These are close-up spyshots of the new Ferrari F142 – the new junior Ferrari V8 which will change the F430 in the range in autumn 2009. This engineering mule, sporting the newcomer’s hardware under bastardised latest-gen 430 bodywork, was on winter season examination in the snows of Sweden.
These spyshots have just landed on our wires and affirm that the F142 will stick carefully with the method set by its predecessors. The Ferrari V8 has swollen over the many years, from F355, to F360 to F430 – and the new junior supercar will once more have a V8 slung amidships, driving the rear wheels. But this new Ferrari will be a techfest unlike any other…
Ferrari’s new V8: clothing by Modena, heart by Silicone Valley?
Not fairly, but Maranello is throwing its entire technical may well at the new 2010 model. We are not distinct but on the specific motor facts, but some observers speculate the flat-airplane crank eight will swell to four.five litres prompting rumours of an F450 badge. Other individuals insist that Ferrari will downsize and engineering chiefs have overtly told us that scaled-down, turbocharged engines are showroom-bound.
We do know that direct injection will be fitted and Ferrari is functioning carefully with supplier Bosch on the set-up. The new California coupe-convertible had the very same fuel system and it can be a single way the business can reduce emissions and usage although maintaining the electrical power characteristics of the screaming V8.
We’ll update this tale as we harvest much more specifics from our circle of confidants, but energy is set to best 500bhp, driving the rear wheels by way of a edition of the 7-speed twin-clutch box that impressed us so significantly on the California. We’ve been predicting the end of guide-boxed Ferraris for some time…
A cleaner Ferrari? Seems like the Mille Chili principle!
Bullseye. This car will not likely be as radical as some of the contemplating in the eco Ferrari Mille Chili notion, but it really is surely stepping in that direction. Count on much more light-weight resources to characteristic in the 142 street car and we’d predict that light fat, slippery aero and those engine/transmission mods will account for a decent 25% cut in emissions from modern 345g/km of CO2.
That seventh gear is probably to be an overdrive, to make this scarlet Ferrari a definite shade of green, while lively aero flaps will ease air-cleaving and – inevitably – Ferrari is working on a roadgoing website link for the F1 KERS technique of electricity recuperation, albeit not for a number of years.
Let us hope that Ferrari is performing adequate keep its road autos appropriate in this new straitened world. Much more, probably, than BMW whose high-functionality X5 M is caught guiding the 142 in our very first spyshot!
