How the hell do you follow a 40-year bloodline that’s a rollcall of hypercar royalty? 288 GTO, F40, F50, Enzo, LaFerrari… and now F80. Yep, Ferrari bosses completely ignored Top Gear’s hypercar name generator, and went with something sensible instead. It’s a name that celebrates the company’s 80th anniversary, occurring in 2027, by which time they’ll be pumping out these £3.1m hypercars to the 799 lucky owners who got the nod.
It is motivated not by a soaring naturally-aspirated V12 like the LaF, but by a twin-turbo V6 hybrid powertrain, which is a bit disappointing, but the rationale is clear: this 120-degree 3.0-litre V6 is a heavily-modified version of the one that took the 499P to back to back wins at the Le Mans 24hrs. It’s the configuration also used in F1. Boxes ticked. It’s also more compact, power dense and lighter than a V12 and thanks to a pair of e-turbos (bigger blowers for more power at higher revs, but with electric motors to spool them up…
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