Ferrari 296

When Ferrari revealed the 296 GTB in 2021, it became the first road-going car from Maranello to carry a six-cylinder engine badged with the prancing horse. The company had built V6 road cars before, but those wore the separate Dino name and were retired long before. The 296 broke with that history, pairing a compact twin-turbocharged V6 with a plug-in hybrid system and slotting into the range beneath the brand's V8 hybrid flagship.

At the car's core sits a 120-degree twin-turbocharged V6, its turbochargers tucked inside the vee. The combustion engine is potent on its own, but an electric motor mounted between it and the eight-speed dual-clutch transmission lifts the system to one of the highest outputs in its class. A small battery lets the 296 travel short distances on electric power alone, a first for a mid-engined car of its type from the marque.

Ferrari sold the 296 as the GTB berlinetta and, a year later, as the GTS with a folding hard top. At roughly 1,470 kilograms it deploys the hybrid hardware not just for economy but to sharpen throttle response and fill in turbo lag, and the line later gained a track-focused Speciale version. Even the name is traditional Ferrari code, joining the engine's roughly three-litre displacement to its cylinder count.