RE: New Ferrari 12Cilindri is 812 Superfast successor

[Leithen]

Like the front end. Not sure about the back. Might look a lot better in the flesh.

Don’t like the wheel choices. It might be a dark colour car. Spider might carry lighter colours better.

New V12 model though. A fun company car for Mr Hamilton to potter down to Modena in from Monaco.

[Om]

I think that looks staggeringly gorgeous from the front/side, especially in red. From the rear less so - but largely because of the strange contrast between the smoked glass and the body colour. Interesting to see it in all black (but with silver wheels - just not those wheels). OK. That'll do.

[Gruntled]

Absolutely stunning. The Roma was already a beautiful car - Sophia Loren on wheels - but this is more impressive still. Spider is much better executed than the Roma spider. That engine…

[Krikkit]

Om said:

I think that looks staggeringly gorgeous from the front/side, especially in red. From the rear less so - but largely because of the strange contrast between the smoked glass and the body colour. Interesting to see it in all black (but with silver wheels - just not those wheels). OK. That'll do.

Yep that's it - hide the styling by painting it black and looking at it in the dark

Must admit I think this is an absolute minger, but I don't like the SF90, 296 etc either.

[WCZ]

Looks good I think and suggests the power wars are over at Ferrari

[Ray_Aber]

A very attractive car; better in my view than the two cars that preceded it. The back rear does take some getting used to, and while I would not have a black car, I could see a dark colour (blue) going a long way to suppress the black wing look at the back.

The rear haunches are fabulous; adding muscularity to the shape, and the cohesion of the side graphics and surfacing would make Audi weep with envy. The haunches also nod to the 296.

As for the Daytona reference, I like it. It was the first thing I noticed about the car.

Interior is gorgeous. Question - are Ferrari still using haptic touch for most of their buttons?

[Still Mulling]

Front and side: very nice. I reserve final judgement on the rear until seeing it in person. Glad it's an NA V12.

[Nish Gnackers]

"Like the 296 GTS and Roma Spider the 12Cilindri uses a retractable hard top which adds ...

Durrr ... the Roma Spider has a fabric roof.

[dinkel]

Harry_523 said:

F12 was peak v12 Ferrari for me styling wise.

True. But this one looks pretty to my eye...

[Megaflow]

Dear god... Just when I had given up hope on Ferrari's design department...

[jmcvaughn]

F12 for me is the pinnacle (quite an elegant design), but fair play to Ferrari for producing a series production model that looks like a limited-run car; shows how much manufacturers take the piss nowadays. Not that that's relevant to most of us

[dinkel]

[Boleros]

I’d love to have a beak under the bonnet, I’ll bet that engine is right up against the bulkhead.

[Raiden61]

I think it looks great, huge improvement on the 812. The 812 always looked like a spider about to bite with those stretched-back headlights. We will get used to the back end at least it's something different.

I know the Aston will likely be 100k cheaper but the lure of an NA V12 over turbos will likely bridge that gap.

If you compare it to the Pagani Utopia which does have turbos the '12C' (Stupid name) it looks almost good value.

[D4rez]

Last one for the UK, get it whilst can (if you can). 7 year life cycle so the next one would be due 2032… if it comes here it’ll be £1m plus.

[GTRene]

not bad, I like the outside views in the pictures, but not a fan of those to modern (for me) interiors, I like analog looks, even if its digital wired.

[Portofino]

Boleros said:

I’d love to have a beak under the bonnet, I’ll bet that engine is right up against the bulkhead.

Yep front/mid engined masterpiece.

[suffolk009]

I expect that like all the new Ferraris of recent the styling will grow on me until I like it.

But the name - perhaps they are hoping that giving it such a dreadful working title people will start to call it the Daytona?

[pissonheads]

I understand the daytona influence but I think the black headlight strip looks a little odd - maybe it will work better in darker shades. Also never been a huge fan of black roofs but I guess it pulls the roofline lower to the eye. Sure it will be an awesome piece of kit and sell well to those who love the daytona, a car I have never truly loved the design of (controversial I know).

[DeltaEvo2]

Beautiful thing.