Ferrari could also be engaged on a brand new mannequin impressed by its 499P LMH race automotive that claimed the general win on the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans in June.
CarBuzz has found that Ferrari has made strikes to safe the names 499 GTB, 499 GTS, 499 Speciale, and 499P Modificata with a trademark workplace in Italy.
Purposes for every of the logos had been filed by Ferrari earlier in July.
The primary three names trace at highway vehicles impressed by the 499P, whereas the fourth hints at a observe automotive doubtlessly primarily based on the Le Mans winner.
GTB stands for “Gran Turismo Berlinetta” and is typically utilized by Ferrari for coupe fashions. Equally, GTS stands for “Gran Turismo Spider” and is typically utilized by the automaker for convertibles, whereas Speciale is typically utilized by Ferrari for hardcore fashions, just like the 458 Speciale.
2023 Ferrari 499P LMH race automotive
The 499P Modificata identify hints at one thing alongside the traces of 2020’s 488 GT Modificata, a observe automotive carefully associated to the 488 GT3 and 488 GTE race vehicles.
Earlier Ferrari highway vehicles have been named after race vehicles that had been utterly unrelated, which means these newest names might be used for vehicles sharing little in widespread with the 499P. The newest is the SF90 Stradale, which was named after Ferrari’s SF90 2019 Components 1 race automotive.
Automakers even have a behavior of trademarking names merely to guard mental property, whether or not they plan to make use of the names or not. Trademarking a reputation no less than provides an automaker the choice ought to it select to make use of the identify the down the highway.
CarBuzz additionally dug up a number of extra Ferrari identify trademark filings, and no less than one in every of them could also be used for the successor to the LaFerrari. These extra names embody F80, Drake, La Rossa, 12 Cilindri, 6 Cilindri, 296 Mugello, Milano, Montecarlo, Dolcevita, and 500 Testarossa.
Of those, F80 is probably going one of the best match for a LaFerrari successor. Ferrari’s flagship vary has already included the F40 and F50. The automaker has additionally launched the F60 America previously, and the LaFerrari was code-named the F70 early in its growth, later altering to F150 as manufacturing neared.