{"id":887216,"date":"2025-05-02T07:22:55","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T07:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=887216"},"modified":"2025-05-02T07:23:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T07:23:01","slug":"top-gear-checks-out-the-new-ferrari-296-speciale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/top-gear-checks-out-the-new-ferrari-296-speciale\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Gear Checks Out the New Ferrari 296 Speciale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ferrari has revealed its most hardcore version of the 296 yet: the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/ferrari-296-speciale-arrives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">296 Speciale<\/a>. It&#8217;s sharper, more powerful, lighter, and more focused than the already blistering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/ferrari-296-gtb-an-in-depth-look\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">296 GTB<\/a>. Available in both coupe and Spider forms, it introduces new performance benchmarks and an exclusive green paint called Verde Nurburgring.<\/p>\n<p>The Speciale retains the GTB&#8217;s 3.0L twin-turbo V6 and hybrid setup but increases the combined output from 830 to 880 horsepower. That comes from a 700-hp combustion engine and an upgraded 180-hp electric motor. The electric motor fills in torque gaps during gearshifts, enabling faster transitions through the 8-speed dual-clutch gearbox. Thanks to a 7.4 kWh battery, you still get a usable 15\u201320 miles of electric-only range.<\/p>\n<p>Officially, the Speciale runs 0\u201362 mph in 2.8 seconds and tops over 205 mph. More importantly, it laps Ferrari&#8217;s Fiorano track in 1:19, two seconds faster than the GTB\u2014a serious margin on a short circuit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TopGear\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Top Gear<\/a> published a video on YouTube featuring the all-new Ferrari 296 Speciale. Watch it below to learn more about this track-focused 296 and see if it lives up to the likes of the 360 Challenge Stradale, F430 Scuderia, 458 Speciale, and 488 Pista!<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"FIRST LOOK: Ferrari 296 Speciale \u2013 Lighter, Faster, Better?\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PB_La2wmsb8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"FIRST LOOK: Ferrari 296 Speciale \u2013 Lighter, Faster, Better?\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PB_La2wmsb8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ferrari has revealed its most hardcore version of the 296 yet: the 296 Speciale. It&#8217;s sharper, more powerful, lighter, and more focused than the already blistering 296 GTB. Available in both coupe and Spider forms, it introduces new performance benchmarks and an exclusive green paint called Verde Nurburgring. The Speciale retains the GTB&#8217;s 3.0L twin-turbo V6 and hybrid setup but increases the combined output from 830 to 880 horsepower. That comes from a 700-hp combustion engine and an upgraded 180-hp [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":887217,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,22642,12919],"tags":[23035,22365],"class_list":["post-887216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ferrari","category-sc","category-videos","tag-ferrari-296-speciale","tag-ferrari-media-296-videos","post_format-post-format-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Top Gear Checks Out the New Ferrari 296 Speciale<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Top Gear checks if the Ferrari 296 Speciale is worth the hype!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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