Ferrari To Unveil Enzo Successor at 2013 Detroit Auto Show

Just the Facts:

• Ferrari will unveil its most powerful road car yet to potential customers early next year.
• A public debut is slated for the 2013 Detroit Auto Show in January.
• Reputed to produce 900 horsepower, the midengine, carbon-fiber two-seater features an all-new V12 engine whose power ? and fuel economy ? will be enhanced by a Formula 1-style KERS hybrid system.

MARANELLO, Italy ? Ferrari will unveil its most powerful road car yet ? a successor to the Enzo ? to potential customers early next year, with a public debut slated for the 2013 Detroit Auto Show in January.

Reputed to produce 900 horsepower, the midengine two-seater features an all-new V12 engine whose power ? and fuel economy ? will be enhanced by a Formula 1-style KERS hybrid system.

The company revealed the new car's carbon-fiber tub last month at the 2012 Paris Auto Show. It was created using Formula 1 molding techniques that produce a lighter structure than the carbon-fiber manufacturing methods usually used for road cars.

The weight saving is needed to compensate for the added mass of the HY-KERS system, with the electric motor adding 110 pounds and the Samsung battery pack 220 pounds. The result is a chassis 20 percent lighter than the original Enzo's despite a 27-percent increase in torsional rigidity and a 22-percent gain in beam stiffness.

The HY-KERS system is claimed to produce a CO2 and fuel consumption reduction of up to 40 percent, according to a video showing an evolution of the system, called HY-KERS 2012, released in April.

Ferrari previously has shown a prototype hybrid system based on the 599 called HY-KERS at the 2010 Geneva Auto Show.

The same video also provides some technical details of the hybrid drivetrain on the new supercar, which some are speculating will be called F70. These include a high-power electric motor believed to produce 120 hp that's packaged with a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission to provide a power boost and energy recuperation.

Other features include an auxiliary electric motor for energy regeneration and a generator control system that reduces driveline drag while the batteries are being recharged.

The new 6.3-liter V12 is reputed to develop more than 900 hp and features multi-spark mixture ignition and continuously variable-length inlet tracts to maximize power and torque. The V12 in the regular-production F12 develops 730 hp.

The F70, if that's what it's to be called, is the successor to Ferrari's limited-edition Enzo supercar and is the fifth in a series of high-power, limited-edition models that began with the 1984 288 GTO and includes the 1987 F40, the 1995 F50 and the 2002 Enzo.

Edmunds says: Expect this new limited-edition Ferrari to pack as much high tech as it does horsepower, with a price tag to match.

Source: http://www.insideline.com/ferrari/ferrari-to-unveil-enzo-successor-at-2013-detroit-auto-show.html

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