Hot! Ferrari: What's Next?

[SNB]

Judging by the Testarossa and the current 296 it's the latter older car that looks far more desirable and makes me concerned if it's unrecognisable replacement will be a disaster in the styling dept.

According to a poster on FerrariChat @day355 (who’s known to be accurate) the changes are an improvement but style is always subjective.

 

[Centurion]

According to a poster on FerrariChat @day355 (who’s known to be accurate) the changes are an improvement but style is always subjective.

It will likely get a moustache. The 296 is the smoothest and most classically beautiful Ferrari since the 360. It will age very well.

 

[Jonathan19]

Amalfi Post in thread 'Ferrari Amalfi and Amalfi Spider'

Feb 24, 2026

The Ferrari Amalfi Spider coming March 12

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[domleo999]

It will likely get a moustache. The 296 is the smoothest and most classically beautiful Ferrari since the 360. It will age very well.

I think I’ll keep my for a very very long time…

 

[klier]

It will likely get a moustache. The 296 is the smoothest and most classically beautiful Ferrari since the 360. It will age very well.

It won't.

Because of the tech.

Interesting rumors! (Hope this is true)

This semi manual gearbox, is this something like what the CC850 Koenigsegg has?

 

[Jonathan19]

Amalfi Spider is here

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Mar 12, 2026

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Ferrari Is Working On A New V12 Engine Unlike Anything You've Ever Seen
Carbuzz

A new Ferrari V12? CarBuzz has just uncovered a series of patents from Ferrari that show it's working on making new 12-cylinder vehicles viable. But this isn't a flat-12 or a V12 like anything we've ever seen before. The patents show an assembly that puts two inline-six engines together forming a V-shape in a very non-traditional sense. And, you're never going to believe how they want to do it.
The first patent is for something that we've seen before. It describes a way to control a gas engine and an electric generator, where neither is connected to the wheels. It's an extended-range hybrid system, basically. The second patent describes a way to create this EREV but with two different engines in the system. Strange, but okay.

With the third patent, however, Ferrari's engineers went off the rails. It shows two inline-six engines arranged in a vee layout. But this one isn't a vee if you're looking down the crankshaft like every other vee engine. No, the two engines are in a vee when you're looking down from above. They're only connected by sharing the same exhaust pipe.
Ferrari's engineers describe using two engines, each one connected to its own generator. This isn't a normal hybrid system; it's a series hybrid where the engines are only used to make electricity. From there, electricity drives other motors to turn the wheels.


The generators are mounted inside the vee, but even that mounting is strange. Because the two generators would fight for the same space otherwise, one engine faces forward and one faces rearward. So one generator is closer to the point of the vee and the other is at the open end. Can this get weirder? Yes, it can.

Connecting the engines through the exhaust is more than just a packaging exercise. Ferrari wants them to actually be linked. A valve would open and close the "interconnection duct" based on if one or both engines are running at that time. This is likely for scavenging and better flow. Combining the two into one outlet would make sure the catalytic converter was up to temperature more of the time.


The ideal vee angle, at least per the patents, would be between 20 and 30 degrees. Ferrari shows a battery pack or fuel tank in the open end, which could go up to 45 degrees. Both engines would sit between driver and rear wheels, so it would be a mid-engined EREV with a more traditional Ferrari supercar balance.

So to sum up: a two-engine series hybrid, where the car would run one engine when you were only asking for a little power and both engines when you want more. And those engines could run together or opposite. Could anyone other than Ferrari have come up with this one?

...more at link

 

[Merc1]

Wouldn't it have been less trouble to just further develop a cylinder deactivation system on a V12?

M

 

[Centurion]

Worth a try. ICE engines as generators could be lighter than bulky batteries.

 

[martinbo]

It's an early April fool's joke.