RETURN OF THE TURBO

Turbochargers, not seen on a Ferrari since the F40, made a stunning return on a new generation of downsized V8s. We chart the rise of the F154 family

JOHN SIMISTER

For the past decade or so, the motor industry has been on a downsizing mission. Not in the size of the cars it makes – quite the opposite, unfortunately – but in the cylinder capacity of those cars’ engines. Downsizing, done well, means you get the same amount of power while consuming less fuel and carrying less weight. Environmental pressures, and the fiscal ones that follow, give manufacturers a strong incentive to downsize. And that, nearly always, involves turbocharging. It’s against this background that Ferrari developed the V8 engine intended to supplant the F136 series, the versatile unit that had powered the F430, various Maseratis and, with direct injection, the California and 458. This new V8 was smaller, lower, shorter, lighter, feistier. It featured a pair of IHI turbochargers and…

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