The Forgotten Ferrari Prototype is Back!

Liked the video? Support me and my channel here ► https://www.patreon.com/varryx ◆ Social Links ◆ Main Channel: https://bit.ly/ytbvarryx Second Channel: https://bit.ly/ytbvarryx2 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/varryx_ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/varryx TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@varryx ‎ ‎Join me today in Maranello for this veeery old Ferrari 296 Prototype. The car is a "regular" 488 GTB that was fitted with the 296 front bumper and with some new exhaust pipes, and it definitely was the first attempt at the 296 design. The test driver also decided to take it for a spin @ Fiorano, for some reason... The new model arrives to complement the F8 Tributo, which will leave production in 2022 once all customer cars have been delivered. This makes the 296 GTB Ferrari's first 'mainstream' electrified offering, after the LaFerrari and SF90 Stradale halo hybrid hypercars. Its numerical designation is a reference to its 2992cc six-cylinder engine, while the Gran Turismo Berlinetta moniker establishes it as the latest in a long line of Ferrari sports cars that stretches back to the mid-1950s. Ferrari's switch from V8 to V6 power for its core sports car line mirrors that of rival McLaren earlier this year, with the Artura V6 plug-in hybrid arriving to replace the Sports Series model family. First examples will be delivered in European markets beginning in Q1 2022, with prices starting from €269,000 (£231,000) in Italy, or €302,000 (£259,000) with the track-focused Assetto Fiorano package. The V6 engine at the heart of the plug-in hybrid powertrain is described as the first "six-cylinder engine installed on a road car sporting the prancing horse badge". Maranello used a V6 for entry-level sports cars during the 1960s and 1970s, but these were marketed as part of its dedicated and now long-defunct Dino brand. The 296 GTB's twin-turbocharged 3.0-litre unit – an all-new and bespoke powerplant developed in-house by Ferrari – produces 654bhp, which is equivalent to