Ferrari RACE.MI refreshed its hybrid range on Tuesday with the new 296 Speciale and its convertible version as the luxury sports car maker prepares for its first leap into the fully electric era.

No one, after driving Ferrari’s 819bhp 296 GTB hybrid comes away saying ‘what that needs is a bit less weight and a bit more power’. Not a single person. Except, it seems, Ferrari engineers.

Despite all that, Ferrari product development chief Gianmaria Fulgenzi makes it clear the 2026 296 Speciale is first and foremost meant to be a road car, not a track rat wearing license plates.

Together with the 296 GTB-replacing 296 Speciale, the Prancing Horse of Maranello has revealed the successor of the 296 GTS. Enter the 296 Speciale A, with A coming from the Italian word for open.

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MARANELLO, Italy (Reuters) - Ferrari refreshed its hybrid range on Tuesday with the new 296 Speciale and its convertible version as the luxury sports car maker prepares for its first leap into the ...

plus convertible version 296 Speciale priced around $450,000 in Italy; US will be higher Comes ahead of Ferrari's first fully electric car in October MARANELLO, Italy, April 29 (Reuters ...