Legendary name resurrected for new supercar, which is most powerful production Ferrari yet!
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by Richard Lane
9 September 2025
Ferrari has reprised a storied name with the new 849 Testarossa, which replaces the SF90 Stradale and becomes the company's most powerful series-production model.
The new supercar makes 1035bhp - 49bhp more than its predecessor - and will reach 62mph in 2.35sec on its way to ‘more than’ 205mph.
Deliveries of the coupé are due to start next spring, with the drop-top Spider variant arriving in the autumn.
Along with its extra power, innovations concerning the car's aerodynamics and chassis electronics mean the 849 Testarossa can lap Ferrari’s Fiorano test track in 1min 17.5sec - 1.2sec quicker than the SF90 Stradale and just 0.2sec shy of the limited-series SF90 XX Stradale.
The lap time was achieved with the help of the Assetto Fiorano pack, which will be offered from the start of sales and shaves 30kg off the car’s 1570kg dry weight, as well as bringing track-focused upgrades to the suspension, tyres and body.
That dry weight figure is unchanged from the SF90 Stradale, thanks to incremental weight-saving measures throughout the car that mitigate the 20kg or so that the new body and driveline modifications have added. The spider weighs 90kg more.
In its styling, the mid-engined 849 Testarossa is a radical departure from its predecessor. The leading edge adopts the striking, full-width graphic recently seen on the F80 and 12Cilindri, while the rear of the car features two spectacular spoilers intended to evoke Ferrari’s sports prototype racers of the early 1970s.
Chief designer Flavio Manzoni said at the reveal event in Milan that "it is our duty as designers to create something new", despite the car’s effective status as a facelift and its mechanical similarity to the SF90 Stradale.
He spoke of the new car's "strong geometric forms and sharp geometric cuts" but said the design intentionally takes no inspiration from the legendary 512 Testarossa of 1991, despite the name.
The new bodywork is also notable for its dramatic side intake vents, which are integrated into the doors and feed enormous intercoolers taken from the F80. These aluminium panels took two years to put into production, such was the difficulty of pressing the shape.
Cooling was one of the challenges of the project. As well as those intercoolers having a fifth more surface area than those of the SF90 Stradale, the front intakes are also significantly enlarged. There are also new oil coolers.
The new body makes the 849 Testarossa 8mm longer than the SF90 Stradale. It also helps the car make 25% more downforce at 150mph, although much of this improvement is down to the powerful underbody outwash and the new diffuser.
Mechanically, the car is largely unchanged from the plug-in hybrid SF90 it supersedes. Under the body is the same driveline, with a 3990cc twin-turbocharged V8 operating alongside two independently acting electric motors on the front axle and another between the engine and the eight-speed dual-clutch automatic gearbox."
www.autocar.co.uk
by Richard Lane
9 September 2025
Ferrari has reprised a storied name with the new 849 Testarossa, which replaces the SF90 Stradale and becomes the company's most powerful series-production model.
The new supercar makes 1035bhp - 49bhp more than its predecessor - and will reach 62mph in 2.35sec on its way to ‘more than’ 205mph.
Deliveries of the coupé are due to start next spring, with the drop-top Spider variant arriving in the autumn.
Along with its extra power, innovations concerning the car's aerodynamics and chassis electronics mean the 849 Testarossa can lap Ferrari’s Fiorano test track in 1min 17.5sec - 1.2sec quicker than the SF90 Stradale and just 0.2sec shy of the limited-series SF90 XX Stradale.
The lap time was achieved with the help of the Assetto Fiorano pack, which will be offered from the start of sales and shaves 30kg off the car’s 1570kg dry weight, as well as bringing track-focused upgrades to the suspension, tyres and body.
That dry weight figure is unchanged from the SF90 Stradale, thanks to incremental weight-saving measures throughout the car that mitigate the 20kg or so that the new body and driveline modifications have added. The spider weighs 90kg more.
In its styling, the mid-engined 849 Testarossa is a radical departure from its predecessor. The leading edge adopts the striking, full-width graphic recently seen on the F80 and 12Cilindri, while the rear of the car features two spectacular spoilers intended to evoke Ferrari’s sports prototype racers of the early 1970s.
Chief designer Flavio Manzoni said at the reveal event in Milan that "it is our duty as designers to create something new", despite the car’s effective status as a facelift and its mechanical similarity to the SF90 Stradale.
He spoke of the new car's "strong geometric forms and sharp geometric cuts" but said the design intentionally takes no inspiration from the legendary 512 Testarossa of 1991, despite the name.
The new bodywork is also notable for its dramatic side intake vents, which are integrated into the doors and feed enormous intercoolers taken from the F80. These aluminium panels took two years to put into production, such was the difficulty of pressing the shape.
Cooling was one of the challenges of the project. As well as those intercoolers having a fifth more surface area than those of the SF90 Stradale, the front intakes are also significantly enlarged. There are also new oil coolers.
The new body makes the 849 Testarossa 8mm longer than the SF90 Stradale. It also helps the car make 25% more downforce at 150mph, although much of this improvement is down to the powerful underbody outwash and the new diffuser.
Mechanically, the car is largely unchanged from the plug-in hybrid SF90 it supersedes. Under the body is the same driveline, with a 3990cc twin-turbocharged V8 operating alongside two independently acting electric motors on the front axle and another between the engine and the eight-speed dual-clutch automatic gearbox."
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Legendary name resurrected for new supercar, which is most powerful production Ferrari yet
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About as ugly as a supercar can get, my goodness. Ferrari has gone from the penthouse to the outhouse in terms of styling. Not to mention this thing is going to depreciate like it’s nobody’s business just like the other hybrids (cough cough SF90, 296, Artura, Revuelto). Ferrari hands down takes the cake as the ugliest styling supercar company at the moment.
The SF90 curb weight is 3838 to 3937 lb depending on spec. This new F-car may get into the 4000 lb zone. It's no longer a supercar but a super heavy car.
Man that thing is UGLY!
After Pinnafarina was given the boot it's been getting worse and worse. Love the lines of the 458 (last one by Pinnafarina) and even the 488 was a nice evolution in styling. F8 started getting a litle weird and after that pooooooof ugly.
V12 cars same the F12 I had was elegant and beautiful. Last V12 by Pinnafarina. 812 was like the F8 started looking a bit more JDM in styling but still palatable. The 12Cylindri yuck.
SF90 was "okay", 296 just hasn't grown on me, Roma looks too bland, and now we have this abomination.
After Pinnafarina was given the boot it's been getting worse and worse. Love the lines of the 458 (last one by Pinnafarina) and even the 488 was a nice evolution in styling. F8 started getting a litle weird and after that pooooooof ugly.
V12 cars same the F12 I had was elegant and beautiful. Last V12 by Pinnafarina. 812 was like the F8 started looking a bit more JDM in styling but still palatable. The 12Cylindri yuck.
SF90 was "okay", 296 just hasn't grown on me, Roma looks too bland, and now we have this abomination.
The Daytona SP3 was more a testarossa than this. It had at least arguably a modern re-interpretation of the iconic testarossa strakes/fins/gills?
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And ironically? the new testarosa has the nose band that was made more iconic with the original daytona.
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Some serious dyslexia going on in ferrari marketing.
Their new testarossa looks like a rebadged version of the SF90 but somehow worse. Also, no V12? WTF.
Of course they will sell all of them out.
Not sure who has the more beaten housewife cult, ferrari or porsche.
And ironically? the new testarosa has the nose band that was made more iconic with the original daytona.
Some serious dyslexia going on in ferrari marketing.
Their new testarossa looks like a rebadged version of the SF90 but somehow worse. Also, no V12? WTF.
Of course they will sell all of them out.
Not sure who has the more beaten housewife cult, ferrari or porsche.
I interrupt your original scheduled programming when Ferrari actually made a car, and a V12 I might add, that actually looked good. RIP my old F12 (young girl totaled it).
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i know the Testarossa name was used on a few models, its cheese-grater style side intake is SO legendary. Arguably the most definitive design element of any car from the 80s (and all time).
They should have tried harder to incorporate the essence of it and given buyers the nostalgia they want.
They should have tried harder to incorporate the essence of it and given buyers the nostalgia they want.
I suspect this is the real reason for using the Testarossa name; nowt to do with iconic styling:
havnt been a fan of any of the long nose ferraris begining with the 550m, but im a mid engine fan
and they need to drop that stupid black section on the hood, the Daytona wasnt the prettiest car of its time and the 512 wasnt the prettiest either..let that style vanish
i do like the flat back with the flip tail, but i also think my 750 looks better with the aero "off" wing flat
my last rant..lol..stop trying to tie back into styling from 40 years ago
no more "gto" 3 slits etc, either put the car in the wind tunnel and make it form follows function or make them pretty. every car is insanely fast today, make it moving art again
what happened to new designs looking something like this, who cares how fast it is
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and they need to drop that stupid black section on the hood, the Daytona wasnt the prettiest car of its time and the 512 wasnt the prettiest either..let that style vanish
i do like the flat back with the flip tail, but i also think my 750 looks better with the aero "off" wing flat
my last rant..lol..stop trying to tie back into styling from 40 years ago
no more "gto" 3 slits etc, either put the car in the wind tunnel and make it form follows function or make them pretty. every car is insanely fast today, make it moving art again
what happened to new designs looking something like this, who cares how fast it is
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