Confirmed: Ferrari going hybrid
by Jeremy Korzeniewski on Mar 4th 2009 at 12:39PM 
Click above for gallery of the Ferrari 599XX
One of the stated reasons that automakers send prototype race cars around tracks at high rates of speed is to further the development of new technology for their road-going automobiles. There's no higher form of automotive motorsport than Formula 1, so it stands to reason that fuel-saving advancements like the kinetic energy recovery hybrid systems that F1 is currently in the midst of implementing will someday make it into production cars. According to Ferrari president Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, the Italian automaker is in fact testing its KERS system in a prototype based on the 599 chassis.
There's some speculation that the
Gallery: Geneva 2009: Ferrari 599xx
[Source: Motor Authority]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
ale 7:11PM (3/04/2009)
Menacing.. how bout carving up the Autostrada with this Scuderia machine, oh how the tifosi must be going insance...
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ale 7:11PM (3/04/2009)
insane*
Jo 9:58AM (3/06/2009)
Ha! Earnhardt!
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J-jason 5:59PM (3/08/2009)
Ferrari does it right! Then everyone will want one they can afford! Technology finally that makes a sensible difference!!!
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