By Nick Aziz
Friday, Oct 3rd, 2008 @ 1:14 pm

As long as Luca di Montezemolo is in charge at Ferrari , the Italian automaker will never build a sedan. That was the declaration di Montezemolo made at the Paris Motor show yesterday, following the debut of rival Lamborghini ’s Estoque four-door.

While Porsche is prepping its Panamera sedan and Aston Martin is putting the finishing touches on its Rapide, Ferrari is steadfast in its opposition to such a strategy.

The company chairman made it clear he feels sister company Maserati covers the sedan segment sufficiently. This seems to echo a recent statement by Ferrari spokesperson Davide Kluzer that SUVs and sedans are something “we will never do.â€

Di Montezemolo also noted the supercar maker would not build a vehicle with a V10. Instead, it will focus mostly on V8s, plus new fuel-efficient technologies like the Formula One Kinetic Energy Recovery System.

So there you have it, folks. The Lamborghini Estoque will remain the world’s most exotic sedan for the foreseeable future.

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