Twist and snout

The new 1,036bhp Ferrari 849 Testarossa pairs controversial styling with an iconic badge

- By TOM FORD

THIS IS THE FERRARI 849 TESTAROSSA. It replaces the SF90 and uses a 4.0-litre V8 with two turbos, supplemented by three e-motors, one which offers support to the rear axle, the other two managing a front wheel each, giving both AWD and torque vectoring capabilities as per the SF90. There's some 50-odd horsepower more than before, all carved from the internal combustion engine – mainly because the electric horsepower is limited to the 217bhp possible from the 7.45kWh lithium ion battery. So there's bigger turbos with low friction bearings from the F80, chunkier intercoolers, new cylinder heads to go with bigger blowers, a different bloc