2023 Ferrari 296 GTB review
, 2023-01-21 07:04:42,
Ferrari’s 2023 296 GTB is a genuine look to the future, while still acknowledging the past. A stunning execution of styling and pace, it’s as capable as it is beautiful. Trent Nikolic samples Ferrari’s latest take on hybrid technology on local roads.
What we love
- Styling is fantastic
- Incredible pace and easy to drive
- Leaving home in silence is genius
What we don’t
- Some options should be standard
- Steering wheel has a lot going on
- We’ve got nothing else…
Ferrari has been keen to emphasise from the outset that the 296 GTB is its ‘first ever’ V6. If we’re being pedantic, we have to agree. The now-legendary Dino (206 GT, 246 GT and 246 GTS) was exactly that, a Dino, not a Ferrari, so technically the brand is right to choose its words the way it has. However, even the Ferrari faithful have come to recognise the Dino with the same reverence as any other Ferrari of that era.
Semantics aside, from birth, and through the ’80s and ’90s, the Dino copped plenty of stick for being ‘just a V6’. Especially from Ferrari owners with eight or 12 cylinders in their garage.
Reckon the 296 GTB will cop the same negativity? I think not. 610kW and 740Nm should sort that argument out quick smart. As will a 0–100km/h run in a searing 2.9 seconds. In just 7.3 seconds, you’ll be punching through the 200km/h barrier.
Make no mistake, the 296 GTB is seriously, mind-bendingly fast. And, from the first second you lay eyes on it in the flesh, it’s every bit the Ferrari too.
The visual drama afforded by…
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