The satin black Ferrari 812 Superfast with the light blue centre stripe and the black interior is based in Los Angeles. It is the V12 coupe for the driver, 789 hp with no turbos, a long hood and a short gearbox, and it wears a stripe none of our other 812s carry. Book it for the engine. We bring it to you anywhere in Los Angeles, Orange County and the Inland Empire.
The first thing you notice is how fast the nose moves. The 812 Superfast runs electric steering with rear-wheel steering behind it, and the rack is quick, so the first corner off Sunset arrives before you are ready for it. Give it 10 minutes and that becomes the point. The 6.5L V12 sits behind the front axle, naturally aspirated, 789 hp at the top of an 8,900 rpm range, and it pulls cleanly from idle. The 7-speed dual-clutch is geared short, so 70 mph on the 405 is a busy 2,500 rpm and the engine never goes quiet. This one runs the raw exhaust with no particulate filter, so what you hear is the engine. Take it over Mulholland Drive early on a weekday, at a scenic pace, and let it climb through third between the turns.
Satin black with a light blue stripe does the opposite of a gloss car. In direct sun the paint swallows the light and the stripe is the only thing that reflects, so shoot at midday if you want the stripe to carry the frame. In open shade the body turns soft grey and the long hood reads clearly. After dark the car disappears and only the blue stripe and blue calipers are left. Take the head-on low shot with the stripe running from the lens over the hood to the roof. Shoot close on the blue caliper behind the black wheel. These photos were taken in an office park lot, so take it to the Encinal Canyon overlook at sunset.
We run 4 cars from the 812 family, and 3 are Superfast coupes. The white one is based in Orange County, the black and teal one in San Diego, and this satin black car with the blue stripe is the one in Los Angeles. It is also the lowest daily rate of any 812 we run, with 100 miles a day included. For the V12 coupe, the stripe and the most miles for the money, this is the one.
This is the 812 Superfast coupe, the fixed-roof 812. Standard on it is the 6.5L naturally aspirated V12 at 789 hp, the 7-speed dual-clutch, rear-wheel drive with rear-wheel steering, carbon ceramic brakes, magnetic dampers with bumpy road mode, and the big central rev counter. This one is finished in satin black with a light blue stripe running from the nose over the roof to the tail, on black wheels with blue calipers, and it carries the Scuderia shields on the front wings. Inside it is black leather with light stitching on the ribbed seats, a yellow Cavallino on the wheel and the 812 Superfast plate on the passenger side of the dash.