Ferrari Enzo's Return Predicted For 2012
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Enzo - word is the next one's imminent
Following the 458 Spider's debut this autumn, look out for a hotter Scuderia version of the 458 in 2013, while the model is due a range-wide facelift in 2014. Prior to that the California gets a facelift/freshen-up in 2013, while the 599 GTB Fiorano replacement should be one of the big news stories at next March's Geneva motor show.
More intriguingly, the report also maintains the Enzo replacement project is set to go on sale in 2012. There have been stories about this car circulating for years, but little concrete evidence and no actual 'sightings' that we're aware of. Autocar briefly wrote about it earlier this year, suggesting the car would get a twin-turbo V8 and lots of active aerodynamics - however this latest report says the engine will be a normally aspirated V12.
Either way the car will make its first appearance in 2012, we're told, which just happens to be ten years on from when production of the Enzo started. (Blimey, doesn't time fly, etc. Ed.)
"Apparently", "Allegedly", "Some say", "A bloke down the pub said" .....
I think it's fair to say that Ferrari are working on another hypercar: the Millechili, XX programmes and renewed competition from McLaren are all conspiring...
Of course, I'm not forgetting the 288GTO and the F40. But the Eighties turbo craze is long gone, and Ferrari seem to have - sensibly enough - kept themselves well away from the downsizing/forced induction route. They never have seemed too interested in turbocharged cars.
tty stick in the eye...
Of course, I'm not forgetting the 288GTO and the F40. But the Eighties turbo craze is long gone, and Ferrari seem to have - sensibly enough - kept themselves well away from the downsizing/forced induction route. They never have seemed too interested in turbocharged cars.
Turbo is back. Every maker is downsizing and turbo-ing. Just the way it is going.
Time will tell, however I think that the Enzo will be a future classic, albeit one that is firmly stuck in a particular point in history.
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