---
title: "Watch a Video Deep-Dive on How the Ferrari 812 Superfast Works"
description: "The aerodynamic explainer video in particular is surprisingly informative."
date: "2017-03-13"
modified: "2017-03-14"
authors:
  - name: "Josh Condon"
    job_title: "Deputy Editor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/josh-condon"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/8302/watch-a-video-deep-dive-on-how-the-ferrari-812-superfast-works"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "812"
  - "812 Superfast"
  - "Ferrari"
  - "Supercar"
  - "video"
---

# Watch a Video Deep-Dive on How the Ferrari 812 Superfast Works

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Any new [Ferrari](<https://www.ferrari.com/en_us/>) is assured of obsessive levels of scrutiny. But when you bolt in the most powerful engine ever installed on a "range" Ferrari car (a category, in other words, that does not include the bespoke LaFerrari)—a naturally-aspirated, 6.5-liter V12 cranking out 789 horsepower and 530 lb-ft—and claim a 0-60 mph sprint of just 2.9 seconds, people are *really* going to want the details.

Thankfully, Ferrari has released three different videos illustrating some of the technology—dynamic, engine, and aerodynamic—at play in their new [812 Superfast](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/7703/ferrari-812-superfast-is-a-789-hp-v-12-supercar-masterpiece>), the higher-performance successor to the wonderful [F12berlinetta](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/7226/watch-hoonigan-garage-make-donuts-in-a-ferrari-f12-berlinetta>). As a "bonus," they've included a sort of generic marketing video that seems to suggest the orbital pull of the 812 Superfast *can actually induce the creation of oceanic waves*. Don't be surprised: this is the same company that actually named a car "Superfast" (again).

The video about the Superfast's aerodynamics is especially enlightening, showing as it does how almost every character line is a purposeful channel to increase cooling or downforce, or reduce drag.

Check out the videos—which we've compiled into a single cut—below.

## Author
Josh is a former editor at *Details*, *Road & Track*, and *MSN Autos*, and has contributed about a variety of topics to publications including *The New York Times*, *Men’s Journal*, *Automobile* and *Men’s Fitness*.

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