Right in the midst of the one-off Ferrari SP48 Unica being revealed, Ferrari released a social posting and a new webpage hinting at a new V-12 engine along with the phrase “Heart of a Thoroughbred.” Ferrari was quite vague about the engine otherwise, however, 'Purosangue' translates to 'thoroughbred' in Italian, so it was easy to draw a line between the two. The engine could have also been for the production version of this GT Chassis that was spotted testing in late April, but now we know for sure this V-12 will at least land in the Purosangue first.

Heart of a Thoroughbred

While Ferrari wasn’t exactly forthcoming with information in its initial teaser, it wasn’t exactly vague, either – as long as you know how the company thinks, anyway. If there ever was any doubt that the V-12 would be landing in the Purosangue, that doubt has been laid to rest by none other than Ferrari CEO, Benedetto Vigna, who spoke to Reuters about it and confirmed this to be the case.

Unfortunately for us, Vigna stopped short of disclosing any other specifications about the engine, but we do know that Ferrari’s goal is to maintain exclusivity. This means that while the Purosangue will fight it out with models like the Lamborghini Urus, Bentley Bentayga, and the Aston Marton DBX, it will still be produced in limited numbers. And, because of this desire to maintain exclusivity, it’s quite possible that Ferrari won’t offer any other powertrains for the Purosangue.

This is actually an interesting development as up until now, we’ve been under the assumption that Ferrari was considering several powertrains, and potentially offering a range of powertrain options once it goes into production. It has been spotted operating quite silently, which suggested that at least one prototype was powered by the 296 GTB’s V-6 hybrid powertrain. There were also rumors that a V-8 engine would be offered, however, it seems the only rumor that was true was that it would be powered by the V-12 engine.

For those of you out there worried that the Purosangue is such a big departure from what Ferrari has always been, you can think of it as the third steppingstone of evolution. It follows models like the Ferrari FF and the GTC4Lusso – two models that were also well outside of Ferrari’s usual scope. As for when we’ll see it, there isn’t a debut date set in stone as far as the public is concerned, but it’s supposed to arrive sometime this summer, with production scheduled to begin before the end of 2022, and deliveries to commence in the first quarter of 2023.