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January 14, 2008
NAIAS 2008: Bio Ferrari!
By John
Editor
When I think of Ferrari, a lot of things come to mindand green isn’t one of them. But the times, they are a’ changing. At a press conference this morning, the Italian supercar maker debuted a new 430 that will run on E85. And while some purists may sniffleor make an obscene Italian hand gestureat the idea, I love the prospect of green Ferraris. The new V8 even makes ten more horses than its gas-powered brethren! How cool is that? This just shows that all the bellyaching the Big Three have been doing about new CAFE standards is a load of crap. Seriously, if Ferrari cares about MPGs and emissions, you guys probably should. Just stop whining and get to work!
Comments
Ted
Jan 15, 2008 at 3:38 am
As much as I am for green vehicles, I feel that some should not be ###ked with. Ferrari, Lamborghini, etc… make up so few of the cars on the road I think they should just continue what they’re doing unless re-thinking the mill yields a severe bonus.
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I guess I’m a purist with Pasta Rockets and some others, although I’d be interested to see EV concepts from them, because they could outperform IC, potentially.
kap0w
Jan 14, 2008 at 10:26 pm
It’s been said before, but if ethanol was marketed as a performance fuel and if ECUs were tuned to take into account it’s ability to run engines at a higher compression ratio, people would line up to buy it and nobody would be grousing about it’s (admittedly small) energy advantage at present. Nice move Ferrari – I’m all for it.