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The 296 GTB Introduces Ferrari’s New V6 Plug-In Hybrid Architecture

24 June 2021

Ferrari unveiled the 296 GTB on 24 June 2021 with a new 120-degree twin-turbo V6 and a plug-in electric motor producing a combined 830 cv.

Max Baillie — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0

Ferrari 296 GTB (2022) at Hampton Court Concours D'Elegance, 3rd September 2022. · Max Baillie — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0

Automotive significance

The 296 GTB added a new six-cylinder architecture alongside Ferrari’s V8 and V12 road-car families and paired it with rear-wheel-drive plug-in hybrid assistance. The historical wording requires care: Dino-badged road cars had used V6 engines decades earlier, so Project Apex does not claim this was the first six-cylinder automobile ever built by the wider Ferrari organisation. Its importance lies in establishing the modern Ferrari-badged V6 PHEV architecture that would later influence road and racing programmes.

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