The LaFerrari is proof that Ferrari->ke252 can work with hybrid->ke147 technology, but assuming that it's going to wake up one day and start dropping the technology on all future Ferraris is taking it a little too far. Ferrari knows that hybrid engines have a future in its company; it's just that we shouldn't expect it to happen anytime soon.

Ferrari CEO Amedeo Felisa spoke with Auto Motor und Sport and admitted as much, telling the German paper that while a hybrid successor to the 458 Italia->ke3479 is an "interesting idea," the company still doesn't see it as a feasible idea unless there's a "leap forward in battery technology."

Apparently, the biggest concern with using hybrid technology on Ferraris is the cost that comes with it. Felisa pointed out that the LaFerrari's electrical engineering already costs €60,000 ($82,970 based on current exchange rates), and that doesn't even count the "technical and financial effort" needed to compensate for the weight added by a hybrid system.

Ferrari can get away using hybrid technology on the LaFerrari because the exclusivity of the supercar->ke177, coupled with its astronomical price tag, was enough to justify using it. But "mass produced" supercars like the 458 Italia are a different story. For one, Ferrari can't risk adding any more weight to the cars and the sheer volume of production is just too expensive to handle. It could probably still work, but the cost of doing so would be to make the cars more expensive to buyers - an option that Ferrari isn't too keen on taking.

But the technology is there, and Ferrari knows now that using it can dramatically improve the performance of its sports cars. That's the good news. It's just not feasible to do at this point in time.

For now, Ferrari's plan is to continue pushing forward with developing new technology that reduces fuel consumption and CO2 emissions->ke171 of its vehicles. A combination of mild hybrid technology and turbocharged engines could be used on that end. But as far as the kind of hybrid tech the LaFerrari has, don't expect Ferrari to start using it on its other models just yet.

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LaFerrari

Ferrari unveiled the LaFerrari, the successor to the Enzo->ke389 supercar, at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show.->ke228 The model features an aggressive design language and a hybrid system for the first time in Ferrari’s history.

The LaFerrari gets a HY-KERS system that combines a 6,262 cc (6.3-liter), V-12 engine with two electric motors – one motor powers the driven wheels and the second drives the ancillaries.

This system delivers a total of 963 horsepower – 800 delivered by the V-12 engine and 163 by the electric motors – which allows the car to sprint from 0 to 60 mph in less than three seconds and up to a top speed of more than 217 mph.