Last month, Ferrari unveiled the 296 GTB, the brand’s “new mid-rear-engined berlinetta sports car.”
Styling aside, the most notable feature of this latest model is its powertrain: a V6 (the first used by Ferrari since the Dino) mated to a plug-in hybrid system.
In case you didn’t catch that, Ferrari makes hybrids now.
Naturally, this hybrid is good for a …
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One of the most gorgeous Ferraris I've seen in quite a while, as well! I do wish the battery-only range was longer, but I'm guessing they were concerned about weight, which is understandable.
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Holy crow, yes, it's stunning.
Wow...that is, by far, the nicest looking of all the modern Ferraris.
That Corvette looks way better.
great styling that I think will last ,
i guess it would be pretty hard to stuff a V12 and the hybrid stuff in one car ,
but maybe a V8 with hybrid.....
Beauty in the eye of the beholder and all that. But that is hideous to me. Everything past the 458 is just not my speed.
Cannot really comment, I would get in trouble again for not being sufficiently PC.
Wow. Ferrari have made a car I want for the first time since the 456 and 355. Not only that, but it's a V6 plug in hybrid, which I see as the way of the future. Like others I'd rather more pure electric range, and I'd happily give up a couple of hundred or more go on the ICE side as well.