---
title: "Say Goodbye to the Ferrari F12berlinetta"
description: "If you wanted to buy one, bad news: you've missed your chance."
date: "2016-04-25"
modified: "2016-04-25"
authors:
  - name: "Will Sabel Courtney"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/will-sabel-courtney"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/3168/say-goodbye-to-the-ferrari-f12berlinetta"
categories:
  - "Ferrari News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "Ferrari"
---

# Say Goodbye to the Ferrari F12berlinetta

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***Update:** Ferrari North America has reached out to* The Drive*, informing us that the end of F12berlinetta production has not yet been determined and that deliveries of the car will continue throughout the year.*

If your hopes of Powerball victory this week include ordering up your very own Ferrari F12berlinetta, well, maybe you should spend that lottery ticket money on a Milky Way, instead. [Ferrari, it seems, has once and for all closed the order books on the F12berlinetta](<https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/144639293-post8.html>).

The news comes from the Prancing Horse-obsessed Internet junkies over on the FerrariChat forum, one of the more reliable sources of Ferrari-based news on the web. According to multiple users—many with a sterling reputation in the community—[the carmaker issued a letter to dealers in early April](<https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/144622669-post3131.html>) [informing them to stop accepting new orders for the V12-powered two-seater](<https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/144638525-post1.html>).

![0425160-ferrari-f12berlinetta-art-1\_0.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/0425160-ferrari-f12berlinetta-art-1_0.jpg>)
**Ferrari**

The news may be sudden, but it makes sense. Rumor suggests that Ferrari will unveil a new two-seat V12 model early next year, [most likely around the 2017 Geneva Motor Show](<https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/144622963-post3138.html>). After all, the F12 originally debuted almost a year to the day after the V12 FF, and [that car just received the mid-life facelift that transformed it into the GTC4 Lusso](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/2085/the-ferrari-gtc4lusso-is-the-new-ferrari-ff>).

![0425160-ferrari-f12berlinetta-art-2\_0.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/0425160-ferrari-f12berlinetta-art-2_0.jpg>)
**Ferrari**

The F12berlinetta is made in smaller numbers than "volume" sellers like the 488 and California T, so it's reasonable to believe [the car maker already has enough orders to last until the new car is revealed](<https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/144622722-post3133.html>). Factor in the fact that Ferrari only has a limited amount of production capacity for 12-cylinder cars (the company has separate production lines for its V8 and V12 models), and that [the aforementioned brand-new GTC4 Lusso](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/2402/behind-the-scenes-in-geneva-with-the-ferrari-gtc4-lusso>) is expected to monopolize much of that production for the next few months, and the decision to let the F12 putter out starts to make sense.

![0425160-ferrari-f12berlinetta-art-3\_0.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/0425160-ferrari-f12berlinetta-art-3_0.jpg>)

If the GTC4 Lusso is anything to go by, the F12berlinetta's "replacement" will probably be closer to a mid-cycle refresh than a full-blown new car. Expect a few more ponies out of the 6.3-liter V12, a few new bits of tech, and a fairly comprehensive design update both inside and out. Oh, and it'll probably have a new name that makes exactly zero sense, because Ferrari chucked its old (and better) naming convention out the window about 30 years ago.

![0425160-ferrari-f12berlinetta-art-4.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/0425160-ferrari-f12berlinetta-art-4.jpg>)
**Ferrari**

## Author
Will is the former managing editor of *RIDES Magazine* and the former online editor for *0-60 Magazine*. He has worked for *Time Out New York* and *Rolling Stone*, and was the creator of *College Cars Online*, the first automotive blog specifically targeted at college students and young professionals.

### Author social links  
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