The crucial new V6-powered mid-engined Berlinetta has arrived. Hold on tight...
While the UK was busy being battered by Eunice and Dudders, we were in Seville, in southern Spain, which, sorry to say, was like an oasis of balmy calm. There was alfresco dining - in mid-February for Christ's sake - in a setting beset with beautiful architecture, from gothic, baroque and renaissance, right up to modern wonders like the Metropol Parasol with its delicate lattice structures.
Additionally, having such a wide angle means the turbos can nestle within the vee, which adds to the engine's compactness and eases the flow of gases into the combustion chambers. In fact, the combustion chamber design is the only aspect of the engine that isn't completely new. The concept is derived from the SF90's, with a central spark plug and swirl philosophy that maximises the engine's volumetric efficiency.
In total, it's 7.4kWh with 6kWh of useable capacity. The dual-rotor, single-stator motor is sandwiched between the engine and gearbox and adds just 54mm to the power unit's overall length. Francesco Strati, who's in charge of the drivetrain, noted that,"it was really tough to integrate this into just 54mm, along with a triple-plate dry clutch that was capable of managing the torque and transitioning smoothly between EV and ICE at up to 4,000rpm.
Except it isn't. Yes, the steering is quick and light, so you need just the tiniest of inputs. Yes, the car switches direction like it has the mass of a fly. Yes, it has so much grip on Cup 2 Rs that it can average up to 1.5g lateral grip. Yes, it delivers up to 2.2g on the brakes, which are so stable and so powerful that, braking from nearly 180mph at the end of the straight, I thought my eyeballs would fall out. And yes, it has 830hp that arrives pretty much instantly.
Of course, it's all very well being good on a track, but this is a road car and, surely, it's too fast and the limits too high for the highway? Well, yes and no. The straight-line pace it delivers is simply phenomenal. There's no getting away from that. Quoting times like 0-62mph in 2.9 seconds doesn't really explain how this feels in real life. Nor does 0-124mph in 7.3 seconds, to be honest.
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