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The Name Was the Statement
By 2013, the supercar arms race had moved on. McLaren was finishing the P1. Porsche was testing the 918 Spyder. Both used hybrid systems. Ferrari, founder of the genre, couldn't show up with anything less than the definitive answer.
The result was the successor to the Enzo — and the first Ferrari to wear the company's own name on the badge. A carbon fiber monocoque tub built using the same techniques as the F138 Formula 1 car. A naturally aspirated 6.3-liter V12 making 789 horsepower on its own. Bolted to it, a 161-horsepower electric motor running through a 7-speed dual-clutch gearbox. Combined output: 950 hp. Combined torque: over 900 Nm.
It hit 100 km/h in under 3 seconds and topped 350 km/h. The HY-KERS system was lifted straight from Ferrari's F1 program — energy recovered under braking, deployed under throttle. No turbos. No compromise on the V12.
Ferrari capped production at 499 coupes. The waiting list was longer than the build run before the first car was delivered. Every owner was hand-selected by Maranello. A decade later, used examples trade above original list price and the V12 hybrid recipe has already become history — Ferrari's next flagship F80 went twin-turbo V6.
LaFerrari was the last hurrah for the naturally aspirated V12 in a Ferrari halo car. That's why it's on this wall.
