Description
Ferrari has brought back the gated manual gearbox. The Ferrari 12 Cilindri Manuale is Ferrari's first manual since the 599, and Ed Sirish Chandran drove it at Balocco in Italy to find out one thing: does a manual electronically linked to an eight-speed automatic still feel like a real manual?
The 12 Cilindri Manuale has a six-speed gated shifter with real metal-on-metal feel, a heavy clutch pedal and the ability to stall, slip the clutch, heel-toe and do a burnout. Underneath, it is an eight-speed DCT, so the car is homologated as an automatic. Under the bonnet sits the 6.5-litre naturally aspirated V12 making 819bhp and 678Nm, with 0-100 in 2.9 seconds and a top speed of 340kmph. Only 1,499 will ever be built; every one of them is already sold. The price is ₹12.5 crore pre-FTA and around ₹8.66 crore after the India-EU FTA.
Is this the future of the manual gearbox, or a very expensive imitation? We drove it and gave our honest answer.
0:00 Ferrari is saving the manual
0:42 Ferrari 12C Manuale: How does manual-by-wire work?
4:58 Ferrari 12C Manuale: Tailor-made
6:02 Ferrari 12C Manuale: How to start the V12?
6:30 Ferrari 12C Manuale: Stalling in manual mode
6:53 Ferrari 12C Manuale: Balocco Proving Ground
7:30 Ferrari 12C Manuale: Vibrations
8:25 Ferrari 12C Manuale: The Gated manual gearbox
10:24 Ferrari 12C Manuale: Passive mechanical system
13:28 Ferrari 12C Manuale: The V12 engine
13:15 Ferrari 12C Manuale: Sound of the V12
14:17 Ferrari 12C Manuale: Switch between automatic and manual
15:24 Ferrari 12C Manuale: Redesign to fit the gated manual
16:19 Ferrari 12C Manuale: Way of the world
17:34 Ferrari 12C Manuale: Pricing
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