Ferrari apparently wasn’t finished tweaking the four-seat GT formerly known as the FF when it transformed it into the V-12?powered GTC4Lusso earlier this year. The Italian sports-car maker is adding a new version of the GTC4Lusso called the T, which, you guessed it, stands for turbocharged. Actually, the GTC4Lusso T could be named the TT for a more accurate reflection of the number of turbos it has (hint: there are two!), but Audi might have a problem with that.
The turbos aren’t the GTC4Lusso T’s only change. The turbines are bolted to Ferrari’s 3.9-liter V-8 engine, not the non-T GTC4Lusso’s 6.3-liter V-12. Ferrari describes the V-8 as an “evolution” of the twin-turbo V-8 that powers the 488GTB and the 488 Spider (and, with a different displacement, the California T), and indeed its specifications are slightly different. Compared with the 488GTB’s V-8, the GTC4Lusso T’s engine has 47-cc lower displacement, thanks to a 1-mm shorter stroke, and makes slightly less power (601 horsepower, compared with 661 horsepower) but the same 561 lb-ft of torque. Ferrari claims the T can get to 62 mph in 3.5 seconds and reach a top speed above 199 mph. Even better, at least for those who enjoy exercising their expensive sports-car hatchback things on curvy roads, the GTC4Lusso T’s V-8 shifts the car’s weight balance 1 percent rearward for a 46 percent front and 54 percent rear distribution. Oh, and the regular GTC4L...