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Ferrari Aims to Cut Fuel Consumption in Future Models by 40%
20 November 2007
Reuters. Ferrari aims to have future models of its luxury sports line consume 40% less fuel by 2012 in response to the growing pressure on car makers to reduce CO2 emissions, according to Ferrari General Manager Amedeo Felisa at the Reuters Auto Summit in Frankfurt.
Ferrari produces some of the highest fuel-consuming light-duty vehicles on the market. The 12-cylinder, 5.7-liter 2008 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti is rated by the US EPA as being the least fuel-efficient mid-size car, with 9 mpg US city, 16 mpg US highway and 11 mpg combined.
Felisa said Ferrari is targeting a reduction of average CO2 emissions from 400 g/km per vehicle to 280-300 g/km by the target date.
“We have to face the challenge of reducing consumption but not affecting the performance of the car,” he said at the Reuters Auto Summit in Frankfurt. “Otherwise we move (away) from our position in the market and we do not want to do that.”
Felisa said Ferrari engineers were looking at everything from improving the performance of the engine to using lighter materials for the body of the car. “The answer is efficiency,” he said.
In the greater scheme of things, Felisa said he did not think Ferrari was causing much damage. “Our volumes will not ... affect the environment,” he said. For 2007, Ferrari aims to sell a little more than 6,000 cars.
Ferrari, 85% owned by Fiat, invests 17% of its sales in research and development.
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Posted by: Richard | November 20, 2007 at 12:12 PM
Kind of sounds like a Ferrari driver.... oh yeah
Posted by: | November 20, 2007 at 01:34 PM
This is great news.
Posted by: Scatter | November 20, 2007 at 04:37 PM
A small step by a low volume producer, good but small. Would be great to see at least one of the German manufacturers bolt from the pack and make a big leap toward fuel economy.
Posted by: Jim G. | November 20, 2007 at 07:06 PM
I'd argue it's quite a big step. It shows that the pressure is working. No doubt Ferrari would have laughed at this kind of suggestion a year ago.
I agree though that the significant savings will only come when the large manufacturers sort out their shameful performance to date.
Posted by: Scatter | November 21, 2007 at 07:30 AM
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He didn't think he was causing much damage? What kind of dumb ass answer is that? Neither am I causing much damage, but together with 6 billion people "WE" are causing damage!