Ferrari's 1,050-HP 849 Testarossa Finally Turns a Wheel in Public at Goodwood
The Amalfi and 296 Speciale A also made their dynamic debuts on the Hill, but the flagship hybrid hypercar — revealed last September and never driven publicly until now — was the one everyone came to watch.
- Combined Output
- 1,050 PS / 1,036 HP
- 0-62 MPH
- Under 2.3 Sec
- Top Speed
- Over 205 MPH (330 km/h)
- Engine
- 3.99L Twin-Turbo V8 + 3 Motors
Ferrari brought three cars to make their "dynamic debuts" at the 2026 Goodwood Festival of Speed, running July 9–12 — meaning the first time each has been driven in public, not the first time it's been shown. The headline act was the 849 Testarossa, Ferrari's flagship hybrid super sports Berlinetta, unveiled back in September 2025 but never actually turned a wheel in front of a crowd until it climbed Goodwood's 1.16-mile hillclimb this week.
The 849 Testarossa pairs a 3.99-liter twin-turbocharged V8 — mounted longitudinally, mid-ship, driving all four wheels — with three electric motors, for a combined output Ferrari quotes at 1,050 PS (772 kW, 1,036 hp). Ferrari says it'll do 0-62 mph in under 2.3 seconds and clear 205 mph (330 km/h) flat out, backed by an 8-speed dual-clutch gearbox and a 7.45 kWh battery good for roughly 16 miles of electric-only range on the European test cycle. The name continues a Ferrari habit of encoding engine specs into the model number: the "8" for its eight cylinders, the "49" for each cylinder's roughly 499cc of displacement. Both coupe and Spider versions are confirmed, with production starting mid-2026 in Maranello.
Ferrari's other two dynamic debuts were lower-key by comparison. The Amalfi, a front-mid-engined V8 2+2 coupe pitched as a more usable everyday Ferrari, and the 296 Speciale A, an 880 PS plug-in-hybrid spider, both made their first public driving appearances on the same Hill run. Between the three cars and a 20th-anniversary tribute to Ferrari's XX Programme, Goodwood's Ferrari presence this year functioned less like a single reveal and more like a rolling showcase of everything the brand has been sitting on since last September's unveiling — finally let loose on a public road.
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