Every car is an argument about what matters, and the Ferrari F8 makes its case with 3.9  and 720 PS. Ferrari built from 2019 to 2023 — as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market. Its designer of record is Ferrari Styling Centre under Flavio Manzoni.
The story
The Ferrari F8 (Type F142MFL) is a mid-engine sports car produced by the Italian automobile manufacturer Ferrari. The car is the successor to the Ferrari 488 and pays homage to the last 45 years of Ferrari’s mid-engine V8s. It was unveiled at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show.
What is underneath
Under the skin sits 3.9 it is rated at 720 PS. Kerb weight is 1435 kg. Power-to-weight lands near 502 horsepower per tonne, which is hypercar territory, where the limiting factor is the tyre, not the engine. The gearbox is a 7-speed Magna 7DCL750 dual-clutch. The layout matters: the engine sits behind the driver and ahead of the rear axle, which puts the mass in the middle of the car and is why mid-engined cars change direction the way they do. The wheelbase is 2650 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
Where it sits in Ferrari's history is not in doubt: the Ferrari 488 came before it; the Ferrari 296 followed it; it was built at Maranello, Italy. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Nissan Z, the Aston Martin Valhalla, the Hispano-Suiza Carmen. Nearby in the Ferrari catalogue sit the 250 GTE and the 328 GTS.