1 Powertrain
Naturally-aspirated V12
2 design
A monolithic form, uniquely marked
3 Legacy
A lineage back in your hands
The 12Cilindri Manuale is a limited special series built on Ferrari’s front-engined V12 grand tourer, and it brings back something the marque last offered on a road car in 2012: a gear lever, an open gate and a clutch pedal.
Only 1,499 cars will be built, a number that nods to the displacement of the first Ferrari twelve-cylinder engine of 1947. Each one is delivered through the Tailor Made programme, so no two leave Maranello alike.
4 technology
A gearbox you work yourself
Manuale By-Wire pairs a real gear lever and clutch pedal with Ferrari’s eight-speed dual-clutch transmission. Both inputs are read electronically and executed by the DCT, giving the deliberate action of a manual with the shift quality and reliability of the modern gearbox.
Six of the eight ratios are available in manual mode, along with reverse, and the car can be left in full automatic whenever the drive calls for it. The 6.5-litre V12 is unchanged: 830 cv, 678 Nm at 7,250 rpm and a 9,500 rpm limit — a rev range that makes working the lever worth the effort.
Dynamic controls carry over from the 12Cilindri: brake-by-wire with ABS Evo, a 6D sensor feeding Virtual Short Wheelbase (PCV) 3.0 and Side Slip Control (SSC) 8.0, plus active rear aero flaps switching between low-drag and high-downforce settings.