Kaboom: Mansory claims first 12Cilindri conversion
New 855hp 'eye-catcher' Equestre unveiled at Monaco Yacht Show
Mansory, you’ll hardly need reminding, is famous for going where even the aftermarket fears to tread. Its treadmill of conversions includes some rib-tickling triumphs, including, earlier this year, the Cybertruck-based Elongation - a name it will surely struggle to ever best. The new Equestre is certainly no rival, though it does not want for the usual attributes of a Mansory makeover, and is notable (its maker claims) for being the first-ever complete conversion of Ferrari’s V12-powered flagship.
The Equestre, revealed this week at the Monaco Yacht Show, follows in the considerable wake of the Pugnator, Mansory’s eye-gauging take on the Ferrari Purosangue. In fairness to it, its transformation of the 12Cilindri, while deliberately confrontational, is not nearly so preposterous. As ever, the bodywork appendages, all in carbon fibre, are comprehensive: there’s a new front apron, bonnet, side flaps, arch extensions and sills, though Mansory commends itself for keeping the rear end spoiler-free, so as not to ‘ruin the elegant lines that make every Gran Turismo so particularly desirable’. Ahem.
Of course, below the bodywork it has gone to town on the exposed carbon diffuser with its integrated third brake light, and has rounded things off with newly designed VF.5 rims measuring 21-inch at the front and 22 at the back. These are one-piece, ultra-light forged rims, says Mansory, and the wider tyres (325-section at the rear) are claimed to enhance dynamic performance, which is something you might be wanting given its attentions to the valve-controlled exhaust system and engine management has eked 855hp and 538lb ft of torque from the V12.
Inside, essentially everything you see in terms of material, colour, quilting and composite can be ‘freely customised’, making the decision to line the entire cabin with grey Alcantara a relatively understated one for Mansory. Thankfully, it remembered to contrast it with ‘purple appliqués’. And LED lights in the headliner. And illuminated Mansory logos in purple. If you’re wondering how much all this costs, we’ve no idea - but on the basis that a nearly-new 12Cilindri will currently set you back around £400k, we’re going to say a stupendous amount. Only the crazy-brave need apply.
t. Ferrari themselves 'you can only have the car with black nose and rear. Unless you let mansory have it, in which case paint it pink with leopard spots, we don't care'
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