It has a modern F1 car's rolling body shape, and the doors will hinge up and out from the A-pillar, the way Le Mans racers did in the '60s.
Project FX will be on display at the Tokyo Contemporary Art Museum from April 26 to July 14, and the production car -- which is virtually the same shape -- will be revealed at the Paris auto show in late September.
The successor to Ferrari's legendary F40 and F50 models is expected to sell for well over US$400,000 (or more than $600,000 here), and the Italian firm will build only 300 to 350 units in all.
The FX was engineered in cooperation with Ferrari's all-conquering F1 team, and is supposed to include the ''deep involvement'' of reigning world champion driver Michael Schumacher.
Like the F50, the FX will have a carbon fiber chassis and body, but the engine will be the new, normally aspirated 6-liter, 48-valve V12 developing nearly 650 hp and sent to the rear wheels through the F1-style transmission.
That translates to a top speed of more than 350 km/h and a 0 to 100 km/h time of less than 4 seconds.
The FX is expected to come with an advanced traction control system and electronically controlled dampers for the push-rod front and rear suspensions.
FX is a Pininfarina design and is so aerodynamic the way it is that there's no need for wings or spoilers at the rear. Apparently, the body shape -- but particularly the nose -- generates enough downforce to ensure adequate vehicle stability should that maximum speed (or anything near it) actually ever be reached.
