The 2013 Ferrari F12 Berlinetta is a car that defies categorization. It convincingly plays the role of continent-crushing grand tourer, but a few turns of the Manettino later, it transforms into hair-on-fire-fast supercar that’s so, so much faster and more capable than any other front-engine GT car in the world. Now, according to German site Autogespot, the engineers at Maranello are working on an even faster F12.
Tentatively called the F12 ‘GTO’ — though it’s highly doubtful the final car will use that name — it will use a 780-horsepower V-12, which is likely to be a new version of the 6.3-liter engine from the F12 and 2014 Ferrari LaFerrari. The extra 40 horsepower over the regular F12 should drop its 0-60 time to below three seconds and increase top speed to nearly 220 mph.
But it’s not all V-12-powered fire and brimstone. Thanks to a full carbon-fiber roof and other weight-saving measures, the faster F12 will have a dry weight of just 3,120 pounds, which is an incredible 220 pounds lighter than the standard car. Handling will be further improved with a new rear-wheel steering system — a first for Ferrari. Like the 2014 Porsche 911 GT3 (and 1987 Honda Prelude), the system will turn the rear wheels opposite the direction of the fronts to enhance low-speed agility and in the same direction at high speeds to improve stability.
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