Ferrari has just unveiled the highly anticipated 12Cilindri Manuale, and it looks like the perfect car for purists. It has a V12 with naturally aspirated firepower, zero electrification, and a manual transmission. Sort of a manual transmission, actually. It looks like, after the launch of the polarizing Luce EV, Ferrari is trying to prove it still knows how to build real Ferraris.
The last true Ferraris with a manual transmission were the California and the 599 GTB Fiorano. Both featured a six-speed manual gearbox and beloved three-pedal setup. But that was 14 years ago. Fourteen years of longing for the gearheads since Ferrari officially ended Maranello's traditional manual era. Now, the longing is over.
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