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The Last Dance of V12s

Ferrari, Lamborghini, and McLaren's Final Combustion Symphony

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Hypercars go hybrid or go home as 2025–2029 marks the end of pure internal combustion exotics

TLDR: The supercar world’s EV transition arrives through regulatory force, not customer demand. Ferrari’s 2026 electric crossover, Lamborghini’s mandatory hybridization, and McLaren’s W1 complexity showcase an industry building compliance cars dressed as passion projects. Pure combustion dies by 2028, leaving $2 million hybrids with 17 computers managing unusable power.


The Forced Evolution Nobody Wanted

The Ferrari F250 lands this year with a V8 hybrid making 900 horsepower. Price tag: $500,000. Sold out through 2027. Every buyer knows it might be the last Ferrari they can actually hear coming. By 2028, the pipeline shifts to batteries and silence.

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