‘Hybrid V6 Ferrari Supercar’ Test Mule Spotted In Traffic

Sporting ‘Bosch Test Vehicle’ stickers and allegedly packing a V6 instead of the regulation V8, the rumour is that this 488-based test car is trialling a new hybrid drivetrain…
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A car that’s claimed to be an upcoming hybrid Ferrari supercar has been spotted testing on public roads.

YouTuber DrGumoLunatic saw the heavily wrapped 488 body in Stuttgart, which, combined with the ‘Bosch Test Vehicle’ stickers, leads us to believe that it’s there for electrical systems testing. Bosch makes everything from traction control to infotainment screens, so it’s impossible to know exactly what is being tested here, but the claim is that the test car sounded like a V6.

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It’s a tenuous link and one we take with a pinch of salt. Ferrari has confirmed that a V8 hybrid supercar is on the way later this year, complete with even more power than the 488 Pista (because, obviously, 711bhp is too little). It’s possible that this test mule is hiding the new car’s body and running gear and that the photographer simply misheard the engine sound.

Ferrari is aiming for a sales mix biased about 60 per cent towards hybrids, as soon as 2022. By that time it says it will have introduced 15 new models – or variants thereof – and electrified versions are high on the priorities list. Whether this new ‘Dino’ is among them, we’ll have to wait and see.

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effisjens

I always wonder if manufacturers realise that things like this could happen…

02/18/2019 - 11:13 |
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UnknownCat13

If I’m ever rich enough to buy a super car, I’d just wrap it in tin foil and pretend to be a prototype, just to annoy people.

02/18/2019 - 11:21 |
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Wow.

That is amazing no joke

02/18/2019 - 11:55 |
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02/18/2019 - 12:47 |
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Genuinely evil

02/18/2019 - 14:18 |
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In reply to by UnknownCat13

The chaotic evil alignment strikes again

02/18/2019 - 15:22 |
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Chewbacca_buddy (McLaren squad)(VW GTI Clubsport)(McLaren 60

Didn’t we think the same thing when the Pista prototypes started driving around? That it was gonna be hybrid, then look

02/18/2019 - 13:20 |
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Those aren’t the same prototypes tho.

02/18/2019 - 14:26 |
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Anonymous

ITS A BABY LA FERRARI!!!!!

02/18/2019 - 13:34 |
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HinaXOX
02/18/2019 - 13:45 |
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GTRTURTLE 🔰 🐢(Oo \ S K Y L I N E / oO) (Koen

Wait, is the NSX actuallu a ferrari now or is the ferrari an NSX?

02/18/2019 - 14:39 |
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bernice stockstill

finally! waiting for the release of this beast

02/18/2019 - 15:50 |
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Anonymous

will be interesting

02/19/2019 - 08:27 |
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Lauge

As long as it still has a normal engine too i don’t care. Ferrari is all about the sound.

02/19/2019 - 09:57 |
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HJUdall Reviews

Could we potentially see a revival of the Dino name?

02/20/2019 - 03:09 |
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