Preview of Ferrari's future technology

Posted Thu Jun 21 2007 2:31 PM by Kenneth Hall

Ferrari has just published an extensive document outlining the future technologies that are set to appear in both its road-going and F1 race cars. It’s part of an official presentation that’s going down in Maranello today, where the eco-friendly FXX Millechili concept car has just been announced.

As always the main pursuit of Ferrari’s engineers is performance, but efficiency is quickly becoming a new driver for innovation within the Prancing Horse label. Some of the elements that will be affecting future Ferrari designs include drag-force reduction, weight reduction, and more fuel-efficient engines, biofuel capable models and even hybrid-electric cars.

Some of the new technologies we’ll see implemented range from more use of carbon-fiber, low-rolling resistance tires, wind-tunnel simulations for road cars, hydraulic and electric actuators replacing mechanical parts, smaller electronic components and more effective underbody diffusers.

In the long-term, Ferrari is looking towards hybrid options to improve the efficiency and performance of its cars. Engineers are now studying the use of electric motors attached to the gearbox as seen in this diagram of the F430’s transmission. Click here to check out the document in its entirety.

Reader Comments

Fri Jun 22 2007 8:24 AM
Jeremy Perren says

Awesome document...I love reading technical stuff like this. It gives you an insight into how much work goes into building these amazing machines! Bravo!
Fri Jun 22 2007 8:30 AM
DavidS says

Hey do you guys have a larger picture of that 599 wind tunnel animation?
Sun Jun 24 2007 5:07 AM
admin says

The pic above has been upgraded to being 800px. Is that large enough?

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