Just What Is This Mysterious, Beaten-Up Ferrari Test Mule?

While YouTuber Marchettino initially speculates that those tatty 458 Italia panels are hiding the long-rumoured Dino successor, a very V8-like exhaust note heard later quickly extinguishes that idea. The ‘F142M M3’ markings on the windscreen mean it’s almost certainly a 488 (F142M is the internal code for the car), and the exhaust placement points to the same conclusion.

But just what kind of 488 are we looking at? Marchettino reckons he heard one of the technicians say “don’t turn on the Kers system,” when the camera wasn’t running so we could even be looking at a Kers-equipped Speciale. It would make sense: Ferrari hasn’t shied away from using lashings of tech in its previous ultra-focused cars like the 458 Speciale and 430 Scuderia, and the LaFerrari’s Kers tech was bound to filter down the range eventually.

What do you think Ferrari is up to?