Maranello — When Ferrari decides to build a “One-Off,” it’s never just another fancy garage toy. It’s a love letter to obsession. The brand-new Ferrari SC40, the latest creation from Maranello’s Special Projects division, is exactly that — a handcrafted fusion of nostalgia, precision, and V6 fury that pays homage to the legendary F40 while living firmly in the 21st century. Think of it as the F40’s great-grandchild who went to design school, took up mixed martial arts, and still refuses to share the Wi-Fi password.
🏁 A Berlinetta Built for the Bold
The SC40 borrows its bones, heart, and soul from the 296 GTB, meaning it packs a mid-mounted V6 with enough electricity and anger to make you question your life choices in third gear. Ferrari’s design chief Flavio Manzoni and his team didn’t just re-sculpt the car — they redrew its entire DNA, creating a visual symphony of straight lines and sculpted muscle that could slice through both air and attention spans.
Its name — SC40 — nods to the 1987 F40, the last Ferrari signed off by Enzo himself. But don’t expect a cosplay remake. This is more “modernist sculpture with turbo attitude” than “nostalgia museum piece.”
🎨 Design: F40 Spirit, Industrial Chic
From the long nose and stubby tail to the high, fixed rear wing painted in bespoke SC40 White, everything screams aerodynamic drama. There’s even a hint of architectural discipline — vertical lines and crisp edges forming a rhythm that looks like a Bauhaus designer moonlighted as an F1 engineer.
Peek at the rear and you’ll find a mesh panel exposing the mechanical heart, titanium-carbon exhaust tips crafted using additive manufacturing, and smoked Lexan® louvres — because Ferrari likes its engines displayed like Renaissance art.
Inside, things get delightfully F40-nerdy. Kevlar is back, woven into footwells, dashboards, and even the floor mats. The cabin feels like a racing bunker trimmed in Charcoal Alcantara® and red Jacquard technical fabric, while the SC40 logo proudly weaves itself into the seats like a signature on a painting.
⚙️ Engineering Poetry Meets Tailor-Made Madness
The SC40 White paint itself is new — a cool tone that shimmers differently depending on sunlight, echoing the Kevlar interior. Even the fuel filler caps got the artisan treatment: brushed aluminium, hand-finished, because Ferrari refuses to let any molecule of mediocrity sneak in.
Its one-sided SC40 badge (yes, only on the right) is pure Italian nonchalance: “Symmetry is for spreadsheets.” And the exclusive wheels — a mix of brushed metal and black spokes — could double as modern art installations in Milan.
🏛️ The Museum Piece That Moves
Before it inevitably disappears into a billionaire’s private collection, the styling buck of the SC40 will grace the Ferrari Museum in Maranello from October 18. Visitors can drool safely behind the rope barrier while wondering what it feels like to commission a Ferrari that takes two years and a team of designers who answer only to your dreams.
🔴 One Client. One Vision. One Ferrari.
Ferrari’s Special Projects program is the automotive equivalent of haute couture — but instead of silk and sequins, it’s carbon fibre and combustion. Each car begins with a client’s wild idea, which Ferrari then turns into a drivable fantasy, engineered to the same standards as every car wearing the Prancing Horse.
The Ferrari SC40, therefore, isn’t just a car. It’s an heirloom on wheels, a design thesis in motion, and a reminder that while the world electrifies and economises, Maranello still knows how to make your pulse redline.
296 GTB – TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
POWERTRAIN
Type V6 – 120°
Overall displacement 2992 cm3
Bore and stroke 88 mm x 82 mm
Max. power output ICE* 663 cv
Max. power output hybrid** 610 kW (830 cv) at 8000 rpm
Max. torque 740 Nm at 6250 rpm
Max. revs 8500 rpm
Compression ratio 9.4:1
High voltage battery capacity 7.45 kWh
DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHTS
Length 4700 mm
Width 1975 mm
Height 1198 mm
Wheelbase 2600 mm
Front track 1665 mm
Rear track 1642 mm
Dry weight*** 1550 kg
Dry weight/power ratio 1.87 kg/cv
Weight distribution 41.5 % front / 58.5 % rear
Fuel tanks capacity 65 litres
TYRES AND WHEELS
Front 245/35 ZR 20 J9.0
Rear 305/35 ZR 20 J11.0
BRAKES
Front 398 x 223 x 38 mm
Rear 360 x 233 x 32 mm
TRANSMISSION AND GEARBOX
8-speed F1 DCT
ELECTRONIC CONTROLS
eSSC: eTC, eDiff, SCM, FDE2.0, EPS, ABS Evo, 6w-CDS; high-performance ABS/EBD with energy recovery
PERFORMANCE
Max. speed > 330 km/h
0-100 km/h 2.9 s
0-200 km/h 7.3 s
200-0 km/h 107 m
* With 98 RON petrol
** with eManettino in Qualify mode
