1949
Tipo 1
A engine with a body attached.
Aluminium over a ladder frame. 640 kg.
1 496 cc · V12 · 118 cv
VETTA · Independent design studyTipo 12 · No. 012
65° V12 · 6 496 ccRendered in real time
The Artof Speed
Where engineering becomes emotion.
Scroll
0–100
3.0 s
Vmax
340 km/h
Output
830 cv
FORMA
02 — FormBody in white · study 04
Designed
to be felt.
Sculpted in the windOne line, front to rearNothing decorative survivesSculpted in the wind
Aerodynamics
Cd 0.32 · 390 kg DF
Carbon fibre
78 kg monocoque
V12
6 496 cc · 9 500 rpm
Precision
Tolerance ± 0.04 mm
Performance
1 268 kg dry
03 — PowertrainBench data · sea level
Twelve
cylinders.
No apology.
No turbochargers, no electrical assistance. Only displacement, revs, and the shortest possible path from throttle to torque.
s
0–100 km/hLaunch control, two-stage clutch
km/h
Top speedLimited by gearing, not by drag
cv
Outputat 9 250 rpm, naturally aspirated
rpm
LimiterTitanium rods, 42 mm throttle bodies
Every one of those numbers is a consequence of the same decision: that the engine should be heard before it is measured.
65° V12 · 6 496 ccDry sump · 12:1
04 — AirflowTunnel · 1:1 · moving ground
Air is the
only material
we cannot machine.
So the body is machined around it instead. Ninety-four per cent of the flow stays attached to the rear deck at speed.
Tunnel velocity000KM/H
Δp front−1.84 kPa
Δp rear−2.31 kPa
Attachment94.2 %
Yaw0.0°
Attached flow
94.2 % rear deck
Vortex generator
Front dive plane
Wake
−2.31 kPa base
05 — The MachineDrag to rotate · shift + scroll to zoom
Take it
apart.
Five points on the car. Open one and the camera goes to it.
06 — Cockpit1 + 1 · right hand drive
Then you
get in.
Nothing here
is for show.
One analogue rev counter, dead ahead. Alcantara where your hands land, exposed weave where they do not. No screen competes with the road.
- Shell seatsCarbon, 7.4 kg each
- TrimAlcantara · exposed twill
- InstrumentSingle analogue tachometer
- Mass saved−31 kg vs. standard cabin
Driver-centric cellAmbient · 2 700 K
07 — LegacySix cars · seventy-seven years
Built on legacy.
1964
Tipo 4 GT
The long bonnet years.
Front-engined, fastback, four weber carburettors.
3 967 cc · V12 · 300 cv
1978
Tipo 6
Then the wedge arrived.
The engine moved behind the driver and never came back.
2 926 cc · V8 · 255 cv
1992
Tipo 8
Downforce becomes the point.
First car in the line developed in a moving-ground tunnel.
4 698 cc · V12 · 485 cv
2011
Tipo 10
Cab-forward, mid-engined, unfiltered.
Carbon tub. The last car in the line with hydraulic steering.
6 262 cc · V12 · 690 cv
2026
Tipo 12
Everything above, argued once more.
The car you have been looking at.
6 496 cc · V12 · 830 cv
08 — The RoadEnd of sequence
The road is
waiting.
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