RE: Ferrari F12 TdF

[rivercar1981]

epom said:

Only 780bhp ?? Sorry Ferrari that just doesn't do it for me. Can't quite decide if its nice or ugly yet either.

Not sure I can think of a more powerful naturally aspirated engine in a production car?

Its quite the feat I think. 126bhp/ton in a big engine is impressive.

[GroundEffect]

TaylotS2K said:

Those air intake above the rear wheels ruin it for me. Looks naff.

They will be vents for air pressure in the rear wheel arch. Drag and lift reducing.

Compare to the front arches of LMP cars:



Which has now developed to big gaping holes:



First road car to properly get in on the act was the 991 GT3 RS:



Function > Form.

[pSynrg]

TdF?

For a minute there I thought Ferrari had finally done a diesel!

...but what an utter eyesore.

[SirSquidalot]

Cooler than a Penguin's ahole! I want!

[bertie]

SirSquidalot said:

Cooler than a Penguin's ahole! I want!

Brilliant, new favourite phrase right there!

[bentley arnage]

Is it me but it looks like the Ferrari Dino 246 !!!!

[RG02GEE]

Looks like a Corvette to me!

[Atmospheric]

780 bhp naturally aspirated V12. That's the headline for me. The car is a dog's dinner. Ferrari need to go elegant again with their design.

[DB9VolanteDriver]

andywheeler said:

does no-one else think it looks like an aston?

Sure...

[Friggatron]

Would love someone with photoshop abilities to re do the photo in dark blue. And maybe red.

Makes me shudder to think it's likely someone's going to be lucky enough to buy one of these and then put a matte or chrome wrap on it...

[hornbaek]

The name Tdf comes from this:

The Tour de France Auto in September, a six-day rally of hill climbs, drag races, and circuit competitions. In the late fifties Ferrari basically "owned" this race with the 250 Berlinettas.

[George111]

I thought this was going to be a diesel . . .

[menoy]

Wills2 said:

What a piece of kit, nearly 800hp from a n/a v12....nice work!

Looks sublime.

What PH didn't mention is that 80% of the 520lbft torque is also available from 2.5k RPM. Wow..

Fetchez la vache said:

Thanks. Never knew that. Presumably the author didn't either or they would have mentioned it
Sooo... were the Fezzas in the TdFA yellow? Doesn't look like it. Seems strange to have it yellow if not due to the *other* TdF...

I presumed the author assumed everyone already knew, given the very well known 250 TdF's...

rivercar1981 said:

Yup, just like that.

Its a shame, the originals are now so valuable because of their history, what will these have aside from rarity only?

Welcome to modern marketing

[P4ROT]

Never has the want been stronger...

[mikEsprit]

rivercar1981 said:

TaylotS2K said:

Those air intake above the rear wheels ruin it for me. Looks naff.

No doubt functional, but also inspired by the 275 GTB/C

I really like the gill slots in the back and was going to ask if that's ever been done before...

[MikeGalos]

And despite all the changes they still have the horrible "turn signal switches on the steering wheel" design.

[Ollywood]

EricE said:

Ollywood said:

matpilch said:

looks a bit fussy to me, with all those vents and spoilers...

+1

Feels like the designer was away on his holidays and the engineer shoved the needed bits with his Helix 'Maranello' math set.

On the bright side for once the Mansory version can't possibly look any worse than this.

If this is going to be the direction they are taking for hot Ferrari version maybe they should consider taking over Mansory.

And they are not far off with Stallone F12!

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[Amirhussain]

WOW, POTW for me

[mb1]

A fair improvement over the 'old' Berlinetta.
I extrapolated the only 2 performance figures given to get the other figures below.

Also see how both model compare here: https://youtu.be/4FEI6W0T9AM

[Burnham]

Wow wow wow. Wow.