When Lamborghini presented the 4-Door Coupe/Sedan Concept called the Estoque two years ago, Montezemolo of Ferrari said that the company will never produce a 4-door car as long as he’s a CEO. But now, it seemed that Ferrari has developed a freaking speedy hatchback! Why does the Prancing Horse has a hatchback in its stable? To fight with the Renault Megane Sports?

Ferrari developing a hatchback? Yes, literally, but they’re not calling it a hatchback, but instead a shooting brake. It’s called the Ferrari FF concept. Funky name but nevertheless the same thing. It’s meant to replace the Scaglietti, and the name FF is for Ferrari’s first four wheel car, and also being a front engine car. The car does look like a 458-Italia with a round butt.

It carries the company’s long-in-the-making part-time all-wheel drive system: the innovation is called 4RM, and while technical details haven’t been revealed, it is said to be only half as heavy as a conventional system, helping the front-engine shooting brake keep a 47:53 rearward weight bias. Coupled with a sub-4,000 pound curb weight (some 110 pounds less than the 612), the HELE stop-start system previewed in the California concept from the Paris show also helps keep emissions and fuel consumption down. And the heart that’s spitting all the smoke out is an outrageous V12 engine. So, it is indeed still a Ferrari.

So, since it’s slapped with the horsy logo, here’s the numbers. 0-62 in 3.7 seconds (a third quicker than the 612) and a top speed of 208 mph (about nine mph faster than the 612). Credit that bit to the all-new, direct-injection, 6.3-liter V12 and its 651 horsepower and 504 lb-ft of torque, and you’ve got a hatchback monster.

SOURCE via czechferrari.autofun.cz