ˆ A Balanced Education: Ferrari dedicates "Mille Chili" lab at local university

tags : ferrari , ferrari research , ferrariresearch , light weight , lightweight , mille chili , millechili , university of modena and regio emilia , universityofmodenaandregioemilia

A few years ago, I helped a friend who was graduating engineering school to fill out an application for an internship with Ferrari. He didn't get it (probably my fault), but I was impressed that Ferrari was recruiting straight out of university. That's nothing new, really, but this is: Ferrari has now set up a research laboratory at the University of Modena and Regio Emilia, one of the oldest universities in the world having been founded in 1175. Called the "Mille Chili" lab, the facility bears the same purpose as the concept car by the same name that Ferrari unveiled a couple of years ago: namely, to research new lightweight construction methods.
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posted : 4/23/2009 @1:31:30 PM

ˆ Future Ferrari: lighter weight, 2+2 V8, new supercar

tags : 599 , 612 , dino , f430 , f430 scuderia , f430scuderia , ferrari , fiorano , millechili , scuderia , supercar

Ferrari entering on the environmental play. Well, relatively speaking. Next the supercar of the house of the caracolant horse will be lighter and will use an engine of low-displacement, but has always at least the HP 500. The thoughts are that such a car would drift its power station from that mooted for the concept of Millechili earlier shown this year. Although the shown car was nothing more than the paperboard, the power station spoken about was a binocular-turbocharged, the direct-injection, 550 HPs, 3.0 V-8 liters. more ...

posted : 9/20/2007 @5:43:33 PM