FIRST LOOK: Ferrari 12Cilindri – Silly Name, Crazy 820bhp V12!
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Published 2024-05-03
(But, Because Marketing, the name is written out as 12Cilindri.)
It’s an on-the-nose celebration of Ferrari’s signature dish: a big V12. A mighty 6.5-litre instrument, mounted way behind the front axle, and under a gigantic clamshell ‘cofango’ bonnet designed to showcase the engine bay more dramatically than the 812 Superfast or F12. Job done…
Looks wise, there are hints of 365 Daytona at the front. There are also active aero flaps at the rear. Inside, Ferrari’s gone fully screen-gaga and deleted all the buttons. Good luck tuning the radio when 814bhp arrives at the rear wheels before the tyres are warm ‘n’ sticky.
Unusually, Ferrari has revealed the €425,000 Spider drop-top along with the €390,000 coupe. Top Gear’s Ollie Kew has been to Ferrari HQ in Maranello, Italy to see them, and is here to talk you round the new V12. In his best Italian accent…
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All Comments (21)
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'812 Superfast', 'Quattroporte', 'Testarossa': name some other wonderfully literal car names...
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All the shots of the Daytona not being one with the black nose is quite funny
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Remember when Clarkson thought the F12 was the last V12. Now we're another 2 generations in.
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Ferrari's naming convention has sometimes been related to the engine. 458 - 4.5L 8 cylinder 612 - 6L 12 cylinder 355 - 3.5L 5 valve
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Ferrari needs to take a note out of Bugatti's rule book. No Screens inside the car to keep it timeless. Also not sure I want to be doing 200mph and need to touch a screen to lower the temp! Looks fantastic.
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Too bad you missed showing the correct period Daytona (with plexiglass nose) which this car replicates.
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Soon as I saw that blacked out front piece I was thinking Daytona. Rear roof line/glass looks a bit like toned down Zagato styling.
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That is one of the best looking cars I've ever seen
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I wasnt so convinced by the shape qt first but that green spider looked amazing.
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820hp from a 6.5L naturally aspirated V12 is absolutely insane.
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Italian here, the bonnet is called "cofano", cofango is what Lamborghini called their bonnet on the Huracan STO because they integrated the fender/mudguard into it (cofano + parafango). And to correctly pronounce the name 12 Cilindri you should say every i as the second i in "initiating" (I couldn't come up with a better example 😂)
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Thank you for the knowledge.
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Im lovin this new accord
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And children, that's why Ferrari will never go out of business ever.
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"Cofango" is a word made up by Lamborghini because they made an entire piece in the front of some cars like the STO. The bonnet in Italian would be Cofano, without the G. But +100 points for the effort.
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Good lord I am so happy that over the last 5 years or so, Ferrari has remembered how to build beautiful, elegant cars. It seemed like they really lost that after the 90s, and all their cars started to look like someone attacked the clay model with a scalpel. Classic Ferraris were as beautiful as they were brutal, thays part of what made them soecial, and that really got lost. Compare a Ferrari 365 GTC/4, or even a 366 GT 2+2, to a FF. Then look at the Roma, or this. So much better.
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Its truly beautiful. Wow!
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It’s like a modern Daytona
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This looks absolutely fantastic. Retro throwbacks too.
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I was a bit indifferent until I saw the green spyder. Wow. Love the tan interior.
