Ferrari has revealed the HC25, a one-off, mid-engined roadster created by its in-house coachbuilding arm for a select client. The bespoke drop-top nods to the marque’s future styling while deliberately keeping a naturally aspirated driving ethos alive at a time when electrification is reshaping the supercar sector.
The HC25 was penned by Flavio Manzoni’s design studio in Maranello and finished in a matt Moonlight Grey contrasted by a glossy black wraparound band that both frames the cabin and houses functional inlets. The car’s proportions have been adjusted to reduce the visual weight of the greenhouse and to lower the shoulder line, giving the silhouette a taut, muscular stance.
The black mid-body motif is more than decoration: its arrowed contour channels the eye towards the wide rear haunches, emphasising what the designers describe as a sense of forward motion. The overall theme borrows cues from Ferrari’s forthcoming F80 hypercar, translating those themes into a more compact, open-top format.
Joan Mir leaves Honda after being kept in the dark about his MotoGP future
Lewis Hamilton Ferrari switch could derail Oliver Bearman: Coulthard warns
Lighting on the HC25 departs from Ferrari’s usual recipe. New optical technology has allowed for much slimmer headlamp lenses, and the daytime running lights adopt a boomerang motif that is new to the brand. Even the seat graphics repeat that angular signature, with yellow detailing and stitching set against grey technical fabric rather than the more common full Alcantara treatment.
Unlike Ferrari’s current hybrid roadsters, the HC25 is built on the underpinnings of the earlier F8 Spider. That means a purely combustion-driven set-up: a 3.9-litre twin‑turbo V8 that spins to 8,000rpm and develops around 710bhp, driving the rear wheels through a transaxle and exiting via prominent exhaust outlets above an aggressive diffuser.
What matters about this one-off
One-off coachbuilt cars like the HC25 matter because they show how manufacturers are responding to collector demand for unique, analogue-feeling machines even as the industry moves toward hybrids and EVs. They also act as live design experiments: lessons learned on these commissions often feed back into production models.
- Car type: One-off mid‑engined roadster by Ferrari Special Projects
- Design lead: Flavio Manzoni and Ferrari Styling Centre
- Platform: Ferrari F8 Spider basis (non-hybrid)
- Engine: 3.9-litre twin‑turbo V8, c.710bhp, 8,000rpm, rear‑wheel drive
- Notable features: new slimline headlamp technology, boomerang DRLs, black mid-body band, grey technical fabric interior with yellow accents
- Programme: Ferrari Special Projects — bespoke coachbuilding since 2008
Ferrari’s Special Projects unit, founded nearly two decades ago, has produced a string of highly individual cars for collectors — from modern reinterpretations of classic models to wholly new concepts. The division typically spends around two years on a commission, working closely with the client to marry personal taste with Ferrari’s engineering and design standards.
For enthusiasts, the HC25 is notable for its deliberate choice to remain a purely internal-combustion, rear-drive car at a moment when hybridisation defines Ferrari’s mainstream sportscar line-up. For the wider market, it’s a reminder that coachbuilt commissions remain a strategic tool: they bolster brand cachet, act as rolling design studies and satisfy a high-end clientele that prizes rarity above all.
Ultimately, the HC25 is less about volume and more about signalling — a carefully tailored statement from Maranello that blends cutting-edge styling experiments with an old-school feel behind the wheel.
