From the 288GTO to the LaFerrari, the 2026 Ferrari F80 is the sixth in a line of “halo cars.” It is a brand-new Ferrari supercar based on Formula One. The F80 has a V-6 engine and three electric motors that work together to make 1184 horsepower. A total of 799 units will be produced, and deliveries to U.S. customers will begin in early 2026. A red tower outside of Ferrari’s E-Building shows the tallest building that can be built by Ferrari. The policy pays homage to Maranello, Italy, reflecting Ferrari’s desire to avoid overshadowing the town that it significantly influences. It’s a funny milestone since we don’t usually think of Ferrari as humble. Especially when it comes to the truly amazing Ferrari supercars, like the 288GTO and the LaFerrari, which were all made in very small numbers to show off the F1-inspired speed of their times. With 1184 horsepower, the 2026 F80 is the best example of what Ferrari knows about speed that can be driven on the street. Because today is a special day, blow some red smoke out the chimney. Change the Power The Enzo and LaFerrari, which came before the F80, had V-12 engines. The F80, on the other hand, has a 3.0-liter V-6 engine that can go as fast as 9200 rpm. Why? This car doesn’t care about history because Ferrari thinks of the 120-degree V-6 as its main powertrain, and Formula One now uses V-6s. Also, this V-6 is different from the one in your cousin Willy’s Z24 Chevy Cavalier. Thanks to zero-lag artificial turbochargers, it can make 888 horsepower and 627 pound-feet of torque all by itself. Two electric motors on the front axle (for torque vectoring) and one between the engine and the eight-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission add an extra 296 horsepower. Surprisingly, the F80’s four-figure output isn’t even its most important measure, even though it has 1184 horsepower. We think the ridiculous downforce number—2315 pounds of downforce at 155 mph—is accurate. How can a car with such a smooth, clean body make more downforce than strange cars with big wings like the Dodge Viper ACR and McLaren Senna? When the downforce is high, the rear wing rises and turns 11 degrees into the slipstream. There’s also everything that’s hidden under the car, like the big rear diffuser and the perfectly cut carbon-fiber floor. When the F80 is placed on a wall, its underbody looks like it came from an open-wheel car, even though calling any supercar an F1 car with fenders is a bit of a cliché. Either that or it’s the melted shell of an alien you’d rather not meet. The first two and a half feet of the F80 are used for downforce and cooling. Air moves from under the car and over the windshield. When there are no clean overhangs, the front end looks like a big wing. It has a clear face that doesn’t look like a person because of the black mask that covers the hood and headlights. Ferrari’s Chief Design Officer, Flavio Manzoni, says that he purposely avoided the humanoid look of “two eyes, one mouth” that headlights and a grille give off in favor of something much more interesting and unique. “Science fiction is the inspiration for such a car,” he says. Responsive Suspension Mechanism This dislike of old ways of doing things goes to the suspension, which has to balance two goals that are at odds with each other: making the ride smooth and controlling the downforce that fast-moving race cars create. As you speed 150 miles per hour, an elephant sits on the roof. What do you do to get ready? Ferrari says that Multimatic’s 48-volt dynamic suspension has fixed this issue. It can stiffen up to counteract over a ton of downforce at high speeds or loosen up for low-speed runs. Additionally, the system tries to get the most out of the car’s aerodynamic parts by keeping the attitude and ride height that give the best results in a given situation. In the same way, the driver can’t manually raise the rear wing. Instead, the car will do it when it needs to, which will be when the speed is at or above 37 mph. On 17 Mile Drive and A1A, you have to keep up a certain speed to peacock in high-downforce mode. If you like to go fast, you can tuck in the wing and reach a top speed of 217 mph. And it can only be done electronically. Space for Two Fortunate Individuals Two lucky people will be able to enjoy the F80’s amazing speed—it can go from 0 to 62 mph in 2.15 seconds and from 0 to 124 mph in 5.75 seconds—but Ferrari says there was some disagreement about this. There were really two sides: the real world and the idealized single-seater race car. Even the most self-centered people like having other people around when they’re driving crazy cars, and Ferrari’s wealthy customers are no different. The F80, of course, has two seats, but what makes it unique is that the driver’s seat and the passenger seat are slightly off-center. The driver sits forward on a seat that can be adjusted while the passenger sits back and is belted in on top of padding added to the carbon tub. These differences should make it clear who paid for the car. A person six feet tall can fit in the passenger seat, even though it’s tight. You can fit a few more people in the driver’s seat, but only by a little, especially if you need to wear a helmet. The cockpit is two inches smaller than the LaFerrari’s, but there isn’t much unevenness inside; the hips and shoulders are just slightly off-center. The bulkhead in the back is the same on both sides, so bigger drivers are more likely to choose the passenger side, which lets them use the tub as a seat. There looks like an empty room in front of the footwell, but the foot box on the passenger side of the tub is shorter. Victor Wembanyama will not be getting any F80 rides, though. Priority Care for the Wheels Customers with enough cash could change the way the seats are set up, but the wheels can’t be locked in place like on the F80. Center locks wouldn’t improve performance, so it makes sense that they aren’t there. Chief design officer Manzoni chose five-spoke wheels because they look better, but chief product development officer Gianmaria Fulgenzi picked carbon-fiber wheels for the best performance. It was hard enough to make carbon wheels with five spokes that could handle the F80’s force, let alone center-lock them. With the F80’s five-lug hubs, you don’t need a three-foot torque wrench to change a tire. If the owner wants to use the Boost Optimization mode, which maps the track and then gives the most power support where it’s needed, they should have an extra set of tires handy. Well, it would do that anyway. Not at all. The high-voltage battery is only 2.3 kWh, so you’d want to use it up as quickly as possible during this race. During qualifying mode, this is exactly what happens on the track at the end of your first recon lap. Ferrari for All Time Ferrari knows that batteries only last a certain amount of time and has a plan for how to handle this. The company hopes to keep selling high-voltage replacement batteries for a long time with the “Ferrari Forever” program. A replacement LaFerrari battery has already been made to fit the original case and standards, even though it has a newer cell inside. Don’t worry, F80 buyers: Ferrari won’t leave your children and grandchildren to look through junkyards like Mad Max extras for lost high-voltage batteries. This is also great news for the rest of us who may be thinking of a nice Ferrari financing deal. When the F80s, which cost about $3.1 million, came to the US in early 2026, Let’s say you have $500 a month to spend on a new toy and go to the Ferrari dealer on Presidents Day when they offer 0% credit. The good news is that you will have an F80 in a little over 523 years. Always Ferrari.
