2019
Semi-Auto
17.5 mpg
Tax: £180
Mileage: 11,469
Petrol
Mileage: 14,972
Ferrari's most powerful and expensive series production model, the 812 Superfast, is a difficult car to pigeonhole. On paper, the size and configuration of the engine (a V12 placed long ways up front) suggest it to be a Super GT kind of car - like, say, an Aston Martin DBS Superleggera or a Bentley Continental GT Speed. But, as so often, Ferrari has its own agenda here. As with direct predecessors to this car, most notably the 575M, this 812 is nothing like any other Super GT model you could consider. It's more highly strung, there's no forced induction beneath the bonnet and it looks completely different too, as did its direct predecessor, the F12. It comes in two forms, the Superfast coupe and the GTS convertible, both with the same mechanical configuration and both priced well above obvious rivals that, as we've just observed, aren't quite such obvious competitors when you get right down to it.
'Superfast' isn't one of Ferrari's most memorable monikers. Probably sounds better in Italian. Of course this 812 coupe very definitely is. Fast, that is. Speed of course is nothing without control and keeping this Italian stallion out of the hedge at speed on a damp, bumpy road wouldn't be a task to undertake for the faint hearted. But if you're up to the challenge, this Superfast coupe will reward you memorably. We'd prefer it's talents to be a little more accessible for public road use, but then perhaps this Ferrari wouldn't be the intoxicating steer it is. This car is unapologetically unconventional, from the way it looks, to its refusal to use forced induction or all-wheel drive. Maranello loyalists will love it for that. And so, we suspect, will those reviewing it in future years with the rose tinted spectacles of historical perspective.
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