A 16-year warranty! Plug-in hybrid models from Ferrari like the SF90 and 296 score generous scheduled battery replacements 

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2024 Ferrari 296 GTB
Chris Thompson
Senior Journalist
3 Jul 2024
2 min read

Ferrari’s blowing the seven-year warranty standard out of the water ... sort of.

The brand with the red cars from Maranello has announced a pair of extended warranties aimed at keeping the value of its new plug-in hybrid (PHEV) models looking solid well into their lifespans.

The new warranty programs, Warranty Extension Hybrid and Power Hybrid, allow customers to cover the drivetrain components for up to 16 years, with high-voltage battery replacements at eight and 16 years.

Renewable every two or four years, the packs “can be activated by any dealer in the official Ferrari network, regardless of the car's year of production”.

The first, Warranty Extension Hybrid, is an “all-inclusive extended warranty that covers the entire car” for up to eight years if desired, essentially as an extension of the existing warranty of five years.

Upon the eighth year of the warranty, Ferrari will replace the high-voltage battery pack at no extra cost.

Power Hybrid is an extension over that warranty covering only the “major powertrain components” including electric and battery systems. It can be applied for an extra eight years (or total 16 years into the car’s lifespan).

2024 Ferrari 296 GTS
2024 Ferrari 296 GTS

Ferrari will again replace the battery pack upon the car’s Sweet Sixteen, meaning that a new hybrid Ferrari now will have a new battery pack in 2040.

In a move that shows a welcome bit of foresight, Ferrari says it won’t just replace the battery systems like-for-like.

Given there are likely to be advances in hybrid battery tech over the next couple of decades, Ferrari says it’ll replace old batteries with a “new, state-of-the-art component that will ensure the same performance as the original one”.

The warranties will transfer to subsequent owners, so there’s peace-of-mind if you happen to find yourself buying a 14-year-old Ferrari 296 GTB.

Chris Thompson
Senior Journalist
Racing video games, car-spotting on road trips, and helping wash the family VL Calais Turbo as a kid were all early indicators that an interest in cars would stay present in Chris’ life, but loading up his 1990 VW Golf GTI Mk2 and moving from hometown Brisbane to work in automotive publishing in Melbourne ensured cars would be a constant. With a few years as MOTOR Magazine’s first digital journalist under his belt, followed by a stint as a staff journalist for Wheels Magazine, Chris’ career already speaks to a passion for anything with four wheels, especially the 1989 Mazda MX-5 he currently owns. From spending entire weeks dissecting the dynamic abilities of sports cars to weighing up the practical options for car buyers from all walks of life, Chris’ love for writing and talking about cars means if you’ve got a motoring question, he can give you an answer.
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