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"As Chris Chilton let on in his drive of the California T, the 458 successor will be turbocharged. It&amp;#039;s been an open secret for a while, but it&amp;#039;s not even an open secret anymore. Ferrari has confirmed that the next two-seat, mid-engine sports car from Maranello will tack on turbos. And the reason is simple: emissions. Top Gear spoke to Ferrari CEO Amedeo Felisa and powertrain director Vittorio Dini, who confirmed that CO2 emissions for the 458 successor (perhaps called the 458 Modified, or 458M, if past naming conventions are anything to judge by) must drop below even what the company achieved with the stupidly good and remarkably power-dense 458 Speciale, whose 133 hp-per-liter engine clearly won&amp;#039;t survive the turbo transition. The way forward is turbos, no ifs or buts about it.  Reading between the lines, and with what we know about horsepower inflation, the next 458M will adopt a sensible power increase despite losing a bit in the displacement department, like the California T. It remains to be seen if the 458M will get the California T&amp;#039;s torque-limiting trickery\u2014it might, but it will no doubt be differentiated as much as possible from the T&amp;#039;s grand touring compromises. The bottom line: Expect a slight displacement bump from the T (but a loss from the 458), power to compete with the McLaren 650S, and\u2014sadly\u2014probably a bit of turbo lag to make it all work right. There&amp;#039;s no doubt it&amp;#039;ll have the moves, and the test numbers will support its superiority to the current car. But despite being better on paper, will it lose something intangible, like the California T did? That will be the challenge for Ferrari. Let&amp;#039;s hope they&amp;#039;re up to it.   via Top Gear "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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