Ferrari pulled the covers off the CZ26 at Monterey this week, a one-off berlinetta commissioned by a single American buyer and built through the company’s Special Projects division. It sits on the SF90 Stradale’s platform, runs the same 786-horsepower plug-in hybrid powertrain, and hits the same 2.5-second sprint to 62 mph. None of that is the point.
The point is the body. Every panel is new.
Flavio Manzoni’s design team carved the CZ26 into a two-box shape that deliberately breaks from the SF90’s flowing curves. A near-vertical leading edge at the nose, a full-width grille hiding ultra-slim headlights and brake cooling ducts, and a truncated tail with cantilevered taillights give the car a visual identity that owes almost nothing to its donor. Ferrari says the goal was a car that reads as its own thing, not a dressed-up Stradale, and on that count, the photos do the talking.
Underneath the bespoke skin, the aero team went deep. Reworked underbody panels, new vortex generators, air curtains at the outer bumper sections, and a redesigned rear spoiler and diffuser package all aim to increase downforce without piling on drag. It is serious engineering for a car that will likely spend most of its life parked in climate-controlled storage.
The twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V8 and its trio of electric motors remain untouched, producing a combined system output that pushes the CZ26 to a claimed 204 mph top speed. The 7.9-kWh battery offers about 15.5 miles of electric-only range, which is barely enough to clear a gated estate. An eight-speed dual-clutch gearbox handles shifting duties, and carbon-ceramic brakes can haul the car down from 62 mph in under 97 feet.
The interior tells you exactly what kind of customer ordered this. Black technical fabric replaces the typical leather, 3D-printed inserts fill the seats, and Rosso Lampante red accents thread through the cabin alongside gloss carbon fiber with metallic filaments. It is restrained and deliberate, the kind of interior a collector with taste specifies when they already own several louder Ferraris.
Ferrari’s Special Projects pipeline has been running hot. The CZ26 joins recent one-offs and ultra-limited cars like the HC25 that exist in a stratum far above the series-production 296 GTB or 12Cilindri. These are not cars that advance Ferrari’s technology or expand its customer base. They are exercises in exclusivity, built to satisfy clients willing to pay what is widely estimated to be well into eight figures for the privilege of owning something no one else can buy.
The Argento Veloce silver paint, described by Ferrari as having a liquid-like effect, covers the body while pigmented carbon fiber stretches across the arches and aero elements. At 187.5 inches long, 79 inches wide, and just 46.8 inches tall, the CZ26 is roughly the same footprint as the SF90 but carries itself entirely differently.
A fresh trademark filing for “LC67” surfaced just days before the CZ26 reveal, suggesting Maranello’s Special Projects arm is not slowing down. The factory that once built a single car for every waiting customer now builds singular cars for the customers who refuse to wait for anything off the shelf.
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