2014 Geneva Show Preview: Ferrari 612 Scaglietti Spied HD Video

2014 Geneva Show Preview: Ferrari 612 Scaglietti Spied HD
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Ferrari has been working on an electrically driven 4x4 system for its future models, senior company sources have confirmed.

The various alternatives for the hybrid system were first revealed on the Autocar website earlier this year but Ferrari says the final hybrid design will be used for front engined GT models and will drive the front wheels.

However, the source says that the first models equipped with the system will not appear before 2014. The aim of the 4x4 system which will use motors mounted inboard of the front wheels will be to improve handling rather than improve fuel economy.

Insiders say that using torquey electric motors to power the front wheels will offer significant improvements in acceleration and much improved cornering prowess, because the torque delivery to each front wheel can be carefully controlled.

Although this new drivetrain wont be available from launch, it will eventually become an option on the replacement for the 612, which has been caught testing here at high altitude in Europe.

The new 612 should benefit from a lighter and stiffer aluminium chassis as well as a more modern direct-injection V12 engine. Theres also the possibility of a downsized, turbocharged V8 motor.

The new 612 wont be in the showrooms before early 2012 and will be wrapped in a completely new design language that will mark it out as the companys flagship Grand Tourer.

A hybrid version probably powered by a V8 engine could see its first showing at the 2014 Geneva show.