LaFerrari was the first full-hybrid road car from the Ferrari marque.
Unveiled at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, LaFerrari was Ferrari’s limited-production successor to the Enzo. Its hybrid system combined a mid-mounted 6.3-liter V12 with Ferrari’s HY-KERS kinetic-energy recovery technology. The electric motor supplied additional thrust, especially during acceleration, while regenerative braking recovered energy that would otherwise be lost as heat.
The system produced a combined output of about 963 PS, making LaFerrari the most powerful Ferrari road car at the time. Ferrari also claimed that the hybrid assistance reduced fuel consumption by roughly 40 percent compared with a conventional car of comparable performance. Its hybrid technology was derived from Ferrari’s Formula One expertise, but the car remained a road-legal grand tourer rather than a racing model.
LaFerrari is sometimes described as a mild hybrid because its electric assistance was performance-oriented and limited in scope. Nevertheless, Ferrari and contemporary references identify it as the marque’s first full-hybrid road car. The open-top LaFerrari Aperta followed in 2016.