Ferrari dabbles in the virtual world with VGT model 

While the latest VGT model from Ferrari will only be raced in a virtual setting, a full-size scale model will be produced which visitors at the Maranello Ferrari Museum will be able to enjoy.

Without emissions regulations strangling motors, vision GT models offer automakers the opportunity to flex their prowess. The latest VGT model from Ferrari thus employs a twin-turbo 3,0-litre engine which lives in the 296 GTB and GTS models. More notably, the engine has been adopted by the GT3 and 499P racing cars which has it uprated to significantly more power. In the VGT model, however, numbers are rated at a whopping 758 kW and 900 N.m while oral satisfaction can be had at the maximum power output of 9 000 r/min. 

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Connecting this to the wheels is a Formula 1 dual-clutch eight-speed gearbox while hybrid power makes the VGT model from Ferrari even more ludicrous. Three electric motors accompany the model, one on each front wheel and the third mated to the motor. This gives the virtual Prancing Horse another 240 KW and a total of 1 100 N.m. Highly impressive statistics for a machine that weighs only 1 250 kg.

Image: Ferrari

For those enjoying the model in the virtual world, Ferrari mentions the model can hit 100 km/h in under two seconds, 200 km/h in less than five and top out at 350 km/h which makes it sound a lot like a Ferrari incarnated Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo. 

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With all of these statistics, Ferrari claims the VGT model can manage the Fiorano test track in less than 1:10 but this is something that will never be proved in the real world. Fortunately, it will be available on Gran Turismo 7 from the 23rd of December – the same date a full-size scale model will be unveiled at Maranello. 

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