Since Ferrari admitted that there was a race-prepped version of the LaFerrarion the way - as if you couldn't already toss "The Ferrari" on the track as is - the details have started rolling out a little more regularly. Now we have a new juicy bit that comes from the folks over at Top Gear. And this tidbit of info happens to deal with the LaFerrari XX featuring half the cylinders of the road-going version.
This makes perfect sense to us, because in December 2013, we dug up a video of a LaFerrari out testing with what was obviously an F1-derived, turbocharged V-6. Check out the video for yourself and listen to that exhaust note. If you close your eyes while listening, you would think you were hearing a new F1 racer out testing.
Given the fact that Ferrari will not confirm what engine the XX model will use, this can only mean that the engine is still in development or that Ferrari is still testing a few different setups. And according to a "high up" official in Ferrari, the V-6 engine is very much in the running as the powerplant of choice. This engine becomes even more logical when you consider that the XX program is all about lightening the car and making it more precise, rather than raw power and speed, and swapping a small-displacement V-6 in place of that hulking V-12 would likely shed some serious weight.
For now, this all remains speculation and hearsay, but it remains a novel concept that may well become a reality.
Stay tuned for more.
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LaFerrari XX May Dump its V-12 for a Turbo V-6 originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 2 May 2014 18:00 EST.
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