Ferrari 812 Superfast Review (2018) - Shift to the 12th Dimension

Last Saturday, I jumped from an airplane. But that's not the most exciting thing that happened this week. Because six days later, I was driving a Ferrari 812 Superfast. In Italy, at the race track personal / race Ferrari in Fiorano. In paratrooper language, he's epic. The speed is higher, the g-load is bigger and the light year is better than just the many high-speed winds that fly outside my ears.

8 on behalf of this car shows an 800 horsepower engine generated on a metric scale. Measured on this side of the Atlantic, there are only 789, or 59 more on the F12berlinetta, which replaces this model. 12 are on badges because there are a dozen cylinders under the hood, and Supercepat is the name in Ferrari history and promises are issued.

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Compared with the F12 engine, the 812 is 75% new. With a capacity of 6.5 liters compared to the F12 6.3, the V-12 delivers 789 hp at 8500 rpm to 8900 rpm. Peak torque, 530 lb-ft, rises to 7000. Below 5000 rpm, 812 is a cat, but with an increase in engine speed, the power seems to increase exponentially. There are about 600 horsepower at 6000 rpm, 700 to 7000, and when the speedometer rises, the sensation of acceleration of the compound is amazing. The engine goes way beyond the onset of madness that every Redline gearshift is almost a relief. Expect a sprint from zero to 60 miles to finish in just 2.8 seconds and a quarter mile to about 10.8 ticks. And then there is the sound. It is your own fantasy about Formula 1, a chainsaw.

Agil? Must be Italian

Also manipulation is something beyond imagination. Ferrari's first electric steering system controls 812, and this is a solid effort. As we passed the streets of Maranello at the factory door, this may seem a bit excessive. But when the city gave way to the hills and fields, we found that the direction was the sensation of the whole car. The agility we expected, but the whole car was very light, like the hottest Mazda Miata in the world. This is a car weighing around 3900 pounds with a 6.5 liter engine in the nose, but very smart, like the V-12 wing. Management is immediate and effort built reliably, but very few return from the road surface. Because management is very good in other respects, we will only have a few years before Ferrari gives access to the best direction on the planet, another reason to annoy 1%.

      

812 brings F12 spaceframe, which means almost all cars are aluminum. Carbon fibers are almost exclusively used as a flower style, in many cases optional. F12tdf donated the rear wheel steering system.

When he gave us the orientation tour - one! - Driving a Ferrari test track to Fiorano, Simone's development driver at Raffaele ensures we can turn off the stability control and say, "It's okay if you turn off the car." Hum, no, Raffaele. However, the rest of his advice proved groundless.

   

You expect $ 800,000 Megacar, worth $ 300,000, to intimidate, but so controllable and predictable is the 812 we immediately feel at home. At the end of our second lap, stability checks stopped, 812 were on the side and we laughed like a teenager doing our first blackout. It seems like the driver can transfer the load book to each wheel to balance the car, and a smooth power transmission means you can measure as many horses as you need to get the route you want. Drag the corners to fit. F12 is one of the fastest cars we've tried in Lightning Lap, and we suspect that the 812 will take a bite from the predecessor Virginia International Raceway Grand Course 2: 50.8.

And it also makes sense!

The spacious interior and comfortable driving position contribute to the accessibility of the vehicle as well as excellent visibility to the front and side. The high tail means that the rear view is more like a central motor vehicle. But even a driver with the 99th percentile can feel comfortable in the driver's seat. While the road is slightly agitated, the suspension rotates on a hard edge. This will make the daily drivers get well received.

In wise colors, 812 can almost approach the traffic. That another jealous commuter would be a matter of taste. But there are many features in Supercepat extreme style, and every air intake and ventilation inside the body is functional. With about a dozen different parts through the body, not only the air circulates around 812, but also passes as if gliding through the fingers of an paratrooper. And as paratroopers fall from an airplane, Supercepat drivers will never get bored. He will also be able to hear something better.

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