17:01 04-05-2026

Ferrari has made the Purosangue meaner: the family V12 looks a little less family-friendly

Ferrari adds the Handling Speciale package to the Purosangue: same V12 power, but retuned active suspension, sharper gearshifts and a louder voice for the four-door 6.5L V12.

Ferrari has added the Handling Speciale package for the Purosangue — not for new power numbers, but for a different feel behind the wheel. The four-door V12 remains a practical Ferrari with a boot and four seats, but it is now meant to react to steering inputs more quickly and feel less like a big family car.

Under the bonnet nothing changes: the naturally aspirated 6.5-litre V12 produces 533 kW at 7,750 rpm and 716 Nm between 3,000 and 5,750 rpm. The 0-100 km/h sprint takes 3.3 seconds, 0-200 km/h needs 10.6 seconds and the top speed is over 310 km/h. For a car with four doors, four seats and a dry weight of 2,033 kg with the lightweight options, that is already an almost absurd set of figures.

Handling Speciale works not by adding power, but by tuning. Ferrari has reworked the active suspension to cut body movement by 10%. The point is to make the Purosangue react more sharply to fast changes of direction and stay more composed through a sequence of corners. At the same time it has not been turned into a track special: the car still has to remain usable for everyday driving, long trips and that very role of a «family Ferrari», however strange that may sound.

The gearbox has changed too. Shifts are now faster and harder, especially in the Race and ESC-Off modes on the manettino. In manual mode the transmission feels sportier above 5,500 rpm, while the cabin sound has been made more present at start-up and under acceleration. The Purosangue's naturally aspirated V12 was hardly a quiet companion before, but Ferrari has decided it could use a bit more voice.

You won't spot the Handling Speciale by a huge wing or showy aggression. The pack adds dedicated diamond-cut wheels, carbon side aero blades, matt-black exhaust tips, a black Prancing Horse badge at the rear, a satin Ferrari script and a dedicated cabin plaque. Subtle stuff, but the brand's clientele will read these details immediately.

The Purosangue remains an unusual car even by Ferrari standards. It has a 473-litre boot, a 100-litre fuel tank and four genuine seats, yet the whole package sits next to a V12 that revs to 8,250 rpm. Handling Speciale highlights exactly that duality: the car has not become lighter, more radical or more powerful, but it should now argue less with the driver once the road stops being straight.

The Purosangue with the new pack is covered by the seven-year Genuine Maintenance programme. It includes scheduled service every 20,000 km or once a year, with no mileage limit.

Ferrari has chosen not to spin off the Purosangue into a separate «hot» variant. It has simply reminded everyone that even the most practical car from Maranello still has to behave like a Ferrari rather than a fast status SUV.