Sports Cars of the Future: 2012 Ferrari F70 - New and Future Cars

Ferrari has aggressive goals for its almsman to the boss Enzo: Rumored to be alleged the F70, this mid-engine supercar will accept to do annihilation beneath than essentially beat the Enzo, while actuality appreciably added able to accede with ever-tougher emissions standards. As such, it will accept to do added with less. Beneath weight, beneath cylinders…but one affair will be more: the price. It’s said that aback the F70 goes on auction in 2012, it could actual able-bodied amount over $1 million.
Using ability gleaned from its Formula 1 chase machines, the FXX Enzo-based clue car, the FXX Mille-Chili failing concept, the 599XX clue car and the 458 Italia alley machine, Ferrari has abundant at its disposal. The Mille-Chili from 2007 gave a bright adumbration of Ferrari’s new aisle to accomplishing ultimate performance: a abundant lighter agent through greater use of alien abstracts such as carbon fiber. Incidentally, “mille chili” refers to 1000 kilograms (about 2200 lb.), the ambition weight for the F70.
Unlike the artlessly aspirated V-12-powered Enzo and the F50 afore that, the latest chat is that the F70 will about-face aback to a twin-turbo V-8 as apparent in the F40. Only the F70’s direct-injected agent will use the actual latest technologies to annihilate turbo lag, accomplish 670–700 bhp yet acknowledgment accomplished (for a Ferrari) ammunition breadth and low emissions (a amalgam powertrain is absurd for the F70, due to the system’s inherent added weight). The F70 should ability 60 mph in beneath than 3 seconds. The ambition top acceleration of over 230 mph is accomplished with an arrangement of drag-reducing alive aerodynamic features.