While the rest of the industry retreats from cylinders, Ferrari has named a car after them. The 12Cilindri, pronounced dodici cilindri, Italian for twelve cylinders, is Maranello’s newest front-engine flagship and its clearest statement of intent: the naturally aspirated V12, the engine that built the company’s legend, is not going anywhere. No turbochargers, no hybrid assistance, no apologies. Just sixty-five hundred cubic centimeters spinning to 9,500 rpm in a grand tourer shaped like the future remembering the 1960s.
For enthusiasts in Fairfield County, the road to this car runs through Ferrari of Greenwich at 342 West Putnam Avenue, Connecticut’s only factory-authorized Ferrari dealer and part of the Miller Motorcars family since 1976. With the 12Cilindri now reaching clients, allocation flows exclusively through the authorized network, and the Greenwich team is the place to begin the conversation. Here is everything worth knowing about the car first.
What the 12Cilindri Is
Revealed to the world in Miami Beach, the 12Cilindri succeeds the 812 Superfast at the summit of Ferrari’s front-engine range: a two-seat berlinetta, offered as both coupe and Spider, that carries the bloodline running from the 365 GTB4 Daytona through the 550 Maranello, the 599, the F12, and the 812. Ferrari calls it a car for the twelve-cylinder purist, and the specification honors the claim in an era when such a machine borders on defiance. This is the company’s tribute to its own heart, built while it still beats naturally.
The Heart: 819 Horsepower, No Assistance Required
The engine is the story. Ferrari’s 6.5-liter naturally aspirated V12, evolved from the 812 Competizione program, produces 819 horsepower at a screaming 9,250 rpm on its way to a 9,500 rpm redline, with 500 lb-ft of torque arriving at 7,250 rpm. Titanium connecting rods, a lightened crankshaft, and sliding finger followers borrowed from Ferrari’s racing engines let it rev with an appetite no forced-induction rival can imitate, and the sound, harmonically tuned intake runners feeding twelve cylinders at full song, remains the most celebrated noise in motoring. A new Aspirated Torque Shaping strategy sculpts the torque delivery electronically in third and fourth gears, making the engine feel even more muscular through its midrange without touching its glorious top end. This is very likely the final chapter of the pure V12 grand tourer, and Ferrari has written it fortissimo.
Performance and Chassis
The Numbers
Paired with the eight-speed dual-clutch transmission derived from the SF90, geared shorter for ferocity, the 12Cilindri reaches 62 mph in 2.9 seconds, passes 124 mph in 7.9, and continues past 211 mph. The dry weight of roughly 1,560 kilograms, distributed 48 percent front and 52 percent rear, keeps those numbers honest in corners as well as on straights. Car and Driver’s 12Cilindri coverage places it squarely among the fastest and most emotive grand tourers ever offered for sale, which is exactly the neighborhood the badge demands.
Engineering the Agility
Ferrari shortened the wheelbase by 20 millimeters compared with the 812 and fitted independent four-wheel steering, each rear wheel steered individually, so a car nearly two meters wide shrinks around its driver on a winding road. The latest Side Slip Control governs the electronic ecosystem, a brake-by-wire system delivers racing-grade pedal precision, and the whole chassis is tuned toward the grand touring brief: devastating pace when summoned, genuine long-distance civility the rest of the time. The 812 was a thriller that demanded commitment. The 12Cilindri delivers the same drama with better manners, which makes it more usable and, on real roads, often faster.
Design and Cabin
Flavio Manzoni’s design team drew openly from the great Ferrari GTs of the 1960s, above all the Daytona, whose plexiglass nose band returns as a striking black visor wrapping the 12Cilindri’s face. The body is a study in monolithic purity: no wings, no vents shouting for attention, just a long hood, a delta-themed roofline, and a rear deck concealing two active aerodynamic flaps that rise only when physics requires them. Inside, a dual-cockpit architecture wraps driver and passenger in their own sculpted spaces, with a 15.6-inch instrument display ahead of the driver, a central 10.25-inch touchscreen, and an 8.8-inch passenger display completing a cabin that is at once thoroughly modern and unmistakably Ferrari. Materials and color extend as far as the Tailor Made program allows, which is to say, as far as imagination.
Coupe and Spider
Both bodies carry the full 819 horsepower and the full character. The coupe is the purist’s silhouette, its roofline completing the Daytona homage. The 12Cilindri Spider replaces it with a retractable hardtop that opens in fourteen seconds at speeds up to about 28 mph, trading a small measure of weight for the single greatest amplification available to this car: nothing between the driver’s ears and twelve cylinders at 9,000 rpm. Choosing between them is the rare dilemma with no wrong answer.
Pricing and Allocation
United States pricing for the 12Cilindri begins in the low $430,000 range for the coupe, with the Spider positioned above and Tailor Made specification carrying commissioned cars meaningfully higher. As with every new Ferrari, production is deliberately limited and allocation is managed through authorized dealers on the strength of client relationships. Demand for what may be the last naturally aspirated V12 flagship has been exactly what you would expect, which makes an early conversation with the dealership team the most important specification decision a buyer will make.
Discover It at Ferrari of Greenwich
The 12Cilindri rewards being seen, heard, and discussed in person, and Connecticut has one address for all three. Contact Ferrari of Greenwich or call the sales team at 866-692-1036 to express interest in the 12Cilindri, discuss allocation and configuration, and experience the car as it arrives for clients. The showroom at 342 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06830 is open Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 6 PM, and Saturday, 9 AM to 4 PM. Twelve cylinders built Ferrari. Come discover the car built to honor them.
