think gas electric hybrid would be the worst supercar ever. Exotic cars can't even keep its charge for a week without being driven, I don't want to know what its like when 200 hp comes with an electric motor lol

TRDFantasy

That's nothing but a dream. This car will be lucky to achieve 18 mpg . The "hybrid" technology on this will likely be for increased power, not so much increased fuel economy but we shall see.