Ferrari seems to be working on a mystery new model and these could be the first spy shots proving it. Yes, we’re aware that this test car looks like a LaFerrari, a hypercar that entered production in June 2013 and was discontinued in August 2018. Over that period, Ferrari built 500 LaFerrari coupes and 210 LaFerrari Aperta roadsters.
Why is Ferrari testing a fully-camouflaged
LaFerrari on the public roads around its factory in Maranello, then? The most
logical answer could be that this is a mule for a future halo car with some
form of electrification (the flash symbol stickers indicate that). Despite the
brand new camouflage tape covering everything, we can still spot some interesting
changes over the actual LaFerrari production model. For example, the front
bumper lacks the central aero element, the side air intakes have a different
design, and the window above the engine does not reach as low as on the
LaFerrari.
This test mule (if indeed it is one)
appears based on the LaFerrari Aperta judging by the lower side mirrors and the
design of the roof. There are many more changes, including missing air intakes
in the front bonnet, different air intakes flanking the rear window, and
newly-designed third braking light.
Finally, this mystery prototype has five
lug nuts per wheel, while the original LaFerrari had single lug nuts. Seeing
this test car leaves us with more questions than answers. Is it a mule for a
LaFerrari successor? Is it an upcoming one-off hypercar based on the LaFerrari?
Or something else entirely?
