Sounds good. Bring it on.

The show car was made of cardboard??? That is fekkin hilarious!

A 3.0L V8? Thats pretty small for a V8. 550hp is no joke but what are the torque numbers going to look like?

cardboard!

What cracks me up is that the LLN writer felt it necessary to point out that the cardboard showcar never actually had a 3.0 liter 550hp V8 engine in it.

Turbos and lighter weight is always good

http://www.Ferrari-Talk.com

R1GHT30U5, shouldn’t lower displacement V-8 provide MORE torque? I just wonder if it’ll rumble like crazy and make the whole vehicle vibrate.

Back down to 308 just like that? Interesting…. The polar bears will be happy about this one.

Around the time of the F40 and 959, F1 engines were turbocharged and displaced less than 3.0L. I’m sure Ferrari can work magic with 3.0L and a turbo, but I prefer naturally aspirated engines.

Good call Scarface03. The F40 was stupid fast with that 2.936L V-8. It did have bad turbo lag but a good driver can make up for that. I doubt Ferrari will have any trouble making yet another very impressive, if not legendary car with 3.0 Litres and a couple turbochargers.

Angelo… how would a 3.0 Litre V-8 make a whole car vibrate? Just curious.

Man you guys are way behind V8 development. There is a 2.6 litre 360bhp/215ft-ilbs and 2.8 litre V8 430bhp/250 ft-ilbs that revs to 10,300k. I don’t count the LS7 as advanced because the OHV design has been around for almost 60yrs and any goofball can an increase displacement and get more HP/Torque, but it takes alot of development to get2-4 litre engines to produce as much as a larger displacement equivalent.

The mentioned engines above are both naturally aspirated.

I’ll take a Scuderia.

Don’t forget Ferrari makes a 2.4L V8 for their F1 cars. These are NA and have aprox. 650-700hp, if not more. F1 teams aren’t big on releasing those numbers. Of course they rev to 19k rpm. Don’t expect that in a road car!

And it will be more affortable I’m guessing?

Yawn. They’ll never even be half of what Lamborghini is.

Turbos are the modern way of increasing displacement.

1c3d0g, Lamborghini will never even be half of what Ferrari is, especially now that Audi has taken away their soul.

Ferrari detailed this approach when they launched the 599. In future they will be focusing on lighter, smaller cars with more efficient power solutions. Its welcome news, coming after the oversized 612 suggested that Ferrari might be losing their focus and will lead to more exciting and usable cars in the future.
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Commodore I doubt very much that it will be more affordable, to make a car smaller, lighter and faster will require more development, not less.
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Icedog you really are a complete throbber.

are any of you remembering the F40. 3L V8 twin turbo!!! lots of tourqu and ****loads of power. couple that to a light weight and techniquely advanced chassis and i think you would have a quick little bugger!!!

V-series: that’s totally inaccurate, but I can see you hate Audi.

Got Handling?: truth hurts, doesn’t it?

SUPER CAR IN THE MAKING.

dutch tourer if the LS7 isn`t an high tech engine, then how come no other 500 hp v-8 returns near the gas milieage? and though it displaces 7 litres, it weighs less then the 4.6 found the mustang g.t. and it also doesn’t require an second mortage to own. sure ferrari’s are nice, but i think its more impressive to make a car for a less then a third of the price, but still be competive with the big guys

Motor Trend had a interview with the Ferrari CEO and he flat out said there will be NO Dino

67-L88…..a Vette is nice, but nothing comes close to the class of a Ferrari..plus if you need to take a second mortgage to buy a Ferrari, then you probaly shouldnt be owning one

Keep pondering it Signor Abihganulah, I’m sure you’ll work it out.
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In the meantime, since you “must know a little more about Ferraris than [I] do” riddle me this; if Ferrari has already started their trend of lighter smaller cars with smaller engines with the 360, why was the 360 larger and heavier than the 355 with a larger motor? Why is the 430 larger in every respect than the 360?
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p.s. I’m ready for a quiz on Maranello any time you want, lets start with this one: what is so unique about Enzo Ferrari’s Fiorano cottage?

I agree sik59rt, a vette isn’t in the same class as the ferrari, im just sick of people always comparing to cars that are obivously out of it’s league, and saying it isn’t as hi-tech, or as refined. y should the LS7 even be brought into this discussion, but people do it time and time again, what, does it make them some how feel big and tough to pick on it?

Hey Got Handling….here’s one answer to you quiz…the 360 is 200lbs lighter than the 355.
Gong…..
you failed, nice try, to the back of the class with you…..

Ouch, D hat firmly installed – and I would have gotten away with it if it hadn’t been for those pesky dry and curb weights

angelo-lowering the displacement will not increase torque, it will lower it, where would you come up with that notion. If they lower displacement they need to increase revs to get back the torque

Directly from Ferrari’s website, dry weight of the 355 listed at 2976, no curb weight listed. The 360 dry weight 2844 with curb weight at 3064. So it isn’t 200 lbs, but it is in fact lighter.