Ferrari F12 Berlinetta gallops to Geneva Photo 5
Ferrari F12 Berlinetta: A new era.You're looking at the fastest road-going Ferrari ever, worth 730 horsepower thanks to its new V12 engine.Even though Enzo famously said Ferrari road cars are immaterial products of his Maranello abode, existing only so spoiled buyers can fund his company's racing efforts, the story is far different today. Ferrari is now a carmaker, that also happens to have an F1 racing team. Fiat, the owner, isn't daft.
And when we're talking about Ferrari road cars, the uninformed might jump the gun and immediately visualise mid-engined bruisers in the shape of the volume-selling 458 Italia, and its ‘bread-and-butter' predecessors such as the 430, 360, 355, and so on down the line.
But the uninformed are just that. Ferrari's blood flows through 12 cylinders, all of them sitting up front, and not behind the driver. Remember that Enzo also famously said that the horse should always be in front of the carriage, not behind it.
The firm's storied history is now ready to begin a new chapter in front-engined V12 supercars, and it's called the F12 Berlinetta. And no, F12 isn't just a volume-up key on your Mac; it also signifies Ferrari and 12 cylinders, while the Italian word Berlinetta has always denoted a 2+2 coupé.
And when we're talking about Ferrari road cars, the uninformed might jump the gun and immediately visualise mid-engined bruisers in the shape of the volume-selling 458 Italia, and its ‘bread-and-butter' predecessors such as the 430, 360, 355, and so on down the line.
But the uninformed are just that. Ferrari's blood flows through 12 cylinders, all of them sitting up front, and not behind the driver. Remember that Enzo also famously said that the horse should always be in front of the carriage, not behind it.
The firm's storied history is now ready to begin a new chapter in front-engined V12 supercars, and it's called the F12 Berlinetta. And no, F12 isn't just a volume-up key on your Mac; it also signifies Ferrari and 12 cylinders, while the Italian word Berlinetta has always denoted a 2+2 coupé.
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