Ferrari finally showed off the F12 GTO… well, at least that’s what everyone is thinking. The car is in fact called the F12tdf, which Ferrari would like you to know stands for Tour de France, a car road race which the brand apparently dominated in the 1950s and 1960s. Instead, most of us will simply roll our eyes at yet another unnecessary name change for the brand’s special cars (GTO, Speciale, Challenge Stradale, Scuderia…) and the baffling decision to base the new name on a race which is now much more associated with bikes than cars…
Still, you have to admire the lengths to which Ferrari went to make this car very special indeed. Power is up from 719bhp to 770bhp, torque is up a little too, weight is down by 110kg to 1415kg (dry), 0-62mph sprint is down to 2.9s, downforce is up… it promises to be quite the car! (it also helps that it just about outguns the Lamborghini Aventador SV). The only “but” is the styling, which while dramatic looks a little bit too much like the Corvette, especially in the yellow color that’s associated with the racing ‘Vettes.
