Luxury Don't miss out on the headlines from Luxury. Followed categories will be added to My News. The most remarkable thing about the new Ferrari 12Cilindri is what it can’t do.
It can’t, for example, drive on pure-electric power alone. Neither can it claw back energy under braking. Coast silently engine-off? Forget about it.
Ferrari’s 12Cilindri pays homage to the classic ‘Daytona’. Photo: Supplied No, the most radical thing about Ferrari’s latest two-seat flagship is instead of a small electrified V6 it is powered by a large 6.5-litre V12 that doesn’t boast a single turbocharger.
The next shocking thing is Ferrari engineers could have made the 611kW 12Cilindri even quicker than its 2.9 second 0-100km/h, but didn’t, because it knows it would still be beaten off the lights by an anonymous four-door EV. Instead, their focus was to maximise fun and to create a four-wheel homage to the glorious long line of Ferrari V12-powered GTs that came before it.
That explains looks that pay tribute to the past while looking forward with advanced active aerodynamics that include multiple underbody vortex generators and a pair of trick twin pop-up rear spoilers that produce 50kg of downforce at 250km/h. The Ferrari 12Cilindri has active aero elements at the rear. Photo: Supplied Our favourite back catalogue reference, meanwhile, has to be the 1968 365 GTB/4 Daytona-inspired frontal styling that’s blended with the classic long-bonnet rear-drive proportions.
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