Price: TBC
Engine: 6,5-litre V12
Transmission: 7-speed dual-clutch
Power: 602 kW@ 9 250 r/min
Torque: 691 N.m@ 7 000 r/min
0-100 km/h: 2,85 seconds*
Top speed: 342 km/h*
Fuel consumption: 14,08 L/100 km*
CO2: 385 g/km
Rivals: Aston Martin DBS Superleggera, Lamborghini Aventador, McLaren 765 LT
+ the last of the V12s; collector’s item; stratospheric redline north of 9 500 r/min
- a handful to drive without the driver aids engaged; just 999 built+
Five hundred r/min ... At 3 000 r/min that’s a mere toe flex away. Although, stretching a naturally aspirated Ferrari V12’s redline by a mere 500 r/min is like climbing a quivering step ladder on Everest’s peak. Metaphorically speaking, this is what Ferrari’s engineers have achieved with the 812 Competizione, and what I’m experiencing on a hot lap of Ferrari’s Fiorano test track; the same 6,5-litre engine in the 812 Superfast spins to a white-hot 9 000 r/min, but the Competizione stretches to 9 500 r/min and serves its 602 kW just 250 r/min earlier. No road-going Ferrari engine has ever revved higher … and Ferraris are all about the revs (we won’t mention there’s slightly less torque) and, besides, even at 2 500 r/min you’ve still got 80% of the 691 N.m at 7 000 r/min. The thing is, you feel this engine’s added aggression even leaving the Fiorano pits, where the throttle is more like a cattle-prod in Race mode than other 812s. It’s an 812 Superfast made to go even faster.
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