Ferrari Daytona SP3: The £1.8m, 828bhp V12 Hypercar | Top Gear

foreign [Music] [Music] that is the sound of a Ferrari v12. [Music] that is the sound of Italy and what I sound it is a sound that lives at the heart of the Daytona sp3 note of the prancing horses special project stable Marinello's latest costs 1.8 million pounds and its only purpose in life is to celebrate this glorious marks glorious history the V12 is Ferrari the first ever raw card they built some 75 years ago was powered by a V12 and they've been building them ever since this one is the most powerful of the law 829 horsepower Don't Mind If I Do as celebrations go that is a good start but were the real surprise comes is in the way they've put this car together there are no turbos batteries or Immortals here nor four-wheel drive either nor even the usual floppy bits of active Earl no the Daytona is unusually old school [Music] sure not to 60 in less than three seconds and a 211 mile an hour top speed are all very modern numbers bam but the attitude of the car is much more old-fashioned the steering is a little bit weightier than the usual Ferrari and they've engineered a bit of a thump on the gear change what gives it a real old-school feel check this out for retro papa pet likes I mean scores are not winning come on and does for the rest of the way the Daytona looks that all comes from Ferrari's Deep dive into the old family albums first you've got that futuristic slatty tail borrowed from the 250 P5 concept of 1968. the ball gym wings with those side mirrors pushed on top a pure historic endurance racer in fact the name basic shape even bits of the Interior all right back to the legendary p330 series cars that back in 1967 took a one two three finish at the 24 Hours of Daytona [Music] [Applause] but while there's no denying the sense of occasion the Daytona's strict back retro race survives deliver in a couple of places they might have taken it a bit too far for starters take these seats now when you buy a Daytona Ferrari measure you up and then glue some cushions to the chassis in the exact right position but what happens if your partner or your mates doesn't have the exact same size hips as you it's going to be a very uncomfortable ride and then we've got the carbon fiber roof once that's off it's off so if the weather turns and it starts to rain you're going to get wet unless you pop this on it's which isn't very Ferrari it's more like you're going on a camping trip doesn't screen 1.8 million a quick does it we're being honest though none of that the Daytona's not meant to be practical in the same way it's not meant to be the fastest or the most Cutting Edge Supercar going really the best way to think of it is as a 1.8 million pound work of art is a portal to another time it makes people smile and it certainly makes me smile [Music] [Applause]

Channel: BBC Studios

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Keywords: BBC, BBC Studios, top gear, top gear series 33, ferrari, ferrari daytona sp3, Paddy McGuinness

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Length: 5min 34sec (334 seconds)

Published: Thu May 25 2023