RM5.7 Million For A Car?! 5 Insane Things Hidden Inside The New Ferrari 849 Testarossa

Let's be completely real, most of us will only ever see this car on a TikTok scroll or revving loudly outside a Pavilion Mall valet. But Ferrari’s brand-new replacement for the iconic SF90 Stradale has officially landed on Malaysian shores via Ital Auto, and its price tag is enough to make anyone do a double-take.

We are talking an absolute base retail price of RM5.2 million for the Coupe and a jaw-dropping RM5.7 million for the open-top Spider. Keep in mind, that is inclusive of duties and taxes, but before you even look at the options list, personalization, road tax, or insurance.

So, what exactly does the price of a sprawling Mont Kiara luxury bungalow get you on four wheels? Here are 5 interesting features hidden beneath the skin of Maranello’s latest 1,050-horsepower hybrid weapon.

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While this multi-million ringgit beast carries a terrifying twin-turbo V8 behind the cabin, starting it up won't wake your neighbors. It relies on an 80-cell, 7.45 kWh lithium-ion battery pack derived from the SF90 Stradale. 

If you put the car into its silent "eDrive" mode, the massive petrol engine stays completely asleep. Instead, two electric motors on the front axle do 100% of the pulling work. It gives you 25 km of completely silent, pure electric driving at speeds of up to 130 km/h. This means your hypercar is technically a front-wheel-drive city commuter until you plant your foot down and engage the internal combustion engine.

2. It Packs the Largest Turbochargers Ever Fitted to a Production Roadgoing Ferrari 

Ferrari's engineers are notorious, obsessive tinkerers. While the hybrid setup sits on an evolved platform shared with its predecessor, the 4.0-liter flat-plane-crank engine has been radically overhauled with a brand-new engine block made from recycled aluminum, revised cylinder heads, and updated exhaust manifolds.

But the real party piece? Ferrari bolted on a pair of massive, newly designed turbochargers that are larger than those on the old SF90, officially the largest ever fitted to a roadgoing production vehicle in the brand's history. On its own, this heavily breathed-upon V8 produces a brutal 830 cv (819 hp) and 842 Nm of torque, marking a massive 50 hp bump over the older car.

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3. Your Front Passenger Gets a Dedicated Touchscreen to Watch You Speed 

Step inside the cabin, and you'll find that Ferrari has actually listened to global complaints by throwing out the old, touch-sensitive steering wheel pads and bringing back proper, tactile physical buttons and a mechanical start switch.

But the coolest interior quirk is directly in front of the co-pilot. The dashboard packaging has been narrowed down to free up extra glovebox space, and the front passenger now gets their own dedicated digital touchscreen display. Your passenger can track live performance metrics, fiddle with the media layout, or stare in absolute horror as the digital speedometer climbs during a spirited highway run.

4. It Generates a Full "Digital Twin" of Itself Every Millisecond to Help You Drift

Driving a mid-engine car with 1,050 combined metric horsepower sounds like a direct recipe for disaster on wet Malaysian roads. To stop drivers from instantly wrapping their investment around a tree, the 849 Testarossa adopts a highly complex system first seen on the multimillion-dollar F80 hypercar called Ferrari Integrated Vehicle Estimator (FIVE).

Instead of just waiting for the car to slide and correcting it late, the onboard computer continuously generates a live, digital software twin of the vehicle in real-time. It calculates exactly how much grip the tires have and estimates your vehicle's exact performance metrics, giving you track-level drift confidence and accessible handling without requiring professional racing driver reflexes.

5. The "Twin-Tail" Rear Spoiler Layout Belongs to a 1970s Race Car 

If you were hoping the new Testarossa would bring back the iconic 1980s horizontal side-slats from Miami Vice fame, you are out of luck. Instead, Ferrari chose to honor an even older racing lineage, drawing exterior styling cues from the famous 512 S and 512 M sports prototypes of the late 1960s and 1970s.

The radical rear styling features a unique twin-tail architecture where two passive wing sections manipulate the high-energy air flowing off the rear wheel arches (an aerodynamic trick inspired by the Purosangue). These work in tandem with an active kinetic rear spoiler that seamlessly integrates into the bodywork. While the active spoiler itself can slam down up to 100 kg of invisible air pressure in its high-downforce configuration, the entire car works in perfect synergy to generate a massive 415 kg of total downforce at speeds of 250 km/h to keep you glued to the tarmac.

All of these insane upgrades mean the 849 Testarossa will rocket from 0 to 100 km/h in a mind-melting 2.3 seconds and blast past 200 km/h in just 6.35 seconds. In fact, it can lap Ferrari's famous Fiorano test track in 1 minute 17.5 seconds, making it a full 1.5 seconds faster than the old SF90 Stradale.

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