Ferrari has launched its most powerful road car ever: the F80, a stunning new F1 hybrid with a price tag of over £3 million.
The hypercar, of which only 799 will be made, features striking butterfly doors and unique driver-focused seats, with a passenger certainly an optional extra.
The Ferrari F80 accelerates from 0-62mph in just 2.15 seconds and has a top speed of 217mph, achieved thanks to a staggering 1,200bhp from the combination of petrol and electric motors.
Ferrari or transformer? The F80 comes with striking butterfly doors
Exclusive: Ferrari F80 costs around £3m and only 799 will be made
Power comes from a combined V6 petrol engine and three battery-powered electric motors. But unlike your suburban hybrid, don’t expect to drive on electricity locally or get an MPG boost.
The F80 is a self-charging hybrid – not a plug-in – and there’s no option to drive a zero-emissions ‘electric-only’ model.
Launched today as the pinnacle of the legendary Italian car company’s range, the radical new petrol-electric Ferrari F80 has been designed and engineered to be practical and delightfully easy to drive on the road, but a fire-breathing beast on the track.
There’s room for two inside, but the focus is firmly on the driver, with the seating arrangement described as a ‘1+’ – with the single passenger seat moved back and forth to prioritise the person behind the wheel.
Focused on the driver: Ferrari describes the seats as 1+ – with the single passenger seat pushed back
The F80 joins previous Ferrari icons such as the GTO, F40 and LaFerrari “in showcasing the best that the Maranello-based brand has achieved in terms of technology and performance,” the company said.
Unveiling the new flagship engine at its headquarters in Maranello, Italy, the company said it had set “a new benchmark for innovation and engineering excellence” with the 2016 LaFerrari Aperta
“With a maximum combined power output of 1,200 horsepower, the F80’s V6 hybrid powertrain is the most powerful road car ever to leave the Ferrari factory gates.”
The company says the new F80 “writes a new chapter in the history of legendary supercars bearing the Prancing Horse emblem,” “illustrates the brand’s ultimate technology and performance” and “represents an extreme development of the internal combustion engine.”
And it adds: “Like all the supercars that have come before it, the F80 marks the beginning of a new design era for Ferrari, with a bolder, more extreme design language that underscores its racing soul.”
From butterfly doors to hybrid powertrains, what F80 buyers get
Butterfly doors (similar to those on the previous LaFerrari) open with an upward swing thanks to a dual-axis hinge mechanism, allowing them to rise vertically to an angle of almost 90°.
High-quality carbon fiber side sills help protect occupants in the event of a side impact.
Red-hot: Power for the new 1,200-hp F80 comes from a 3.0-liter V6 engine and three electric motors