Successor to the Ferrari Enzo to Include Hybrid Technology, Italian Automaker Says
By Scott Doggett September 9, 2010Ferrari Chairman Luco Cordero di Montezemolo said the successor of the Enzo supercar (pictured) will include hybrid technology, as the head of the Italian automaker reiterated plans for the company to cut fleetwide emissions by more than a third within the next few years, according to Automotive News Europe.
The Enzo, whose successor is due in 2012, will include so-called Hy-Kers technology, in which energy created by a cars' braking system is recovered and used to power the car, the publication said, citing an interview with Montezemolo.
Montezemolo said at the Geneva Auto Show in March that he expected to include hybrid technology across all of Ferrari's models as part of an effort to cut emissions by at least 35 percent within the next three years.
Such technology won't exactly transform the sports cars into fuel-sippers. A version of Ferrari's 599 GTB Fiorano augmented with a rear-mounted electric motor and lithium-ion battery pack will get about 14 miles to the gallon - no great shakes unless you consider that the 612-horsepower gas-powered version gets less than 9 mpg, according to a Motor Authority report earlier this year.
Ferrari first disclosed hybrid plans last June to British magazine Autocar, though the company didn't say when it would first be viewed by the public. The company has already produced a car that can run on biofuel. The ethanol-gulping F430 debuted at the Detroit Auto Show in January of 2008.
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