The Ferrari 12Cilindri has earned the highly regarded Car Design Award, one of the most prestigious honors in the automotive design world. The award ceremony was held today at the ADI Design Museum in Milan during Milan Design Week, with Flavio Manzoni, Ferrari’s Chief Design Officer, in attendance to represent the Prancing Horse.
First established in 1984, the Car Design Award recognizes projects that have made a significant impact on the evolution of automotive design. Winners are chosen by a jury of leading experts and editors from the most respected international automotive publications.
Since the award’s inception, five Ferrari models have been honored in the Production Cars category. These include the Testarossa in 1985, the Ferrari Roma in 2020, the 296 GTB in 2022, and the Ferrari Purosangue in 2023. In the same year, Ferrari’s design team was also recognized in the Brand Design Language category.
This year, the ADI jury selected the 12Cilindri for its unique approach. As the jury stated, “the design of the 12Cilindri encapsulates the historical essence of the Ferrari V12s of the Fifties and Sixties, revisited and taking into account the aerodynamic requirements that today are a science and no longer just an intuition. An indissoluble link with tradition that looks to the future and has led this project to unite two souls, sportiness and elegance, to create an out-of-the-box icon.”
