Ferrari unveiled something new at the Circuit of the Americas.
Not another roadster for the masses.
This is the HC25.
It is a one-off. Exclusive. Unapologetic. Built through Ferrari’s Special Programs division, it takes the bones of an F8 Spider and drapes them in a skin that screams finality. Why finality?
Because this is the brand’s last non-hybrid twin-turho V8 spider.
The end of an era wrapped in carbon fiber.
Heritage With A Sharp Edge
Designed by Flavio Manzoni and the Ferrari Design Center, the car rejects the F8’s flowing curves. Instead? It leans into geometry. Sharper. Cleaner. More angular.
The aesthetic is a collision. Past and future smashing together. The front nods to heritage. The rear whispers of the F80 and the upcoming 12Cilindra. A gloss-black band cuts the car in two, running over the body. It isn’t just paint. It houses cooling intakes. It hides heat outlets. Function dressed as style.
Even when standing still, the lines pull your eye forward. From rear fender to nose. Aggression encoded in metal.
Vertical Light. Matte Grey Soul.
Ferrari broke their own lighting rules here.
For the first time ever, the LED daytime running lights run vertically. They mimic the boomerang shape of the fenders. It’s a signature now. Unique to the HC25.
Inside, the philosophy holds. Matte finishes meet gloss accents. The exterior Moonlight Grey spills into the cabin. Then—yellow.
Stitching. Trim details.
A direct line to Ferrari’s iconic calipers and badges.
The interior feels like the exterior did. Cohesive. Intentional. No random choices here.
The wheels? Custom. Five-spoke. Diamond-cut edges with darker pockets. They look larger than they are. Ferrari shrunk the visual footprint of the glass and lowered the perceived beltline. Sleekness as an optical illusion.
The Engine That Changes Nothing. And Everything.
Under the skin, nothing moves.
Still that mid-mounted twin-turbo V-8. Still the F8 chassis.
No power boosts. No new stats to quote.
Does that matter?
No.
The mechanical identity is static. The cultural identity is shifting. The HC25 marks a hard stop. Pure combustion. No battery assistance. Just gas. Fire. Speed.
This is the transition point. Behind us: forty years of naturally aspirated and turbocharged V-8 open tops without electrification. Ahead: hybrid everything.
Special Programs builds these things in about two years. A client sits down with designers. Engineers. They tweak every curve. Every stitch.
It’s expensive.
It’s slow.
It’s utterly personal.
One car. One owner. One version.
They will love it. Of course they will. It is theirs alone. A frozen moment in Ferrari history.
What happens next?
Well.
The V-8 doesn’t stop turning. It just changes.
Maybe the noise is slightly different now. Or maybe it’s exactly the same, until you notice what’s missing.
That hum of electricity? It will come.
For now?
We just have the HC25.
