The Ferrari 12 Cilindri has already been unveiled around the world, and the new car sticks to the 6.5-litre V12 naturally aspirated engine without any electrification added, which is quite difficult at this stage of the time in 2024, relying on pure technology and high cost to create a new era of top-of-the-line performance machines.
In terms of appearance, the front of the car adopts a rather complex design, with the Ferrari logo inlaid on a chunky black trim, the left and right sides leading to flat headlight clusters with additional light strips extending to the wheels, while the front bonnet of course adds a complex aerodynamic package, and the lower grille is a three-section skeleton decoration wrapped in chunky black fins to further accentuate the sporty look. On the side, as a standard, front-mid-mounted Ferrari, it has a rather slender nose that shows a unique stance.
Of course, the low profile is not absent, with a noticeably rear-skewed cockpit that leads to a fastback roof transition, concealed door handles, frameless doors, Ferrari badges and special accents under the A-pillars, and prominent trim adjustment elements on the side skirts. At the rear, the unique rear windshield shape should be the biggest highlight, protruding in the shape of an arrow, echoing the body-colored roof above, with a good visual effect. At the end of the tailgate, a small rear wing is raised high, the Ferrari logo is almost obscured, but it is supplemented by a prancing horse logo underneath, and the continuous taillights have a minimalist shape, similar to the ROMA, and the rear bumper part has a not-so-high-profile bilateral quad exhaust, adding a delicate chrome strip and diffuser wrap to unify the overall style.
In the interior part, the new car also adopts a new era design, with three screens, but the co-pilot screen can only display simple information, and the central control screen is not large, but the instrument panel has an excellent display effect, providing the main interactive tasks. Carbon fiber to create a huge paddle shifter, the rich Ferrari steering wheel, the special paddle shift mechanism and other elements will not be absent, the ubiquitous suede decoration, the integrated sports seats, and the wrap-around center console all enhance the sense of style and sportiness, of course, there are no seats in the rear, but because the front center layout provides a decent performance of trunk space, it enhances a certain practicality.
In terms of power, it is obviously the biggest focus of the car, as mentioned earlier, The new car is equipped with a purely traditional 6.5-liter V12 naturally aspirated engine, but the technology is not lagging behind at all, Ferrari engineers use extreme technology and cost to create a performance monster of 830 horsepower, accelerating to 100 kilometers in 2.9 seconds, not lagging behind many electrified and turbo opponents, after all, relatively speaking, there is no lightweight advantage without a battery, and more importantly, because the parameters are high enough, the convertible version has no performance degradation, it is still 2.9 seconds to break 100, and the top speed can reach 338 kilometers per hour, which is of course still matched with an 8-speed dual-clutch transmission that can be lowered three gears at a time.
At the same time, as a GT sports car, the new car also provides relatively excellent road driving performance, taking care of many feelings, and even has lane keeping assist, active braking and parking assist, providing a complete experience. It is worth looking forward to what kind of performance NIO can have.