Ferrari Mailing List: Re: 599 Hybrid leaked pre-Geneva...

[Hans E. Hansen (FList]

Many comment that "Enzo's spinning in his grave" for his
company making a green-weenie car.  But don't forget -
Ferrari F1 kept KERS, as did McLaren, throughout the season
because it helped performance.  It arguably gave Ferrari
the win at Spa.  Ferrari could have dropped it, but didn't.
So.....  I suspect that a KERS 599 just might have benefits
that put a smile on the driver's face when the right pedal
goes to the floor.  Gas mileage, etc. are just window dressing
to silence the critics of a car company that produces nothing
other than wretched excess.

If the Ferrari press kit silences the Al Gores of the world,
it simply allows the rest of us to go on enjoying our
"wretched excess", smug in the knowledge that
- just by accident <g> - it so happens to make us go
faster.

Hans.

On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Fellippe Galletta
<fellippe.galletta [at] gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Hans E. Hansen <FList [at] hanshansen.org> 
> wrote:
>
>> Not really a "leak".  I got an email directly from Ferrari with
>> the details, as I'm sure most of the rest of you did.
>>
>> Hans.
>>
>
> Ok, so what do you say?
>
> Surely more interesting than a 612, no?
>
> FG
>