Huge carbon-ceramic brakes are also standard, controlled through a new brake-by-wire control system, and Ferrari’s side-slip control set-up is now on its eighth iteration and works through the traction- and stability-control systems. The wheels are a 21-inch design, running on a bespoke Michelin or Goodyear tyre option.
Aero and design
While Ferrari is hesitant to suggest the new 12Cilindri is a retro design, there are more than a few design references to one of its most iconic V12-powered models of the past: the 365/4 ‘Daytona’.
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Elements such as the front-end ‘visor’ and rear haunches could be seen as direct correlations to the model, but on top of them sits a striking set of graphics and aero elements that gives the model a completely distinctive appearance.
On the coupe, much of the cabin, including the windscreen, side windows and part of the roof, is finished in black, with the rear windscreen and aero components on the haunches creating a type of delta-wing effect. This is a bold graphic that calls into mind the x-shaped graphic of the SF90 Stradale.
For the first time on a front-engined Ferrari, the 12Cilindri has visible active aero on the top surfaces of the car, with two lifting buttresses on either side of the tailgate that are automatically actuated. They’re designed more to trim the air and stabilise the car, rather than produce huge downforce numbers, but Ferrari quotes an additional 50kg of downforce at 155mph, which is balanced out by active underfloor flaps in the front splitter and rear diffuser. These two elements only work in tandem, rather than left-to-right as you might find in a Pagani Huayra.
The interior design follows the lead taken by models like the Roma and Purosangue, with two individual zones for the driver and passenger, who each get their own controls and displays. For the first time in a two-seater model, Ferrari has also fitted a third, larger touchscreen display in the dash centre, following customer feedback. It will control many of the car’s ancillary functions, like media and ventilation.
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