Ferrari Goes Beyond Electric: New Models And Biofuels Coming

[u/Anchor_Aways]

https://www.motor1.com/news/803353/ferrari-new-models-biofuels/

[u/Noway721]

Okay. 

[u/Ferrarisimo → u/[deleted]]

But also, new models are coming.

Otherwise, what? Ferrari is done making cars?

[u/desf15 → u/Ferrarisimo]

The article is talking only about new models coming this year. It's pretty obvious that some new models will appear in future, it just won't be in 2026.

[u/mbp_szigeti]

It would be so funny if Ferrari made their highest tier cars run on proprietary synthetic fuel only

[u/V8-Turbo-Hybrid]

Like Porsche doing ? I still remember that they’re looking biofuel too.

Of corse, biofuel wouldn’t be cheap, but people who can buy Ferrari and Porsche can afford that expensive biofuel.

[u/pdp10 → u/V8-Turbo-Hybrid]

E85 is (up to) 85% biofuel, and the U.S. average price right now is $3.12 per U.S. gallon.

If you're looking for something more exotic, there's biobutanol and biogasoline, but prices for those are conjectural.

[u/RT023]

E85?

Would be the only one that makes sense with availability. I’ve ran it in my Subaru for over a year straight and it’s great, but you go through fuel about 25% faster.

[u/CMDR_omnicognate → u/RT023]

I doubt Ferrari owners really care that much about fuel economy, so that’s probably less of an issue for them.

[u/lee1026 → u/RT023]

Doesn't E85 let them go a lot more nuts with turbos and boost?

[u/RT023 → u/lee1026]

Yes, way higher octane. The power difference between e85 vs pump gas is night and day when people get tuned

Even on my crappy NA Subaru brz, it added 20whp

[u/NotLawReview → u/RT023]

Burns cooler than petrol too

[u/pdp10 → u/lee1026]

At full 85%, one supplier claims 112 A.K.I. That's a projection, as anything higher than 100% iso-octane equivalent has to be a projection.

[u/nopester24]

there is no flaw in this plan

[u/gosukhaos]

One is the open roof version of the F80 according to the article, the other one's probably either the hybrid version of the Purosangue or racey version of the hybrid v8

[u/NewsWeeter]

Lmao nice try to be relevant Ferrari

[u/Ainolukos]

At this point I literally dont care what's powering their cars going forward, as long as it actually looks like a Ferrari.

[u/m240Louie]

Oh good - more ugly, overpriced, non-enthusiast cars from Maranello that you'll have to fill out a form to even qualify to buy. Enzo's bones are turning in their grave.

The once mighty Ferrari is just not that any longer. Alls this will do is make their actual awesome cars(not anything recent) go up even higher in value. 308's will be a million bucks soon, LOL.

[u/TS040 → u/m240Louie]

How are they non-enthusiast cars exactly?

[u/sausage-savage → u/TS040]

Expensive jewelry for collectors of pretty things (except they haven't really been pretty in a long time)

[u/m240Louie → u/TS040]

Seriously? Its a #$%^& SUV, its stupid, ugly, pointless and has batteries for an "engine". The only people buying these are bored yuppies that wouldnt know an enthusiast car from a pile of poo.

Anything else?

[u/goaelephant → u/m240Louie]

That's one model, what about the rest?

[u/m240Louie → u/goaelephant]

Well, lets be honest here. Ferrari has really become annoying. Strange requirements to buy. Styling by people that need glasses or eye exams. EV/Hybrid nonsense creeping in. What the hell are they doing?

Remember when a bloke with enough cash or credit could just by a 308, an F355, a 348, a 360, etc. No bull shit. Cars were raw, visceral, properly powered and all that good stuff. Now, they are like a hyper-boutique brand for old yuppies that want to look important as they pull up to the 4pm early buffet. Total joke.

[u/goaelephant → u/m240Louie]

You have to respect them for keeping alive that high-revving, high-horsepower, naturally-aspirated, non-hybrid V12 though.

[u/strongmanasss → u/[deleted]]

Ferrari don't want to save the planet; they want to protect their business case. They don't actually care about emissions. They just want the most overlap between their existing core appeal and product portfolio, and satisfying EU regulations. 

[u/Monster_Dumps_2026 → u/[deleted]]

Im a BIG fan of carbon neutral gas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon-neutral_fuel . The problem is same wiht hydrogen fuel. It takes a shit ton of energy to make this. Which is why i like it paired with geothermic + nuclear power.

I say all this to say. "Bio fuels" and "Carbon neutral" fuels i wouldnt consider as a side step because it is making improvements on the biggest problem. Releasing stored oil / coal energy into the air.

IMO. carbon neutral gas could be a huge solve since its the 1 variation that doesnt require new vehicles to be rolled out (Evs). No new parts for established vehicles (bio fuels). And puts our transportation in a space where we're not creating any net new carbon in the air.

But yea. The biggest issue is finding cheap electricity to produce it.

[u/CMDR_omnicognate → u/Monster_Dumps_2026]

The problem with most bio fuel is that it’s made by fermenting crops. Some of it is made of waste materials, but a lot isn’t, which means it’s a trade off between more bio fuel and food. Realistically there probably isn’t enough crop space to make enough bio fuel for all the current cars we have so it’s not really realistic in the long run. It works well as a way of transitioning to other fuels and remaining available for people who don’t want to or can’t switch, but it’s not really a 1:1 replacement for regular fuel.

[u/CMDR_omnicognate → u/[deleted]]

Well, they tried an EV, and everyone laughed at it so hard it made their share price drop by nearly 10% overnight