It’s the ultimate front-engine V-12 Ferrari. And it’s going to be epic.
, is in no doubt: The 2025 Ferrari 12Cilindri represents the pinnacle of an engine format that has made Ferrari famous for 77 years. It has been designed from the wheels up to celebrate the sound and fury and performance that only a high-revving, large-capacity naturally aspirated V-12 engine can deliver.. But it also refocuses the role of the front-engine, V-12-powered two-door in a Ferrari lineup that now includes a four-door SUV and a six-cylinder, plug-in hybrid mid-engine sports car.
The F140HD drives the rear wheels through a new eight-speed dual-clutch transaxle transmission, giving the 12Cilindri an extra gear over the 812 Competizione. This has allowed Ferrari to change the transmission’s ratios and shift pattern and increase the torque transmitted to the rear wheels by 12 percent while reducing shift times by 5 percent.Ferrari says the 3,439-pound 12Cilindri will accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in less than 2.9 seconds and to 124 mph in less than 7.9 seconds.
The decision to opt for 21-inch wheels was driven by the design team, Fulgenzi says. His engineers would have preferred 20-inch wheels, which are lighter so can be more precisely controlled by the springs and dampers and allow for quicker acceleration because of their lower inertia. Adopting the 21s was just one of the hundreds of compromises between form and function that shaped the 12Cilinidri, however.
At 124 mph, Fulgenzi says, the system delivers 110 pounds of downforce to the rear wheels. And, Manzoni says, it eliminates the need for a full-width active rear wing, allowing the designers to endow the 12Cilindri with a surprisingly roomy boot and to set up the bold delta-wing graphic that encompasses the rear window and is the Ferrari design chief’s favorite element of the car’s exterior. “It’s a good example of how we worked together with the engineers,” he says.
In the driver’s binnacle is a 15.6-inch digital instrument panel with the same functionality and configurability as in the Ferrari 296GTB and Roma. In the other binnacle is a narrow 8.8-inch screen that can be configured to display a variety of information to thrill, terrify, or entertain the passenger.Between the two is a landscape-format 10.
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