Oh, Ferrari, what are you doing? A brand new video from outdoors the Prancing Horse’s Maranello manufacturing unit exhibits what appears to be like to be workers from the Italian supercar maker testing a Tesla Mannequin S Plaid. We don’t consider Ferrari has any upcoming plans to sort out the electrical sedan phase, so we’re shocked to see the four-door American luxurious automotive inside and round Ferrari’s hallowed grounds.
Whereas Ferrari has embraced electrification within the type of hybrids, which accounted for almost half of the model’s gross sales final yr, its first totally electrical mannequin received’t arrive till 2025.
Perhaps Ferrari is simply getting a really feel for what’s already in the marketplace. Or maybe the corporate’s engineers are benchmarking the Tesla towards an upcoming PHEV system that rockets a automotive to 60 miles per hour in two seconds earlier than igniting the gasoline engine. We don’t know, however we hope Ferrari doesn’t study any of Tesla’s dangerous habits.
We all know the automaker will launch three new vehicles in 2024, one among which may pack a plug-in hybrid twin-turbocharged V6 engine. The LaFerrari successor will allegedly pack an engine derived from the 296 GTB. We must also see the 812 Superfast substitute debut, however it’ll doubtless lack any electrification and persist with a naturally aspirated V12 engine. The camouflage-wrapped prototypes you see all through the video are doubtless hints of what is to return.
Ferrari is likely to be specializing in hybrids proper now, however, like the remainder of the business, it’s additionally researching battery-electric automobiles. The Mannequin S isn’t Tesla’s hottest mannequin, however with over 1,000 horsepower in its spiciest configuration, any electrical automotive from Ferrari should outperform the four-door American sedan from California.
