Venuum has given Ferrari's 812 a widebody makeover, and only 35 will be built
Ferrari's 812 is already one of the most dramatic cars of its era. Venuum decided it could be more dramatic still.
The design house Venuum has revealed its take on Ferrari's V12 flagship, the 812 Titan X, a widebody reinterpretation of the front-engine grand tourer that is being limited to just 35 examples worldwide. It is the latest project in Venuum's widebody programme, and rather than a subtle styling tweak, it is a wholesale reshaping of one of the most striking shapes Ferrari currently makes.
What Venuum changed
This is a comprehensive body transformation. Venuum describes an entirely new widebody architecture, with the car made wider, lower and more aggressive, and says every surface has been reimagined. The package includes a completely redesigned aerodynamic treatment, extended proportions and a more sculptural approach to the bodywork, all aimed at giving the 812 what Venuum calls a dramatically stronger presence. The stated intention is to preserve the essential character of the front-engine V12 while pushing the design somewhere more extreme, or, in Venuum's own words, “our interpretation of what it could become.”
Still a Ferrari 812 underneath
For all the visual drama, the foundation is one of the great modern Ferraris. The 812, in Superfast and GTS forms, is among the last of the naturally aspirated, front-engine V12 grand tourers, powered by a 6.5-litre V12 making around 800 hp as standard, a lineage Ferrari has since carried into the 12Cilindri. Venuum has not mentioned any changes under the skin, so the Titan X reads as a design and coachbuilding exercise rather than a performance one, which is no bad thing when the base car's engine is this special to begin with.
35 in the world
Exclusivity is central to the appeal. With production capped at 35 units worldwide, the Titan X is a genuinely rare thing rather than a bolt-on kit anyone can buy, positioning it alongside the more serious end of the widebody and coachbuilding scene. Venuum has not disclosed a price or a full technical specification, so for now the headline numbers are the ones that describe the ambition rather than the performance.
AutoNext Take
Widebody programmes usually split opinion, and normally we would be the sceptics, because the 812 is one of the most beautiful front-engined cars Maranello has drawn in decades and it is easy to ruin. This one, though, we genuinely like. Venuum has resisted the temptation to bolt on aggression for its own sake, and the wider, lower body looks cohesive and purposeful rather than tacked-on, flattering the original shape instead of fighting it. Getting a widebody 812 to look this resolved is harder than it sounds, and Venuum has managed it.
It helps that the numbers are as sensible as the styling is bold. Thirty-five cars worldwide keeps it genuinely exclusive, and leaving the V12 alone shows an understanding of what actually matters about an 812. Dramatic reinterpretations of icons are having a real moment, from the reborn Jensen Interceptor to this, and the best of them respect what made the original special while daring to go somewhere new. This is one of the good ones. It keeps that naturally aspirated V12 at its heart, it looks genuinely resolved, and for the 35 people who get one, it will be a very special thing indeed.
