With a controversial name and equally controversial predecessor, Ferrari’s new 849 Testarossa has a long to-do list as it aims to improve on the SF90

Aesthetics are so subjective that it seems a fool’s errand to address them at length here. However, this is a new Ferrari. And one that adopts the name Testarossa. A car that is almost exclusively rem

Reviving the Testarossa name places the new 849 alongside the 12Cilindri at the top of Ferrari’s series-production range. It replaces the SF90 – an ambitious supercar defined by a V8 hybrid powertrain

↳ WHAT TO PAY £60,000–£80,000 ↳ WHY YOU SHOULD Ferrari will never build a naturally aspirated open-gate manual supercar ever again (probably) ↳ WHY YOU SHOULDN’T The sills rot, it looks a bit startled

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This is a story that traces its origins back to the 1970 Turin Motor Show, when the still fresh-faced Lamborghini revealed a baby brother for the Miura. It was called Urraco and its 2.5-litre V8 engin