Ferrari 599 Hybrid Concept to Appear in Geneva - report

Not a bad idea but, still, with a V12 on the front, fuel consumption wont be low. Anyway, if you have a Ferrari...do you really care about mileage?

Personally hybrids has no business in sportcars. So they only doing this to please those enviromental freaks happy. if it was me I'd drop every last one of them down a volcano.

I admit the idea of a hybrid performance/sports car is an oxymoron...but if I had the money and wanted a supercar, I would be attracted by the technology and the performance. Sometimes we have to accept the future is about change and this is a change coming to other manufacturers whether we like it or not...dwindling oil reserves and high fuel prices will make hybrids of some sort more dominant than they are today. If Hybrids help to keep the muscle/sports cars around I am a supporter.

I understand that we have to accept the future. However I will not except contradictions as ridiculous as a V-12 hybrid super car.

Are you kidding me? This is about the worst car for a hybrid make over. How much miles would these car drive over one year? So little probably that a hybrid doens't make sence. It's just a no

Everyone is assuming the word "hybrid" is supposed to stand for clean and green. It only means the vehicle has more than one power source. Whats wrong with a Ferrari with an electric motor too? Tq will be instant from a stop, and the engineers can tune the engines to provide a higher overall output if they don't have to make it flexible at low revs. Get a grip, EVERY company will be doing something to improve MPG's. They have no choice...

and anyway, Clarkson from top gear already provided that a hybrid is not so efficient as you might think. He test a M3 against a prius (i think) anyway the m3 had better full mileage. believe it or not.

i think so too the electric is not too fast but its more environmental :D

I agree with Benz Man and Airbag - Hybrid doesn't have to be purely about improved economy and reduced emissions. There are actually some performance gains to be had from electric motor generators, especially the instant torque. Those arguing against hybrids are mostly affirming the environmentalist movement's push towards a world without performance cars. If we want supercars to exist in the future, we should be encouraging manufacturers to develop more efficient technologies, not criticising their efforts. I think their results will be far superior to the expectations of some posters on this website. It's still a Ferrari -they won't build something sluggish and miserable to drive. This is the future guys - get used to it.