The biggest announcement for Ferrari supporters this week is that Lewis Hamilton, who will take Carlos Sainz’s place in 2025, has inked a multi-year contract with the Formula 1 team. Charles Leclerc, who recently extended his contract beyond the 2024 season, will be Hamilton’s teammate.
This week is particularly noteworthy for the road car division because a number of announcements were made on the conference call that followed the release of the 2023 sales statistics.
13,663 automobiles were moved by the Prancing Horse last year, a three percent increase from 2022. All of the existing versions are sold out before the end of 2025 due to high demand; orders submitted beyond that point won’t be fulfilled until 2026 at the latest. In spite of the difficulties in handling a significant volume of orders, Ferrari plans to unveil three new models this year.
We have some thoughts about what we might expect from the Italian exotic brand in 2024, but they are, unsurprisingly, mum.
It is likely that the new hypercar will be released within the next eleven months. This is a spy photo of a prototype with the production body on it.
The codename F250 is reportedly what the LaFerrari replacement is called internally. Rumor has it that Maranello will not choose a V12 for the first time since the F40/F12.
According to reports, the new hypercar will be smaller than the 296 GTB, 296 GT3, and 499P endurance race cars and will be a plug-in hybrid twin-turbo V6.
A total of 828 units are reportedly planned for production by Ferrari, including 30 hardcore XX models, 199 convertibles, and 599 coupes. The coupe is expected to be the only one released this year; production isn’t expected to begin until late 2024.
The convertible is reportedly scheduled for release in 2028, but the XX model is rumored to go on sale in 2027. A poster on the Italian Auto Pareri site stated that the final cars will be put together in 2030.
A car that will presumably replace the 812 Superfast is also expected to make its premiere this year. It has been caught testing many times with a Roma body and is all but confirmed to include a naturally aspirated V12.
Ferrari acknowledged late in the previous year that a turbocharged V8 runs better than a NA V12, but the business believes the former is less passionate.
The business had stated back in May 2021 that the 812 Superfast and Daytona SP3 would have an even more potent twelve-cylinder engine that would surpass its 830 horsepower.
What will be the third automobile is unknown. Some ideas that come to mind are a one-off, a derivative of the Porosangue SUV, or a new Icona vehicle.
Ferrari has scheduled the launch of its first electric car for 2025, so it won’t be the much-anticipated EV.
In the meantime, this year will see the opening of the new facility where the zero-emission vehicle will be produced.
Following a record-breaking 2023, Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna said during the conference call with analysts that staff members will get an estimated bonus of €13,500 (about $14,700).
