Maranello's Chief Technical Officer says the company does not copy anyone.

The mid-engined MC20 supercar is powered by a 3000cc V6 twin-turbo engine. The Ferrari 296 GTB is fitted with a 2992cc V6 twin-turbo mill and both have an identical 88-mm bore and 82-mm stroke. Surely these engines are related in one way or another, right? Well, according to the Prancing Horse, the two powertrains have nothing in common.

Speaking with British magazine Autocar, the company's Chief Technical Officer Michael Leiters emphasised the two V6s are totally unrelated: "Ferrari doesn't copy anybody or take over anything from others. This stroke has been typical for Ferrari for years, and we didn't have the necessity to collaborate on something like that."

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