FERRARI F80

Chronic hypercar fatigue has been officially recognised by the UK Health Security Agency for the first time in 2025.

- JETHRO BOVINGDON

Symptoms include apathy, mild to acute outrage and severe memory loss. Honestly, can you picture or distinguish between a Giamaro Krafla and a Garagisti & Co GP1? Or a Capricorn 01 Zagato and De Tomaso P72? We all adore stupidly powerful and wild looking cars, but there seems to be a new one launched every other week.

Most are trying to reconnect with that most prized of words in our AI-infested reality: analogue. As ‘normal’ cars become smarter and more connected, so they seem to distance themselves from the human operator. So, the new ‘hyper’ is something of a regression. Everyone is rushing back towards manual gearboxes, normally aspirated engines with as many cylinders as possible and interiors by Fabergé.