X-Tomi dubs this the Ferrari 812 Superamerica – and
with good reason. Maranello has twice used that handle for convertible versions
of the 812's predecessors in recent history. And while the Prancing Horse
marque demonstrably dislikes being dictated to when it comes to its
nomenclature, it wouldn't be out of the question for Ferrari to use that name
again next time around.
Nameplates aside, the rendering looks pretty
convincing – and more importantly, looks pretty hot. And hot it would be to
drive a roadster with a 6.5-liter V12 up front sending the better part of 800
horsepower to the rear wheels.
A convertible version of the new 812 stands more
than a half decent chance of being made, too – but we wouldn't count on being
able to get our hands on one. Because while Ferrari has a history of producing
these front-engined V12 roadsters, it tends to keep production quite limited.
The F12-based yielded only ten convertibles dubbed
the F60 America (sans the “Super”), each priced at US$ 25 million. There were 80
examples of the 599 SA Aperta – whose initials stood for Sergio and Andreas
Pininfarina, not Superamerica – but only one each of the P540 Superfast and
Superamerica 45. Before that, Ferrari made 559 examples of the 575M-based
Superamerica, preceded by 550 examples of the 550 Barchetta Pininfarina.
