A V12 WITHOUT A ROOF

Ferrari does the honourable thing and exposes the 812 Superfast to the elements, and your ears to the finest sound in motoring

Ollie Kew

Ferrari couldn’t resist. It’s watched the likes of the Aston Martin DBS, Lamborghini Aventador and Bentley Continental GT running away with the ‘ultra-quick, mega-pricey suntanmobile’ market and decided enough is enough. The 812 Superfast has lost its top. This, at long, long last, is the open-top Ferrari 812 GTS. Big buttresses, aren’t they? The humped rear deck hides a folding hard-top roof that whirrs electrically away in 14 seconds at up to 45kph, exposing the 812 GTS’s two occupants to the unholy fury of one of Ferrari’s finest-ever engines. It’s a naturally aspirated, 6.5-litre V12, which can wake the dead from three countries away and then outrun the zombie hordes with a 588kW, 718Nm punch. It’s a monster. Ferrari has traditionally let its open-top p V8 cars do the heavy lifting when…

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Top Gear South Africa (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 2019

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