Is This Test Mule Something To Do With The Ferrari '488 GTO'?

This mystery test mule spotted in the vicinity of the Nurburgring has the automotive world doing some serious speculating...
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Beneath all the gaffer tape and body cladding of this mystery test mule lies something rather potent. Judging by the much larger intakes it’s clearly no ordinary 488, so could it be the rumoured 488 GTO/Speciale Ferrari is supposedly cooking up?

The uploader - Automotive Mike, who shot the car in the vicinity of the Nurburgring - speculates that the car has some sort of Kers hybrid system. He might be on to something - you’d think it’d only be a matter of time before the LaFerrari’s F1-inspired Kers tech filtered down to the rest of the range, after all.

Furthermore, fellow YouTuber Marchettino spotted another test mule last year - a sort of 458/488 mish-mash - and claimed to have heard a technician say ““don’t turn on the Kers system,” off camera.

The only thing we can truly be sure of is that the end product will be monstrously fast.

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German Perfectionist

“10 essential items to have IN your car: #1 Duct Tape” - Instructions unclear, Ferrari put it ON the car

06/26/2017 - 11:52 |
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comment of the week right there

06/26/2017 - 16:40 |
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Poke

Possibly a GTO for Flux (7.0) to drool over!

06/26/2017 - 12:13 |
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[Flux]

In reply to by Poke

YEEEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHH!

06/26/2017 - 14:36 |
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Anonymous

New F40 would be cool…

06/26/2017 - 22:54 |
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Ian Price

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

It would be a F80

06/27/2017 - 01:24 |
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[Flux]

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

No. The LaFerrari was the new F40. It goes F40, F50, Enzo, LaFerrari.

06/27/2017 - 15:20 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

No kidding! What i meant was that it could be a new, twin turbo, v8, hybrid, stripped down ferrari hypercar. A spiritual successor if you want.

06/28/2017 - 00:50 |
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Honda NSX

I mis-read something and thought it said, “speculates that the car has some sort of KERS hybrid system. He may be on something.”

06/27/2017 - 02:56 |
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Anonymous

it will be called Ferrari 488 SuperDuperFast3000

06/27/2017 - 08:26 |
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Bmfb98

Please we need another supercar manufacturer…I want to sed depreciation hitting 2x as hard as it does already

06/28/2017 - 18:43 |
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