Here comes the latest one-off creation from the Special Projects division of Ferrari. Named the HC25, it is an open top sports car with mid-mounted engine, using the F8 Spider as its foundation, borrowing its platform and propulsion.
But the HC25 certainly has the look of a very contemporary machine. It has smooth and sleek curves like those seen on the 296 GTB, a face with design cues similar to the SF90 XX and F80, highlighted by striking vertical daytime running lights. And its most recognizable design element is perhaps the sweeping and large three dimensional middle strip, which incorporates side air intakes, placed at the exact same spot as those on the F8, predictably so.
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This actually separates the car into two distinct volumes, as Ferrari puts it, giving the impression of “two separate bodyworks: front and rear”. The rear section of the car has a large diffuser element with two trapezoidal exhausts, along with cutouts above for venting, and housing the lights, inspired from the 12 Cilindri.
There have been no changes made to the twin-turbo V8, as compared to its iteration in the F8 Spider, with 710bhp at 8000rpm and 568lb ft at 3250rpm being produced by this engine. It also continues to use the same transmission – the seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox, and eDiff3 system, along with the sixth-generation of side-slip control system in the HC25. According to Ferrari, it is ‘the end of a story for the mid-rear-engined V8 platform’, indicating that the HC25 may well be the final mid-engine one-off from the marque based on this particular platform.
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Ferrari’s Special Projects division in its present form is around 20 years old and has already delivered many one-offs for its top clients during this period of time. Moreover, in the last couple of years it has started developing the Icona limited-run cars, SP1, SP2, and SP3 Daytona models as part of an ongoing series of few-offs. All of the vehicles developed by the Special Projects division to date have been developed based on the existing vehicles – the SP3 Daytona is built on a carbon fibre tub derived from LaFerrari.
