First look: Ferrari 12Cilindri

The caller 12Cilindri mightiness beryllium the bravest Ferrari yet.

Created successful a clime of uncertainty, the successor to the Ferrari 812 Superfast astir didn’t

happen.

Back successful 2020 erstwhile enactment began connected the 12Cilindri a acheronian unreality hung implicit the aboriginal of ample combustion engines and, to enactment successful bluntly, it didn’t look large for the V12.

More and much European cities were threatening combustion car bans, positive higher taxation

for large polluters, portion projected EU emanation regulations were truthful strict that a ample naturally-

aspirated V12 wouldn’t person a anticipation successful hellhole of passing them.

The logical determination would person been downsize to a hybrid V6 for its flagship GT – conscionable similar the 1 that drives the tiny Ferrari 296 GTB or, amended still, spell afloat EV.

Luckily logic seldom dictates thing Ferrari does and with a emblematic Italian shrug, it went up and created the car it wanted to make, careless of whether it could merchantability it, oregon not.

What’s not up for statement is the information that the two-seat beforehand engined coupe and Spider looks sensational.

Drawing power from the brand’s astir celebrated V12 backmost catalogue, it has frontal styling lifted from the 1968 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona.

There’s besides a glorious 1970s consciousness to the design, with the solid canopy and delta wing-

shaped rear solid and nods to the fantastic Pininfarina-penned Ferrari Modulo conception of

the aforesaid period.

The 12Cilindri proudly keeps its classical long-bonnet, rear-drive GT proportions.

Beneath the tegument the 12Cilindri improbable ever to beryllium sued for mendacious advertizing arsenic taking pride

of spot is simply a front-mounted 6.5-litre V12 motor that dates backmost to the 2002 Enzo hypercar.

Unusually, for a car launched successful 2024, the large V12 does without immoderate electrification.

Instead engineers added caller lighter internals, nonstop injection and lower-friction parts to alteration it to spin-faster and nutrient much power.

The effect is simply a car that tin rotation up to 9500rpm portion producing a muscular 611kW and

678Nm of torque.

Combined with a caller eight-speed dual-clutch transmission that shifts 30 per cent quicker

than before, the 12Cilindri takes 2.9sec to deed 100 from standstill and 7.8 to deed 200km/h. The apical velocity is much than 340km/h.

Developed to beryllium Ferrari’s “most amusive car” the 12Cilindri is based connected an all-new aluminium chassis that is 15 per cent stiffer than the aged 812 and besides packs a 20mm shorter wheelbase, portion rear-wheel steer becomes modular for faster absorption changes.

Despite the aluminium used, Ferrari claims the kerbweight has really accrued by 30kg to

about 1660kg, which is inactive comparatively lithe for a V12-powered two-door.

To support it unchangeable astatine speed, engineers person incorporated clever progressive aerodynamics that see a brace of rear aero blades that popular and pivot up to 10-degrees from 60-300km/h. Above that, the spoilers driblet backmost down to trim drag, maximising apical speed.

New chassis tech consists of brake-by-wire tech, positive the carmaker’s eighth mentation of its

sideslip power for much measured sideways action.

Within, the V12 Ferrari stays existent to its GT roots but remains strictly a two-seater. There’s

also a caller treble cockpit design.

Ahead of the operator is simply a acquainted immense 15.6-inch integer instrumentality cluster, portion beside it is

as 10.25-inch infotainment system. As with different Ferrari models a 3rd 8.8-inch show successful beforehand of the rider is besides available.

For those who deliberation they’ll tyre of the dependable of the sonorous V12 soundtrack a 15-speaker

1600-watt dependable strategy volition besides beryllium available, positive endless ways to customise and

personalise the 12Cilindri.

Expected to get successful Europe earlier the extremity of 2024, the Ferrari 12Cilindri should onshore in

Australia successful aboriginal 2025.

It won’t beryllium inexpensive but erstwhile you see the looks, show and the mode it is expected to drive, we deliberation Ferrari’s V12 gamble volition wage disconnected handsomely.