{"id":573145,"date":"2026-08-18T22:32:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T22:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/573145\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T22:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T22:32:13","slug":"ferrari-12cilindri-manuale-priced-above-1-million-in-nz-auto-trader-nz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/573145\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferrari 12Cilindri Manuale priced above $1 million in NZ \u2013 Auto Trader NZ"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ferrari\u2019s return to the clutch pedal will come with a hefty price tag, with the 12Cilindri Manuale priced from $1,054,304 before on-road costs in New Zealand.<\/p>\n

Orders are open now, with the first local deliveries expected during the second half of 2027. Production will be limited to 1499 cars worldwide.<\/p>\n

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That makes the Manuale around $350,000 more expensive than the regular 12Cilindri Coupe, which costs approximately $704,000 in New Zealand.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a loyal community of clients in this country, who are passionate about the heritage of Ferrari and the V12 engine and excited about the opportunity to experience the 12Cilindri with a manual gearbox,\u201d said Michele Comelli, president of Ferrari Australasia.<\/p>\n

Ferrari\u2019s first clutch pedal in 14 years<\/p>\n

The 12Cilindri Manuale is Ferrari\u2019s first factory-built model offered with three pedals since the California. Just three manual examples of that model were reportedly produced before Ferrari moved entirely to dual-clutch transmissions.<\/p>\n

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However, the new car isn\u2019t a conventional manual in the traditional sense.<\/p>\n

Rather than developing a new gearbox with mechanical selector rods, synchros and a hydraulically operated clutch, Ferrari has created what it calls the Manuale By-Wire system.<\/p>\n

The car retains the regular 12Cilindri\u2019s eight-speed dual-clutch transmission but replaces its usual controls with an electronic gated gear lever and a clutch pedal. These operate as digital interfaces, sending the driver\u2019s inputs to the transmission control unit.<\/p>\n

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The result is intended to deliver the involvement and sensation of a manual while retaining the speed and capability of Ferrari\u2019s existing dual-clutch hardware.<\/p>\n

Gated shifter engineered for feel<\/p>\n

Ferrari has gone to considerable lengths to make the system feel authentic.<\/p>\n

The gated gear lever and its housing are machined from aluminium and steel. Inside, a combination of cams, rollers, springs and rotating drums recreates the resistance, movement and clicks associated with a mechanical manual gearbox.<\/p>\n

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Ferrari has even tuned the sounds produced by the mechanism as the lever moves through its six-speed shift pattern.<\/p>\n

Two Hall-effect angle sensors monitor the lever\u2019s position and translate each movement into an electronic command for the gearbox. There is no direct mechanical connection between the lever and the transmission.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a similar story with the clutch pedal. Position sensors measure the driver\u2019s input and send that information to the transmission control unit, which then operates the dual-clutch gearbox\u2019s clutch packs.<\/p>\n

Ferrari says the software has been calibrated to mimic the engagement and behaviour of a conventional clutch. That should mean the driver still needs to coordinate the pedal, throttle and gear lever, even though electronics are handling the actual clutch operation.<\/p>\n

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V12 remains unchanged<\/p>\n

The Manuale retains the regular 12Cilindri\u2019s naturally aspirated 6.5-litre V12, producing 619kW and 678Nm.<\/p>\n

Ferrari quotes a 0-100km\/h time of 2.9 seconds and a top speed exceeding 340km\/h. Those figures are effectively identical to the standard dual-clutch Coupe, despite the Manuale\u2019s more involved method of changing gear.<\/p>\n

Whether Ferrari purists accept an electronically simulated manual as the real thing remains to be seen. But with only 1499 examples available and the company\u2019s last three-pedal cars already highly prized, finding buyers for the million-dollar Manuale is unlikely to be difficult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ferrari\u2019s return to the clutch pedal will come with a hefty price tag, with the 12Cilindri Manuale priced…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":573146,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[111,139,69,145],"class_list":["post-573145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/573146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}