A radical redesign of the bodywork, interior, engine, transmission and running gear, along with the abundant use of carbon-fibre inside and out, has slashed 110kg off the car’s overall weight.
All of these factors combine to produce record performance figures: 0-62mph in 2.9 seconds and 0-124mph in 7.9 seconds and a top speed “in excess of” 211mph.
Naturally, braking potential has to be equally huge and, using the new Extreme Design one-piece brake callipers, means the car can brake from 124mph-0 in just 121 metres.
And equally as obvious is that the benefit-in-kind tax rating will be less than generous on a car consuming fuel at a rate of a gallon in 18.34 miles and emitting 360g/km of CO2.
The car’s uncompromising sportiness is expressed with the same degree of purity in the deliberately spartan cockpit. The wrap-around effect that embraces the driving position is intensified by the use of carbon-fibre housings for the instruments and satellite pods.
The door panels have been pared back to a single carbon-fibre shell, while the glove compartment has disappeared to be replaced by simple knee padding.
Alcantara rather the traditional leather was chosen for the cabin trim, technical fabric for the seats and patterned aluminium instead of mats for the floor, once again with the aim of saving every last ounce of weight.
The F12tdf’s specification is completed by lightweight alloys with five twinned spokes that are designed to have the narrowest section possible to reduce unsprung weight.
