Ferrari Imaginative and prescient Gran Turismo idea is a V-6 single-seater

Ferrari is the most recent in a protracted line of automakers to disclose an idea for the “Gran Turismo” online game collection.

The idea is a part of the Imaginative and prescient Gran Turismo collection, the problem put ahead to automotive design groups world wide final decade by Kazunori Yamauchi, the creator of Gran Turismo. His problem was for design groups to provide you with the last word grand tourer. Whereas many of the ensuing ideas have been too wild for manufacturing, some have influenced the designs of production-bound fashions.

The Ferrari Imaginative and prescient Gran Turismo idea is unlikely to make it into manufacturing, a minimum of in its present single-seater format. The automotive does share some options, notably on the rear, with Ferrari’s new 499P LMH race automotive. There’s additionally no lacking the connection to the Pininfarina-styled Ferrari Modulo idea unveiled on the 1970 Geneva auto present.

Whereas the design could be too wild for manufacturing, the mechanical package deal is one thing we might probably see in a future top-end Ferrari, like a road-going model of Ferrari’s 499P. Energy within the Imaginative and prescient GT comes from a twin-turbo 3.0-liter V-6 associated to the engine within the 499P and 296 GTB.

Nonetheless, with no laws to fret about, the engine’s efficiency has been dialed as much as 1,016 hp—achieved at a lofty 9,000 rpm. A trio of electrical motors add an additional 321 hp, bringing the automotive’s mixed output to 1,337 hp. The motors are cut up two on the entrance axle and one on the rear working together with the mid-mounted V-6. These two rear powerplants alone ship 811 lb-ft, which the automotive places to the bottom with assist from a classy suspension setup, Ferrari mentioned.

Because of carbon-fiber development and a scarcity of creature comforts, the Imaginative and prescient GT, if constructed, would tip the scales at simply 2,756 kilos. Mix this with the 1,337 hp output, and Ferrari estimates you will have a automotive able to hitting 60 mph in beneath two seconds, 100 mph in beneath 5 seconds, and reaching a prime velocity in extra of 217 mph. A lap time of Ferrari’s Fiorano check observe is estimated at lower than 1:10, which implies it will be nearing instances set by Ferrari’s Method 1 race automobiles.

Ferrari unveiled its Imaginative and prescient GT idea on Sunday throughout the Gran Turismo World Finals in Monte-Carlo. The reveal marked 75 years since Ferrari launched its first race automotive, the 125 S.

Whereas Ferrari has no plans to place the idea into manufacturing, a full-scale mannequin shall be current on the Ferrari Museum in Maranello from Dec. 15 to Mar. 23.