Ferrari has revealed its latest series-production apex predator – the 849 Testarossa (‘Redhead’) – which reprises a hallowed nameplate from the prancing horse annals.

The name is a reference to the red cam covers affixed to the 1956 500 TR and this under-bonnet visual element has remained a trademark of all high-performance Ferraris since.

The last vehicle to be graced by the Testarossa moniker was Ferrari’s strake-festooned, flat-12-powered 1980s/90s flagship. Although the latest offering shares neither its engine configuration nor styling theme with its yesteryear namesake, Ferrari execs say the 849 is similarly mould-shattering and avantgarde in interpretation.

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As for the newcomer’s ‘849’ prefix, the nu

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