Rumors and trademark filings suggest that Ferrari's front-engined V-12 supercar could bring two major surprises very soon. Ferrari has been a major source of automotive buzz since unveiling its first-ever EV, the Luce, on Monday. That controversially-styled car may not be every enthusiast's idea of what a car from Maranello should be, but a new rumor and a recently uncovered set of trademark filings suggest that the Prancing Horse may have something coming that should make many people who might be less than ecstatic about the electric four-door very happy.
A rumor that first popped up amongst the Ferrari fans on FerrariChat in March and then was brought to broader attention by The Supercar Blog on Saturday suggests that a stick-shift version of the front-engined 12Cilindri is coming, backing up a 2025 quote from a product development executive suggesting that the company could bring back a manual transmission. In this specific case, the stick shift is rumored to show up behind Ferrari's beloved V-12 in a limited-run 12Cilindri variant, with Ferrari-focused Instagram account @clientcollection claiming it will be unveiled during the 24 Hours of Le Mans this year.
View Price on AmazonWhile the rumor does not suggest a name for the special model, a series of trademarks first unearthed by CarBuzz indicate that two different special 12Cilindris could be in the works. The one that makes the most sense as the launch platform for a new Ferrari manual transmission is the 12Cilindri MM, a name that typically referred to the Italian Mille Miglia road race in past model; that event, of course, had its heyday in the era when a stick was the only gearbox you could find in a car from Maranello.
The other model of note in the wave of trademarks is a 12Cilindri GTO. That name was first used on the crown jewel of all collectible Ferraris, the 250 GTO, before resurfacing on the F40-preceding 288 GTO supercar in the 1980s. The GTO name has been used one other time on a Ferrari, for a hotted-up 599—the car that was equivalent to the 12Cilindri in the 2000s. A 12Cilindri GTO would, presumably, serve in the same role.
Source: roadandtrack.com
