Ferrari F430 Concept by Luca Serafini

The Ferrari concept you see in these renderings was created by Italian industrial designer, Luca Serafini as a replacement proposal for the current Ferrari F430. You might remember Serafini from his previous work with the Lamborghini Embolado concept – click here to check it out. The young Italian designer says that his latest concept was partially inspired from various classic Ferrari models of the past. While Serafini’s proposal is not bad overall, there’s something about the car’s front-end design that doesn’t quite click. See the whole image gallery after the jump.

Via: Seriouswheels , Source: Luca Serafini

Ferrari F250 Concept by Idries Noah Speculates on Dino Model

True, Ferrari’s President Luca di Montezemolo did announce at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this month that the Italian company will reveal an all-new model at the forthcoming Paris Show this September. But, even though Montezemolo did not give away any details whatsoever, many people in the automotive industry are speculating that the car he was referring to will be a spiritual successor to the Dino or in other word’s, an entry-level Ferrari powered by a V6 engine.

Maybe it will be a Dino, maybe it won’t – as far as Carscoop is concerned, it remains a mystery. However, in the case that Ferrari will present an entry-level V6-powered model, here’s a rendering from independent car designer Idries Noah. The latter states that he penned the car originally as a Dino concept but he renamed it to F250 (after the legendary 250 GTO) as he believes it has a better ring in it. –More pics after the jump

Via: WFC & Seriouswheels

Detroit Show: Ferrari F430 Spider Bio-Fuel Concept

You know that something’s definitely changing in the automotive world when Ferrari decides to show off a biofuel-powered concept. Based on the F430 Spider, the prototype is equipped with a V8 engine that runs on biofuel E85 which was developed with using experience gained in competition. In particular, Formula 1’s technical regulations demand that petrol (gasoline) with 5.75% biomass-derived content must be used, while the FIA GT and American Le Mans Series (ALMS) where Ferrari took part with the F430 GT2 in 2007, use fuels with 10% ethanol. -Continued

According to Ferrari, certain modifications were made to the F430 V8’s fuel feed system and most importantly to the engine CPU to allow the engine use E85. Developing the CPU, two fuels (Flex Fuel) can be used by the engine with the same compression ratio. All of the other technical characteristics have remained unchanged with respect to a standard production engine, however. The use of this type of biofuel and the modifications made resulted in an increase in maximum power output (+ 10 hp at the same rpm) and torque (+ 4%) while overall weight was unchanged. The advantages to the environment translate into a 5% drop in CO₂ emissions