just when you though the £1m, 950bhp, hybrid LaFerrari was the extremely pinnacle of what Ferrari’s engineering department was capable of, it’s taken the covers of an even quicker as well as more extreme derivative – the LaFerrari FXX K – as well as we were there at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi for the reveal.
LaFerrari FXX K at Yas Marina
Like the Enzo FXX that went before it, the FXX K is a track-only design only offered to around 40 pre-selected purchasers who are only enabled to drive the vehicle at special Ferrari track days, such as the Finali Modiali event where the vehicle made its debut. At these events, clients are asked to feed back telemetry data as well as their opinions to accelerate the advancement of future race as well as road vehicle technology. The cost? €2.5m euros plus taxes, as well as that includes two years of racing as well as maintenence by Ferrari – after than you can pay more to keep on racing or take the vehicle house to your marble-lined garage.
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Although the fundamental design of the HY-KERS hybrid powertrain (including the seven-speed twin-clutch gearbox) is retained, power from the 6.3-litre V12 is up from 789bhp to 848bhp thanks to new camshafts as well as intake manifolds (with peak power provided at a head-spinning 9,250rpm), while the electric motor is boosted from 161bhp to 187bhp – pushing the overall from 950bhp to 1,036bhp. performance figures are yet to be released, however expect a extremely slight enhancement on the basic LaFerrari’s sub-3 seconds 0-62mph time as well as 217mph top speed.
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Nicola Boari, Ferrari’s head of product marketing, was keen to stress that the FXX K isn’t just a track-version of the LaFerrari road car. “We utilize the carbon chassis as well as the powertrain from the LaFerrari as a starting point, however then transform it with whatever we understand from the track,” he said. “The concept is to establish system that can be utilized on road vehicles like the next 458 as well as the next F12.”